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Lexicon :: Strong's H2809 - ḥešbôn

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חֶשְׁבּוֹן
Transliteration
ḥešbôn
Pronunciation
khesh-bone'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

חֶשְׁבּוֹן Cheshbôwn, khesh-bone'; the same as H2808; Cheshbon, a place East of the Jordan:—Heshbon.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 38x

The KJV translates Strong's H2809 in the following manner: Heshbon (38x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 38x
The KJV translates Strong's H2809 in the following manner: Heshbon (38x).

  1. Heshbon = "stronghold"

    1. the capital city of Sihon, king of the Amorites, located on the western border of the high plain and on the border line between the tribes of Reuben and Gad

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֶשְׁבּוֹן Cheshbôwn, khesh-bone'; the same as H2808; Cheshbon, a place East of the Jordan:—Heshbon.
STRONGS H2809: Abbreviations
† II. חֶשְׁבּוֺן proper name, of a location of the city of Sihon king of the Amorites Numbers 21:26, 27, 28, 30, 34; Numbers 32:3 (all E); Deuteronomy 1:4; Deuteronomy 2:24, 26, 30; Deuteronomy 3:2, 6; Deuteronomy 4:46; Deuteronomy 29:6; Joshua 9:10; Joshua 12:2, 5; Joshua 13:10, 21, 27 (all D) Judges 11:19; Jeremiah 48:45; Nehemiah 9:22; captured by Israel who dwelt in it Numbers 21:25 (E) Judges 11:26; rebuilt by Reuben Numbers 32:37 (E), given to Reuben at the division of the land Joshua 13:17 (P); on the border of Gad, Joshua 13:26 (P), it subsequently fell to Gad and was assigned to Levites out of that tribe Joshua 21:39 (P) 1 Chronicles 6:66; the Moabites gained possession of it Isaiah 15:4; Isaiah 16:8, 9 and subsequently the Ammonites Jeremiah 48:2, 34, 45; Jeremiah 49:3; it was celebrated for its fish ponds Cant 7:5. — Modern Ḥusbân, SeetzenReisen i. 407 RobBR i. 551 BDPal 191 SurveyEP 8.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Numbers

21:25; 21:26; 21:27; 21:28; 21:30; 21:34; 32:3; 32:37

Deuteronomy

1:4; 2:24; 2:26; 2:30; 3:2; 3:6; 4:46; 29:6

Joshua

9:10; 12:2; 12:5; 13:10; 13:17; 13:21; 13:26; 13:27; 21:39

Judges

11:19; 11:26

1 Chronicles

6:66

Nehemiah

9:22

Song of Songs

7:5

Isaiah

15:4; 16:8; 16:9

Jeremiah

48:2; 48:34; 48:45; 48:45; 49:3

H2809

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2809 matches the Hebrew חֶשְׁבּוֹן (ḥešbôn),
which occurs 38 times in 37 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:25 - And Israel took all their cities, and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Esebon, and in all cities belonging to it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:26 - For Esebon is the city of Seon king of the Amorites; and he before fought against the king of Moab, and they took all his land, from Aroer to Arnon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:27 - Therefore say they who deal in dark speeches, Come to Esebon, that the city of Seon may be built and prepared.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:28 - For a fire has gone forth from Esebon, a flame from the city of Seon, and has consumed as far as Moab, and devoured the pillars of Arnon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:30 - And their seed shall perish from Esebon to Dæbon; and their women have yet farther kindled a fire against Moab.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:34

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:34 - And the Lord said to Moses, Fear him not; for I have delivered him and all his people, and all his land, into thy hands; and thou shalt do to him as thou didst to Seon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Esebon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:3 - Ataroth, and Dæbon, and Jazer, and Namra, and Esebon, and Eleale, and Sebama, and Nabau, and Bæan,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:37 - And the sons of Ruben built Esebon, and Eleale, and Kariatham,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:4 - after he had smitten Seon king of the Amorites who dwelt in Esebon, and Og the king of Basan who dwelt in Astaroth and in Edrain;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:24 - Now then arise and depart, and pass over the valley of Arnon: behold, I have delivered into thy hands Seon the king of Esebon the Amorite, and his land: begin to inherit it: engage in war with him this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:26 - And I sent ambassadors from the wilderness of Kedamoth to Seon king of Esebon with peaceable words, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:30 - And Seon king of Esebon would not that we should pass by him, because the Lord our God hardened his spirit, and made his heart stubborn, that he might be delivered into thy hands, as on this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:2 - And the Lord said to me, Fear him not, for I have delivered him, and all his people, and all his land, into thy hands; and thou shalt do to him as thou didst to Seon king of the Amorites who dwelt in Esebon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:6 - We utterly destroyed them as we dealt with Seon the king of Esebon, so we utterly destroyed every city in order, and the women and the children,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:46

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:46 - on [fn]the other side of Jordan, in the valley near the house of Phogor, in the land of Seon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Esebon, whom Moses and the sons of Israel smote when they came out of the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:7 - (LXX 29:6) And ye came as far as this place; and there came forth Seon king of Esebon, and Og king of Basan, to meet us in war.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:10 - and all that he did to the kings of the Amorites, who were beyond Jordan, to Seon king of the Amorites, and Og king of Basan, who dwelt in Astaroth and in Edrain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:2 - Seon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Esebon, ruling from Arnon, which is in the valley, [fn]on the side of the valley, and half of Galaad as far as Jaboc, the borders of the children of Ammon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:5 - ruling from mount Aermon and from Secchai, and over all the land of Basan to the borders of Gergesi, and Machi, and the half of Galaad of the borders of Seon king of Esebon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:10 - All the cities of Seon king of the Amorites, who reigned from Esebon to the coasts of the children of Ammon;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:17 - to Esebon, and all the cities in Misor, and Dæbon, and Bæmon-Baal, and the house of Meelboth;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:21 - and all the cities of Misor, and all the kingdom of Seon king of the Amorites, whom Moses smote, even him and the princes of Madian, and Evi, and Roboc, and Sur, and Ur, and Robe prince of the spoils of Sion, and the inhabitants of Sion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:26 - And from Esebon to Araboth by Massepha, and Botanim, and Maan to the borders of Dæbon,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:27 - and Enadom, and Othargai, and Bænthanabra, and Soccotha, and Saphan, and the rest of the kingdom of Seon king of Esebon: and Jordan shall be the boundary as far as part of the sea of Chenereth beyond Jordan eastward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:39 - and Esbon and its suburbs; and Jazer and its suburbs: the cities were four in all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:19 - And Israel sent messengers to Seon king of the Amorite, king of Esebon, and Israel said to him, Let us pass, we pray thee, by thy land to our place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:26 - when Israel dwelt in Esebon and in its coasts, and in the land of Aroer and in its coasts, and in all the cities by Jordan, three hundred years? and wherefore didst thou not [fn]recover them in that time?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:81

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:81 - (LXX 6:66) and Esebon and her suburbs, and Jazer and her suburbs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:22 - Moreover, thou gavest them kingdoms, and didst divide nations to them: and they inherited the land of Seon king of Esebon, and the land of Og king of Basan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:4 - (LXX 7:5) Thy neck is as an ivory tower; thine eyes are as pools in Esebon, by the gates of the daughter of many: thy nose is as the tower of Libanus, looking toward Damascus.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:4 - For Esebon and Eleale have cried: their voice was heard to Jassa: therefore the loins of the region of Moab cry aloud; her soul shall know.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:8 - The plains of Esebon shall mourn, the vine of Sebama: swallowing up the nations, trample ye her vines, even to Jazer: ye shall not come together; wander ye in the desert: they that were sent are deserted, for they have gone over to the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:9 - Therefore will I weep as with the weeping of Jazer for the vine of Sebama; Esebon and Eleale have cast down thy trees; for I will trample on thy harvest and on thy vintages, and all thy plants shall fall.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:2 - (LXX 31:2) There is no longer any healing for Moab, nor glorying in Esebon: he has devised evils against her: we have cut her off from being a nation, and she shall be completely still: after thee shall go a sword;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:34 - (LXX 31:34) From the cry of Esebon even to Ætam their cities uttered their voice, from Zogor to Oronaim, and their tidings as a heifer of three years old, for the water also of Nebrin shall be dried up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:3 - (LXX 30:19) Howl, O Esebon, for Gai has perished; cry, ye daughters of Rabbath, gird yourselves with sackclothes, and lament; for Melchol shall go into banishment, his priests and his princes together.
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