רְצִיןRᵉtsîyn

Retsin, the name of a Syrian and of an Israelite

Pronunciation: rets-een' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7526

Meanings

1. king of Aram, Ahaz's time (2 Kings 15:37; 2 Kings 16:5; 2 Kings 16:6)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 11 times in the Bible.

  • 2 Kings 15:37 In those days the Lord began to send King Rezin of Aram and King Pekah of Israel to attack Judah.
  • 2 Kings 16:5 Then King Rezin of Aram and King Pekah of Israel came up to attack Jerusalem. They besieged Ahaz but could not conquer him.
  • 2 Kings 16:6 At that time the king of Edom recovered the town of Elath for Edom. He drove out the people of Judah and sent Edomites to live there, as they do to this day.
  • 2 Kings 16:9 So the king of Assyria attacked the Aramean capital of Damascus and led its population away as captives, resettling them in Kir. He also killed King Rezin.
  • Ezra 2:48 Rezin, Nekoda, Gazzam,
  • Nehemiah 7:50 Reaiah, Rezin, Nekoda,
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).