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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 BoxJdg 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:2 - And the Lord sold the children of Israel into the hand of Jabin king of Chanaan, who ruled in Asor; and the chief of his host was Sisara, and he dwelt in Arisoth of the Gentiles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:7 - And I will bring to thee to the torrent of Kison [fn]Sisara the captain of the host of Jabin, and his chariots, and his multitude, and I will deliver them into thine hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:9 - And she said, I will surely go with thee; but know that thy honour shall not attend on the expedition on which thou goest, for the Lord shall sell Sisara into the hands of a woman: and Debbora arose, and went with Barac out of Cades.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:12 - And it was told Sisara that Barac the son of Abineem was gone up to mount Thabor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:13 - And Sisara [fn]summoned all his chariots, nine hundred chariots of iron and all the people with him, from Arisoth of the Gentiles to the brook of Kison.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:14 - And Debbora said to Barac, Rise up, for this is the day on which the Lord has delivered Sisara into thy hand, for the Lord shall go forth before thee: and Barac went down from mount Thabor, and ten thousand men after him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:15 - And the Lord discomfited Sisara, and all his chariots, and all his army, with the edge of the sword before Barac: and Sisara descended from off his chariot, and fled on his feet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:16 - And Barac [fn]pursued after the chariots and after the army, into Arisoth of the Gentiles; and the whole army of Sisara fell by the edge of the sword, there was not one left.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:17 - And Sisara fled on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Chaber the Kenite his friend: for there was peace between Jabin king of Asor and the house of Chaber the Kenite.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:18

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:22 - And, behold, Barac was pursuing Sisara: and Jael went out to meet him, and she said to him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou seekest: and he went in to her; and, behold, Sisara was fallen dead, and the pin was in his temple.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:20 - The stars from heaven set themselves in array, they set themselves to fight with Sisara out of their paths.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:26 - She stretched forth her left hand to [fn]the nail, and her right hand to the workman's hammer, and she [fn]smote Sisara with it, she nailed through his head and smote him; she nailed through his temples.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:28 - The mother of Sisara looked down through the window out of the loophole, saying, Why was his chariot ashamed? why did the [fn]wheels of his chariots tarry?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:30 - Will they not find him dividing the spoil? he will surely [fn]be gracious to every man: there are spoils of dyed garments for Sisara, spoils of various dyed garments, dyed embroidered garments, they are the spoils for his neck.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:9 - And they forgot the Lord their God, and he sold them into the hands of Sisara captain of the host of Jabis king of Asor, and into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the king of Moab; and he fought with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:53

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:53 - the children of Barcos, the children of Sisara, the children of Thema,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:55

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:55 - the children of Barcue, the children of Sisarath, the children of Thema,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:9 - (LXX 82:10) Do thou to them as to Madiam, and to Sisera; as to Jabin at the brook of Kison.
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