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Lexicon :: Strong's H5511 - sîḥôn

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סִיחוֹן
Transliteration
sîḥôn
Pronunciation
see-khone'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same as סוּחַ (H5477)
Strong’s Definitions

סִיחוֹן Çîychôwn, see-khone'; or סִיחֹן Çîychôn; from the same as H5477; tempestuous; Sichon, an Amoritish king:—Sihon.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 37x

The KJV translates Strong's H5511 in the following manner: Sihon (37x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 37x
The KJV translates Strong's H5511 in the following manner: Sihon (37x).
  1. Sihon = "warrior"

    1. king of the Amorites at the time of the conquest and defeated by Moses in Transjordan

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
סִיחוֹן Çîychôwn, see-khone'; or סִיחֹן Çîychôn; from the same as H5477; tempestuous; Sichon, an Amoritish king:—Sihon.
STRONGS H5511: Abbreviations
סִיחוֺן, סִיחֹן proper name, masculine Sihon (on formation compare LagBN 198); — סִיחוֺן Numbers 21:27 + 18 times, סִיחֹן Numbers 21:21 + 17 times; — king of Amorites, Numbers 21:21 + 7 times Numbers 21 (JE), Numbers 32:33 (R) Deuteronomy 1:4 + 10 times Deuteronomy; Judges 2:10 + 4 times Judges (D) + Judges 13:21 (twice in verse); Judges 13:27 (P), Judges 11:19, 20 (twice in verse); Judges 11:21; Jeremiah 48:45; 1 Kings 4:19; Nehemiah 9:22; Psalm 135:11; Psalm 136:19. Greek Version of the LXX Σηων, LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Σιων.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Numbers

21:21; 21:21; 21:27; 32:33

Deuteronomy

1:4

Judges

2:10; 11:19; 11:20; 11:21; 13:21

1 Kings

4:19

Nehemiah

9:22

Psalms

135:11; 136:19

Jeremiah

48:45

H5511

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5511 matches the Hebrew סִיחוֹן (sîḥôn),
which occurs 37 times in 34 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:21 -

Israel sent messengers to say to King Sihon of the Amorites,

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:23 -

But Sihon would not let Israel travel through his territory. Instead, he gathered his whole army and went out to confront Israel in the wilderness. When he came to Jahaz, he fought against Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:26 -

Heshbon was the city of King Sihon of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab and had taken control of all his land as far as the Arnon.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:27 -

Therefore the poets[fn] say:

Come to Heshbon, let it be rebuilt;

let the city of Sihon be restored.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:28 -

For fire came out of Heshbon,

a flame from the city of Sihon.

It consumed Ar of Moab,

the citizens of Arnon’s heights.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:29 -

Woe to you, Moab!

You have been destroyed, people of Chemosh!

He gave up his sons as refugees,

and his daughters into captivity

to Sihon the Amorite king.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:34 -

But the LORD said to Moses, “Do not fear him, for I have handed him over to you along with his whole army and his land. Do to him as you did to King Sihon of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon.”

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:33 -

So Moses gave them ​— ​the Gadites, Reubenites, and half the tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph ​— ​the kingdom of King Sihon of the Amorites and the kingdom of King Og of Bashan, the land including its cities with the territories surrounding them.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:4 -

This was after he had defeated King Sihon of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and King Og of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth, at Edrei.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:24 -

“The LORD also said, ‘Get up, move out, and cross the Arnon Valley. See, I have handed the Amorites’ King Sihon of Heshbon and his land over to you. Begin to take possession of it; engage[fn] him in battle.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:26 -

“So I sent messengers with an offer of peace to King Sihon of Heshbon from the Wilderness of Kedemoth, saying,

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:30 -

“But King Sihon of Heshbon would not let us travel through his land, for the LORD your God had made his spirit stubborn and his heart obstinate in order to hand him over to you, as has now taken place.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:31 -

“Then the LORD said to me, ‘See, I have begun to give Sihon and his land to you. Begin to take possession of it.’

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:32 -

“So Sihon and his whole army came out against us for battle at Jahaz.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:2 -

“But the LORD said to me, ‘Do not fear him, for I have handed him over to you along with his whole army and his land. Do to him as you did to King Sihon of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon.’

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:6 -

“We completely destroyed them, as we had done to King Sihon of Heshbon, destroying the men, women, and children of every city.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:46 -

across the Jordan in the valley facing Beth-peor in the land of King Sihon of the Amorites. He lived in Heshbon, and Moses and the Israelites defeated him after they came out of Egypt.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:7 -

“When you reached this place, King Sihon of Heshbon and King Og of Bashan came out against us in battle, but we defeated them.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:4 -

“The LORD will deal with them as he did Sihon and Og, the kings of the Amorites, and their land when he destroyed them.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:10 -

“For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red Sea before you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to Sihon and Og, the two Amorite kings you completely destroyed across the Jordan.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:10 -

“and all that he did to the two Amorite kings beyond the Jordan ​— ​King Sihon of Heshbon and King Og of Bashan, who was in Ashtaroth.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:2 -

King Sihon of the Amorites lived in Heshbon. He ruled from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon River, along the middle of the valley, and half of Gilead up to the Jabbok River (the border of the Ammonites),

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:5 -

He ruled over Mount Hermon, Salecah, all Bashan up to the Geshurite and Maacathite border, and half of Gilead to the border of King Sihon of Heshbon.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:10 -

and all the cities of King Sihon of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, to the border of the Ammonites;

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:21 -

all the cities of the plateau, and all the kingdom of King Sihon of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon. Moses had killed him and the chiefs of Midian ​— ​Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba ​— ​the princes of Sihon who lived in the land.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:27 -

in the valley: Beth-haram, Beth-nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon ​— ​the rest of the kingdom of King Sihon of Heshbon. Their land also included the Jordan and its territory as far as the edge of the Sea of Chinnereth[fn] on the east side of the Jordan.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:19 -

“Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, king of Heshbon. Israel said to him, ‘Please let us travel through your land to our country,’

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:20 -

“but Sihon would not trust Israel to pass through his territory. Instead, Sihon gathered all his troops, camped at Jahaz, and fought with Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:21 -

“Then the LORD God of Israel handed over Sihon and all his troops to Israel, and they defeated them. So Israel took possession of the entire land of the Amorites who lived in that country.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:19 -

Geber son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, the country of King Sihon of the Amorites and of King Og of Bashan.

There was one deputy in the land of Judah.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:22 -

You gave them kingdoms and peoples

and established boundaries for them.

They took possession

of the land of King Sihon[fn] of Heshbon

and of the land of King Og of Bashan.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:11 -

Sihon king of the Amorites,

Og king of Bashan,

and all the kings of Canaan.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:19 -

Sihon king of the Amorites

His faithful love endures forever.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:45 -

Those who flee will stand exhausted in Heshbon’s shadow

because fire has come out from Heshbon

and a flame from within Sihon.

It will devour Moab’s forehead

and the skull of the noisemakers.

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