BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H78
iv.tsan — Ibzan
A Judge living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jdg.12.8 § Ibzan, "their whiteness (literally their tin - as white" a Bethlehemite judge in time of the judges
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Illustrious, the tenth judge of Israel (Judg. 12:8-10). He ruled seven years.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
