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reins the kidneys, and so the innermost self

Nothing to do with a horse. When Psalm 7:9 says God tries "the hearts and reins", it means he examines the deepest part of a person.

Means: the kidneys, and so the innermost selfIn the KJV: 15 timesStill in use, different meaning

The word behind it

Where it appears

All 15 verses.

Job 16:13

His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.

Job 19:27

Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.

Psalm 7:9

Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.

Psalm 16:7

I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons.

Psalm 26:2

Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.

Psalm 73:21

Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.

Psalm 139:13

For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.

Proverbs 23:16

Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.

Isaiah 11:5

And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.

Jeremiah 11:20

But, O LORD of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I revealed my cause.

Jeremiah 12:2

Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins.

Jeremiah 17:10

I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.

Jeremiah 20:12

But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I opened my cause.

Lamentations 3:13

He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.

Revelation 2:23

And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.

Common questions

What does "reins" mean in the Bible?

In the King James Version reins means the kidneys, and so the innermost self. Nothing to do with a horse. When Psalm 7:9 says God tries "the hearts and reins", it means he examines the deepest part of a person.

How many times does "reins" appear in the King James Version?

15 times.

What Hebrew word is behind "reins"?

Most often כִּלְיָה (kilyâh), Strong's H3629, meaning a kidney (as an essential organ); figuratively, the mind (as the interior self).

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