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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 the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor; the commander of his army was Sis'era, who dwelt in Haro'sheth-ha-goiim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:7 - And I will draw out Sis'era, the general of Jabin's army, to meet you by the river Kishon with his chariots and his troops; and I will give him into your hand.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:9 - And she said, "I will surely go with you; nevertheless, the road on which you are going will not lead to your glory, for the LORD will sell Sis'era into the hand of a woman." Then Deb'orah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:12 - When Sis'era was told that Barak the son of Abin'o-am had gone up to Mount Tabor,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:13 - Sis'era called out all his chariots, nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the men who were with him, from Haro'sheth-ha-goiim to the river Kishon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:14 - And Deb'orah said to Barak, "Up! For this is the day in which the LORD has given Sis'era into your hand. Does not the LORD go out before you?" So Barak went down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:15 - And the LORD routed Sis'era and all his chariots and all his army before Barak at the edge of the sword; and Sis'era alighted from his chariot and fled away on foot.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:16 - And Barak pursued the chariots and the army to Haro'sheth-ha-goiim, and all the army of Sis'era fell by the edge of the sword; not a man was left.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:17 - But Sis'era fled away on foot to the tent of Ja'el, the wife of Heber the Ken'ite; for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Ken'ite.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:18 - And Ja'el came out to meet Sis'era, and said to him, "Turn aside, my lord, turn aside to me; have no fear." So he turned aside 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 - And behold, as Barak pursued Sis'era, Ja'el went out to meet him, and said to him, "Come, and I will show you the man whom you are seeking." So he went in to her tent; and there lay Sis'era dead, with the tent peg in his temple.

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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 Sis'era.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:26 - She put her hand to the tent peg and her right hand to the workmen's mallet; she struck Sis'era a blow, she crushed his head, she shattered and pierced his temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:28 - "Out of the window she peered, the mother of Sis'era gazed through the lattice: 'Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why tarry the hoofbeats of his chariots?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:30 - 'Are they not finding and dividing the spoil?--A maiden or two for every man; spoil of dyed stuffs for Sis'era, spoil of dyed stuffs embroidered, two pieces of dyed work embroidered for my neck as 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 Sis'era, commander of the army of Jabin king 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 sons of Barkos, the sons of Sis'era, the sons of Temah,

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:55

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:55 - the sons of Barkos, the sons of Sis'era, the sons of Temah,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 83:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:9 - Do to them as thou didst to Mid'ian, as to Sis'era and Jabin at the river Kishon,
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