Bridle
רֶ֫סֶןStrong’s H7448resen (re-sen)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Resen is the Hebrew word usually translated “halter” and “halter its”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me.”
Meaning
- Something that restrains, halter, jawhalter · jaw (of crocodile)
How it's translated
- and halter 2
- halter its 1
- and a halter 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Job 2
- Psalms 1
- Isaiah 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Job 41:13Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle?
- Psalms 32:9Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.
- Isaiah 30:28And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to err.
Hebrew dictionary
רֶ֫סֶן resen · bridle
1) something that restrains, halter, jaw 1a) halter 1a1) of restraint thrown off (fig) 1b) jaw (of crocodile)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “bridle” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BRI'DLE, noun
- The instrument with which a horse is governed and restrained by a rider; consisting of a head-stall, a bit, and reins, with other appendages, according to its particular form and uses.
- A restraint; a curb; a check.
- A short piece of cable well served, attached to a swivel on a chain, laid in a harbor, and the upper end drawn into a ship and secured to the bits.
All definitions and other forms of “bridle”
BRI'DLE, verb transitive
To put on a bridle; as, to bridle a horse.
- To restrain, guide or govern; to check, curb or control; as, to bridle the passions; 'to bridle a muse.'
BRI'DLE, verb intransitive
To hold up the head, and draw in the chin.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.