REINS
Or KIDNEYS. The Hebrews often make the reins the seat of the affections, and ascribe to them knowledge, joy, pain, pleasure; hence in Scripture it is said that God searches the heart and tries the reins.
Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
Reins
a name for the kidneys, derived from the Latin renes, and in our English Bible employed in those passages of the Old Test. in which the ierm for kidneys (, kelayoth) is used metaphorically, i.e. except in the Pentateuch and in Isa 34:6, where this word is rendered kidneys. In the ancient system of physiology the kidneys, from the sensitiveness of that part of the person, were believed to be the seat of desire and longing, which accounts for their often being coupled with the heart (Psa 7:9; Psa 26:2; Jer 11:20; Jer 17:10,: etc.). SEE KIDNEYS.
The word reins is once used (Isa 11:5) as the equivalent of , chalatsayim, elsewhere translated loins (q.v.).
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Reins
the kidneys, the supposed seat of the desires and affections; used metaphorically for “heart.” The “reins” and the “heart” are often mentioned together, as denoting the whole moral constitution of man (Ps. 7:9; 16:7; 26:2; 139:13; Jer. 17:10, etc.).
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Reins
kelayot. The “kidneys”; the supposed seat of the desires and affections (Psa 7:9; Psa 26:2; Jer 11:20; Jer 17:10; Job 19:27). For “the loins” (halatsaim), Isa 11:5.
Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary
Reins
REINS.See Kidneys.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Reins
ranz (, kilyah; , nephros, words promiscuously translated heart, inward parts, kidneys or reins. The latter word, which is derived from Latin renes through Old French reins, has given place in modern English to the word kidneys (see Skeat, Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language, 398). the Revised Version (British and American) has, however, retained the older word, at least in the margin, in all passages in which it is found in the King James Version): According to Hebrew psychology the reins are the seat of the deepest emotions and affections of man, which God alone can fully know. Thus the Revised Version (British and American) has substituted heart for reins in the text of Job 19:27; Psa 7:9; Psa 16:7; Psa 26:2; Psa 73:21; Pro 23:16; Jer 11:20; Jer 12:2; Jer 17:10; Jer 20:12; the translation inward parts is found but once (Psa 139:13). In one passage the King James Version has translated the Hebrew halac (loins) with reins (Isa 11:5), where the Revised Version (British and American) has rightly substituted waist (which see). The Greek word nephros (which is etymologically allied to the Middle English nere, Get. Niere; see Skeat, ibid, 231, under the word Kidney) is found in 1 Macc 2:24; Rev 2:23. See KIDNEYS.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Reins
The kidneys, used symbolically for the inward thoughts and feelings. Psa 7:9; Psa 16:7; Psa 26:2; Psa 139:13; Pro 23:16; Jer 12:2; Jer 17:10; Jer 20:12; Lam 3:13; Rev 2:23. The word translated ‘reins’ in Isa 11:5 is elsewhere translated ‘loins.’
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
Reins
Reins. (that is, kidneys). In the ancient system of physiology, the kidneys were believed to be the seat of desire and longing, which accounts for their often being coupled, with the heart. Psa 7:9; Psa 26:2; Jer 11:20; Jer 17:10, etc.
Fuente: Smith’s Bible Dictionary
REINS
Psa 7:9; Psa 26:2; Psa 73:21; Psa 139:13; Pro 23:16; Isa 11:5
Fuente: Thompson Chain-Reference Bible
Reins
“a kidney” (Eng., “nephritis,” etc.), usually in the plural, is used metaphorically of “the will and the affections,” Rev 2:23, “reins” (cp. Psa 7:9; Jer 11:20; Jer 17:10; Jer 20:12). The feelings and emotions were regarded as having their seat in the “kidneys.”
Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words
Reins
Job 16:13 (a) The word is used as a type of feelings, experiences, desires and thoughts. (See also Psa 7:9; Psa 16:7; Psa 26:2; Pro 23:16; Jer 11:20; Jer 17:10; Rev 2:23).