רְצִין
Rᵉtsîyn · rets-een'
Retsin, the name of a Syrian and of an Israelite
Lexicon
Derivation: probably for H7522 (רָצוֹן);
Retsin, the name of a Syrian and of an Israelite
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Rezin.
Letters
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the head, the highest › to pursue the straight path › the hand that works › the seed, life continuing
The head, the highest that works to pursue the straight path of the hand that works of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רְצִין above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
11 occurrences · 11 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of rezin4 · 36%
- rezin3 · 27%
- then rezin1 · 9%
- that rezin1 · 9%
- is rezin1 · 9%
- in rezin1 · 9%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.