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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 - The LORD sold them into the hand of Yavin king of Kana`an, who reigned in Hatzor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, who lived in Haroshet of the Goyim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:7 - I will draw to you, to the river Kishon, Sisera, the captain of Yavin's army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into your hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:9 - She said, I will surely go with you: notwithstanding, the journey that you take shall not be for your honor; for the LORD will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. Devorah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:12 - They told Sisera that Barak the son of Avino`am was gone up to Mount Tavor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:13 - Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people who were with him, from Haroshet of the Goyim, to the river Kishon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:14 - Devorah said to Barak, Up; for this is the day in which the LORD has delivered Sisera into your hand; hasn't the LORD gone out before you? So Barak went down from Mount Tavor, and ten thousand men after him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:15 - The LORD confused 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, to Haroshet of the Goyim: 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 - However Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Ya`el the wife of Hever the Keni; for there was shalom between Yavin the king of Hatzor and the house of Hever the Keni.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:18 - Ya`el went out to meet Sisera, and said to him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; don't be afraid. He came in to 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 - Behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Ya`el came out to meet him, and said to him, Come, and I will show you the man whom you seek. He came to 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 the sky the stars fought, 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, Her right hand to the workmen's hammer; With the hammer she struck Sisera, she struck through his head; Yes, 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 do the wheels of his chariots wait?

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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 lady, two ladies 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 forgot the LORD their God; and he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hatzor, and into the hand of the Pelishtim, and into the hand of the king of Mo'av; 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 Temach,

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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 Temach,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 83:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:9 - Do to them as you did to Midyan, As to Sisera, as to Yavin, at the river Kishon;
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