Rezin
רְצִיןStrong’s H7526retsin (re-tsin)
Appears in 11 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Retsin is the Hebrew word usually translated “rezin”. It appears in 11 verses of the Old Testament.
“In those days the LORD began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.”
Meaning
- King of Damascus during the reigns of kings Jotham and Ahaz of Judah
- The progenitor of a family of temple slaves who returned from captivity with Zerubbabel
- King of Damascus during the reigns of kings Jotham and Ahaz of Judah
- The progenitor of a family of temple slaves who returned from captivity with Zerubbabel
How it's translated
- rezin 11
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 5
- 2 Kings 4
- Ezra 1
- Nehemiah 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Kings 16:5Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him.
- 2 Kings 16:6At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drave the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there unto this day.
- 2 Kings 16:9And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: for the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried the people of it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin.
- Ezra 2:48The children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, the children of Gazzam,
- Nehemiah 7:50The children of Reaiah, the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda,
- Isaiah 7:1And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it.
Hebrew dictionary
רְצִין retsin · Rezin
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.15.37 § Rezin = "firm" 1) king of Damascus during the reigns of kings Jotham and Ahaz of Judah 2) the progenitor of a family of temple slaves who returned from captivity with Zerubbabel
רְצִין retsin · Rezin
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.48 § Rezin = "firm" 1) king of Damascus during the reigns of kings Jotham and Ahaz of Judah 2) the progenitor of a family of temple slaves who returned from captivity with Zerubbabel
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.