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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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:21 - Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:23 - But Sihon would not allow Israel to pass through his territory. He gathered all his people together and went out against Israel to the wilderness and came to Jahaz and fought against Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:26 - For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab and taken all his land out of his hand, as far as the Arnon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:27 - Therefore the ballad singers say,
“Come to Heshbon, let it be built;
let the city of Sihon be established.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:28 - For fire came out from Heshbon,
flame from the city of Sihon.
It devoured Ar of Moab,
and swallowed[fn] the heights of the Arnon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:29 - Woe to you, O Moab!
You are undone, O people of Chemosh!
He has made his sons fugitives,
and his daughters captives,
to an Amorite king, Sihon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:34

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:34 - But the LORD said to Moses, “Do not fear him, for I have given him into your hand, and all his people, and his land. And you shall do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:33 - And Moses gave to them, to the people of Gad and to the people of Reuben and to the half-tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land and its cities with their territories, the cities of the land throughout the country.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:4 - after he had defeated Sihon the king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth and in Edrei.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:24 - ‘Rise up, set out on your journey and go over the Valley of the Arnon. Behold, I have given into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land. Begin to take possession, and contend with him in battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:26 - “So I sent messengers from the wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon the king of Heshbon, with words of peace, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:30 - But Sihon the king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him, for the LORD your God hardened his spirit and made his heart obstinate, that he might give him into your hand, as he is this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:31

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:31 - And the LORD said to me, ‘Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his land over to you. Begin to take possession, that you may occupy his land.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:32

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:32 - Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Jahaz.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:2 - But the LORD said to me, ‘Do not fear him, for I have given him and all his people and his land into your hand. And you shall do to him as you did to Sihon the king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:6 - And we devoted them to destruction,[fn] as we did to Sihon the king of Heshbon, devoting to destruction every city, men, women, and children.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:46

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:46 - beyond the Jordan in the valley opposite Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon, whom Moses and the people of Israel defeated when they came out of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:7 - And when you came to this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon and Og the king of Bashan came out against us to battle, but we defeated them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:4 - And the LORD will do to them as he did to Sihon and Og, the kings of the Amorites, and to their land, when he destroyed them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 2:10

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 the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon and Og, whom you devoted to destruction.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:10 - and all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon the king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:2 - Sihon king of the Amorites who lived at Heshbon and ruled from Aroer, which is on the edge of the Valley of the Arnon, and from the middle of the valley as far as the river Jabbok, the boundary of the Ammonites, that is, half of Gilead,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:5 - and ruled over Mount Hermon and Salecah and all Bashan to the boundary of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and over half of Gilead to the boundary of Sihon king of Heshbon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:10 - and all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, as far as the boundary of the Ammonites;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 13:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:21 - that is, all the cities of the tableland, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses defeated with the leaders of Midian, Evi and Rekem and Zur and Hur and Reba, the princes of Sihon, who lived in the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 13:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:27 - and in the valley Beth-haram, Beth-nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, having the Jordan as a boundary, to the lower end of the Sea of Chinnereth, eastward beyond the Jordan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:19 - Israel then sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, king of Heshbon, and Israel said to him, ‘Please let us pass through your land to our country,’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:20 - but Sihon did not trust Israel to pass through his territory, so Sihon gathered all his people together and encamped at Jahaz and fought with Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:21 - And the LORD, the God of Israel, gave Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they defeated them. So Israel took possession of all the land of the Amorites, who inhabited that country.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:19 - Geber the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, the country of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan. And there was one governor who was over the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:22 - “And you gave them kingdoms and peoples and allotted to them every corner. So they took possession of the land of Sihon king of Heshbon and the land of Og king of Bashan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 135:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:11 - Sihon, king of the Amorites,
and Og, king of Bashan,
and all the kingdoms of Canaan,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 136:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:19 - Sihon, king of the Amorites,
for his steadfast love endures forever;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:45

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:45 - “In the shadow of Heshbon
fugitives stop without strength,
for fire came out from Heshbon,
flame from the house of Sihon;
it has destroyed the forehead of Moab,
the crown of the sons of tumult.
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