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Lexicon :: Strong's H5516 - sîsrā'

Aa
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 - So the LORD H3068 sold H4376 them into the hand H3027 of Jabin H2985 king H4428 of Canaan H3667, who H834 reigned H4427 in Hazor H2674; and the commander H8269 of his army H6635 was Sisera H5516, who H834 lived H3427 in Harosheth-hagoyim H2800 H1471.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:7 - ‘I will draw H4900 out H4900 to you Sisera H5516, the commander H8269 of Jabin’s H2985 army H6635, with his chariots H7393 and his [fn]many H1995 troops to the river H5158 Kishon H7028, and I will hand H5414 H3027 him over H5414 to you.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:9 - She said H559, “I will certainly H1980 go H1980 with you; however H657 H3588, the fame H8597 shall not be yours on the journey H1870 that you are about to take H1980, for the LORD H3068 will sell H4376 Sisera H5516 into the hand H3027 of a woman H802.” Then Deborah H1683 got H6965 up H6965 and went H1980 with Barak H1301 to Kedesh H6943.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:12 -

Then they told H5046 Sisera H5516 that Barak H1301 the son H1121 of Abinoam H42 had gone H5927 up H5927 to Mount H2022 Tabor H8396.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:13 - Sisera H5516 summoned H2199 all H3605 his chariots H7393, nine H8672 hundred H3967 iron H1270 chariots H7393, and all H3605 the people H5971 who H834 were with him, from Harosheth-hagoyim H2800 H1471 to the river H5158 Kishon H7028.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:14 - Then Deborah H1683 said H559 to Barak H1301, “Arise H6965! For this H2088 is the day H3117 on which H834 the LORD H3068 has handed H5414 H3027 Sisera H5516 over H5414 to you; [fn]behold H3808, the LORD H3068 has gone H3318 out H3318 before H6440 you.” So Barak H1301 went H3381 down H3381 from Mount H2022 Tabor H8396 with ten H6235 thousand H505 men H376 following H310 him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:15 - And the LORD H3068 [fn]routed H2000 Sisera H5516 and all H3605 his chariots H7393 and all H3605 his army H4264 with the edge H6310 of the sword H2719 before H6440 Barak H1301; and Sisera H5516 got H3381 down H3381 from his chariot H4818 and fled H5127 on foot H7272.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:16 - But Barak H1301 pursued H7291 H310 the chariots H7393 and the army H4264 as far H5704 as Harosheth-hagoyim H2800 H1471, and all H3605 the army H4264 of Sisera H5516 fell H5307 by the edge H6310 of the sword H2719; not even H5704 one H259 was left H7604.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:17

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Now Sisera H5516 fled H5127 on foot H7272 to the tent H168 of Jael H3278 the wife H802 of Heber H2268 the Kenite H7017, because H3588 there was peace H7965 between H996 Jabin H2985 the king H4428 of Hazor H2674 and the house H1004 of Heber H2268 the Kenite H7017.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:18 - And Jael H3278 went H3318 out H3318 to meet H7122 Sisera H5516, and said H559 to him, “Turn H5493 aside H5493, my master H113, turn H5493 aside H5493 to me! Do not be H3372 afraid H3372.” So he turned H5493 aside H5493 to her into the tent H168, and she covered H3680 him with a [fn]rug H8063.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:22 - And behold H2009, while Barak H1301 was pursuing H7291 Sisera H5516, Jael H3278 came H3318 out H3318 to meet H7122 him and said H559 to him, “Come H1980, and I will show H7200 you the man H376 whom H834 you are seeking H1245.” So he entered H935 [fn]with her, and behold H2009, Sisera H5516 was lying H5307 dead H4191 with the tent H3489 peg H3489 in his temple H7541.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:20 -

“The stars H3556 fought H3898 from heaven H8064,

From their paths H4546 they fought H3898 against H5973 Sisera H5516.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:26

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“She reached H7971 out H7971 her hand H3027 for the tent H3489 peg H3489,

And her right H3225 hand H3225 for the workmen’s H6001 hammer H1989.

Then she struck H1986 Sisera H5516, she smashed H4277 his head H7218;

And she shattered H4272 and pierced H2498 his temple H7541.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:28

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“Out of the window H2474 she looked H8259 and wailed H2980,

The mother H517 of Sisera H5516 through H1157 the [fn]lattice H822,

‘Why H4069 does his chariot H7393 delay H309 in coming H935?

Why H4069 do the [fn]hoofbeats H6471 of his chariots H4818 delay H309?’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:30

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‘Are they not finding H4672, are they not dividing H2505 the spoils H7998?

A concubine H7358, two concubines H7358 for every H7218 warrior H1397;

To Sisera H5516 a spoil H7998 of dyed H6648 cloth H6648,

A spoil H7998 of dyed H6648 cloth H6648 embroidered H7553,

Dyed H6648 cloth H6648 of double embroidery H7553 on the [fn]neck H6677 of the plunderer H7998?’

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:9 - “But they forgot H7911 the LORD H3068 their God H430, so He sold H4376 them into the hand H3027 of Sisera H5516, commander H8269 of the army H6635 of Hazor H2674, and into the hand H3027 of the Philistines H6430, and into the hand H3027 of the king H4428 of Moab H4124, and they fought H3898 against them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:53

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:53 - the sons H1121 of Barkos H1302, the sons H1121 of Sisera H5516, the sons H1121 of Temah H8547,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:55

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:55 - the sons H1121 of Barkos H1302, the sons H1121 of Sisera H5516, the sons H1121 of Temah H8547,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:9

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Deal H6213 with them as with Midian H4080,

As with Sisera H5516 and Jabin H2985 at the river H5158 of Kishon H7028,

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