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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 Box Num 21:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:25 - Yisra'el took all these cities: and Yisra'el lived in all the cities of the Amori, in Heshbon, and in all the towns of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:26 - For Heshbon was the city of Sichon the king of the Amori, who had fought against the former king of Mo'av, and taken all his land out of his hand, even to the Arnon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:27 - Therefore those who speak in proverbs say, Come you to Heshbon; Let the city of Sichon be built and established:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:28 - For a fire is gone out of Heshbon, A flame from the city of Sichon: It has devoured `Ar of Mo'av, The lords of the high places of the Arnon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:30 - We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even to Divon, We have laid waste even to Nofach, Which reaches to Medeva.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:34

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:34 - The LORD said to Moshe, Don't fear him: for I have delivered him into your hand, and all his people, and his land; and you shall do to him as you did to Sichon king of the Amori, who lived at Heshbon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:3 - `Atrot, and Divon, and Ya`zer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and El`aleh, and Sevam, and Nevo, and Be`on,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:37 - The children of Re'uven built Heshbon, and El`aleh, and Kiryatayim,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:4 - after he had struck Sichon the king of the Amori, who lived in Heshbon, and `Og the king of Bashan, who lived in `Ashtarot, at Edre`i.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:24 - Rise up, take your journey, and pass over the valley of the Arnon: behold, I have given into your hand Sichon the Amori, king of Heshbon, and his land; begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:26 - I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemot to Sichon king of Heshbon with words of shalom, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:30 - But Sichon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him; for the LORD your God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into your hand, as at this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:2 - The LORD said to me, Don't fear him; for I have delivered him, and all his people, and his land, into your hand; and you shall do to him as you did to Sichon king of the Amori, who lived at Heshbon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:6 - We utterly destroyed them, as we did to Sichon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying every inhabited city, with the women and the little ones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:46

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:46 - beyond the Yarden, in the valley over against Beit-Pe`or, in the land of Sichon king of the Amori, who lived at Heshbon, whom Moshe and the children of Yisra'el struck, when they came forth out of Mitzrayim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:7 - When you came to this place, Sichon the king of Heshbon, and `Og the king of Bashan, came out against us to battle, and we struck them:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:10 - and all that he did to the two kings of the Amori, who were beyond the Yarden, to Sichon king of Heshbon, and to `Og king of Bashan, who was at `Ashtarot.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:2 - Sichon king of the Amori, who lived in Heshbon, and ruled from `Aro`er, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the valley, and half Gil`ad, even to the river Yabbok, the border of the children of `Ammon;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:5 - and ruled in Mount Hermon, and in Salkhah, and in all Bashan, to the border of the Geshuri and the Ma`akhati, and half Gil`ad, the border of Sichon king of Heshbon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:10 - and all the cities of Sichon king of the Amori, who reigned in Heshbon, to the border of the children of `Ammon;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 13:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:17 - Heshbon, and all its cities that are in the plain; Divon, and Bamot-Ba`al, and Beit-Ba`al-Me`on,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 13:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:21 - and all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sichon king of the Amori, who reigned in Heshbon, whom Moshe struck with the chiefs of Midyan, Evi, and Rekem, and Tzur, and Hur, and Reva, the princes of Sichon, who lived in the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 13:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:26 - and from Heshbon to Ramat-Hamitzpeh, and Betonim; and from Machanayim to the border of Devir;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 13:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:27 - and in the valley, Beit-Haram, and Beit-Nimrah, and Sukkot, and Tzafon, the rest of the kingdom of Sichon king of Heshbon, the Yarden and the border of it, to the uttermost part of the sea of Kinneret beyond the Yarden eastward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:39 - Heshbon with its suburbs, Ya`zer with its suburbs; four cities in all.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:19 - Yisra'el sent messengers to Sichon king of the Amori, the king of Heshbon; and Yisra'el said to him, Let us pass, we pray you, through your land to my place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:26 - While Yisra'el lived in Heshbon and its towns, and in `Aro`er and its towns, and in all the cities that are along by the side of the Arnon, three hundred years; why didn't you recover them within that time?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:81

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:81 - and Heshbon with its suburbs, and Ya`zer with its suburbs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:22 - Moreover you gave them kingdoms and peoples, which you did allot after their portions: so they possessed the land of Sichon, even the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of `Og king of Bashan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:4 - Your neck is like an ivory tower. Your eyes are like the pools in Heshbon by the gate of Bath-rabbim; Your nose is like the tower of Levanon which looks toward Dammesek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:4 - Heshbon cries out, and El`aleh; their voice is heard even to Yahatz: therefore the armed men of Mo'av cry aloud; his soul trembles within him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 16:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:8 - For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sivmah; the lords of the nations have broken down the choice branches of it, which reached even to Ya`zer, which wandered into the wilderness; its shoots were spread abroad, they passed over the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 16:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:9 - Therefore I will weep with the weeping of Ya`zer for the vine of Sivmah; I will water you with my tears, Heshbon, and El`aleh: for on your summer fruits and on your harvest the battle shout is fallen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:2 - The praise of Mo'av is no more; in Heshbon they have devised evil against her: Come, and let us cut her off from being a nation. You also, Madmen, shall be brought to silence: the sword shall pursue you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:34 - From the cry of Heshbon even to El`aleh, even to Yahatz have they uttered their voice, from Tzo`ar even to Horonayim, to Eglat-Shelishi-Yah: for the waters of Nimrim also shall become desolate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:45

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:45 - Those who fled stand without strength under the shadow of Heshbon; for a fire is gone forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sichon, and has devoured the corner of Mo'av, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:3 - Wail, Heshbon, for `Ai is laid waste; cry, you daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth: lament, and run back and forth among the fences; for Malkam shall go into captivity, his Kohanim and his princes together.
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