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 · H7331
re.zon — Rezon
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ki.11.23; son of: Eliada (H0450H) § Rezon = "prince" son of Eliadah, a Syrian, who lead a band of freebooters and established a petty kingdom at Damascus in the time of David and Solomon
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2383
chez.yon — Hezion
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ki.15.18; father of: Tabrimmon (H2886) § Hezion = "vision" king of Syria, father of Tabrimon and grandfather of Ben-hadad; probably identical with 'Rezon' the contemporary of Solomon
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →Prince, son of Eliadah. Abandoning the service of Hadadezer, the king of Zobah, on the occasion of his being defeated by David, he became the “captain over a band” of marauders, and took Damascus, and became king of Syria (1 Kings 11:23-25; 2 Sam. 8:3-8). For centuries after this the Syrians were the foes of Israel. He “became an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon.”
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
