Hebrew word · H7331

רְזוֹן

rezon

Rezon

A personal name. The related root רָזַן (rāzan) appears as a participle meaning 'rulers, dignitaries' (Judg 5:3; Ps 2:2; Prov 8:15; Isa 40:23). The name therefore probably means something like 'ruler' or 'prince'.

Appears once in the Hebrew Old Testament. · Updated November 08, 2026

What it means

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

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

In depth

From the study of 1 Kings 11:23

Range of meaning: A personal name. The related root רָזַן (rāzan) appears as a participle meaning 'rulers, dignitaries' (Judg 5:3; Ps 2:2; Prov 8:15; Isa 40:23). The name therefore probably means something like 'ruler' or 'prince'.
Against the English: English versions just transliterate it as 'Rezon'. The Greek tradition varies (Esrōm in Vaticanus).
Used elsewhere in the period: Rezon does not appear outside the Bible. 1 Kings 15:18 gives the line of the Damascus kings as 'Ben-hadad son of Tabrimmon son of Hezion', and some scholars identify Hezion with Rezon. Rezin, the later king of Damascus (2 Kgs 16), has a similar but separate name (Aramaic Raḍyān).

Where it appears

1 Kings · 1

1 Kings 11:23 רְז֖וֹן Rezon

And God raised up against Solomon another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliada, who had fled from his master, Hadadezer king of Zobah,

Here: A personal name, probably from a root meaning 'to rule' or 'to be weighty', so roughly 'prince' or 'ruler'. Some scholars think it may be a title rather than a given name (see debates).

Word data: STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0), main text only.