Quick Definition
Eznite
Biblical Persons & Places
Eznites
People from Ezni(?)
People from Ezni(?), only mentioned at 2Sa.23.8;
only referred to as Eznites (עֵצֶן).
Strong's Definition
a spear
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to be sharp or strong;
KJV Usage: Eznite (from the margin).
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) sharp, strong, spear
1a) meaning uncertain
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
עֵצֶן (e.tsen) — Eznite. Someone descended from Ezni(?), only mentioned at 2Sa.23.8; also translated "spear"; (Qere)
עֵצֶן (e.tsen) — spear. 1) sharp, strong, spear 1a) meaning uncertain
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
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1 2SA 23:8 MT-K העצנו | MT-Q HOTTP-C הָעֶצְנִי NJPS "Eznite" | RSV NIV [NJPS] NJB NRSV REB GNT ESV "spear" = חְַנִית
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[עָדִין] adj. voluptuous base