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Lexicon :: Strong's H5516 - sîsrā'

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סִיסְרָא
Transliteration
sîsrā'
Pronunciation
see-ser-aw'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain derivation
Strong’s Definitions

סִיסְרָא Çîyçᵉrâʼ, see-ser-aw'; of uncertain derivation; Sisera, the name of a Canaanitish king and of one of the Nethinim:—Sisera.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x

The KJV translates Strong's H5516 in the following manner: Sisera (21x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x
The KJV translates Strong's H5516 in the following manner: Sisera (21x).

  1. Sisera = "battle array"

    1. the conquering general under king Jabin of Hazor and slain by Jael

    2. ancestor of a family of temple slaves who returned from exile with Zerubbabel

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
סִיסְרָא Çîyçᵉrâʼ, see-ser-aw'; of uncertain derivation; Sisera, the name of a Canaanitish king and of one of the Nethinim:—Sisera.
STRONGS H5516: Abbreviations
סִיסְרָא 21 proper name, masculine (GFMJudges 4:2; PAOS xix (1898), 160 compare Hittite names in -sira);—
1. general of Jabin, king of Hazor Judges 4:2 + 12 times Judges 4; apparently himself king Judges 5:20, 26, 28, 30; compare 1 Samuel 12:9; Psalm 83:10; — on ס׳ see GFMJu, 107 ff.; PAOS l.c.; Greek Version of the LXX Σ(ε)ισαρα.
†2. בְּנֵיסִֿיסְרָא returned exiles, Ezra 2:53 = Nehemiah 7:55; Greek Version of the LXX Σεισαραθ, Σισαρα, etc.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Judges

4; 4:2; 4:2; 5:20; 5:26; 5:28; 5:30

1 Samuel

12:9

Ezra

2:53

Nehemiah

7:55

Psalms

83:10

H5516

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5516 matches the Hebrew סִיסְרָא (sîsrā'),
which occurs 21 times in 19 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:2 - And Jehovah sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, who dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:7 - And I will draw unto thee, to the river Kishon, Sisera, the captain of Jabin’s army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thy hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:9 - And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding, the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honor; for Jehovah will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:12 - And they told Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to mount Tabor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:13 - And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, from Harosheth of the Gentiles, unto the river Kishon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:14 - And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this is the day in which Jehovah hath delivered Sisera into thy hand; is not Jehovah gone out before thee? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:15 - And Jehovah discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; and Sisera alighted from his chariot, and fled away on his feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:16 - But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host, unto Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all the host of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword; there was not a man left.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:17 - Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite; for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:18 - And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; fear not. And he turned in unto her into the tent, and she covered him with a rug.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:22 - And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will show thee the man whom thou seekest. And he came unto her; and, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the tent-pin was in his temples.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:20 -
From heaven fought the stars,
From their courses they fought against Sisera.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:26 -
She put her hand to the tent-pin,
And her right hand to the workmen’s hammer;
And with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote through his head;
Yea, she pierced and struck through his temples.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:28 -
Through the window she looked forth, and cried,
The mother of Sisera cried through the lattice,
Why is his chariot so long in coming?
Why tarry the wheels of his chariots?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:30 -
Have they not found, have they not divided the spoil?
A damsel, two damsels to every man;
To Sisera a spoil of dyed garments,
A spoil of dyed garments embroidered,
Of dyed garments embroidered on both sides, on the necks of the spoil?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 12:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:9 - But they forgat Jehovah their God; and he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab; and they fought against them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 2:53

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:53 - the children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Temah,

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:55

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:55 - the children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Temah,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 83:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:9 -
Do thou unto them as unto Midian,
As to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the river Kishon;
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