HebrewH2809Noun

חֶשְׁבּוֹן

chesh.bon

34Occurrences
H2809Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Cheshbon, a place East of the Jordan

the same as H2808 (חֶשְׁבּוֹן);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
§ Heshbon = "stronghold" the capital city of Sihon, king of the Amorites, located on the western border of the high plain and on the border line between the tribes of Reuben and Gad

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

N:N--L

Full Description

N:N--L

Occurrences

חֶשְׁבּוֹן appears 34 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Joshua
9
Numbers
8
Deuteronomy
7
Jeremiah
4
Isaiah
3
Judges
2
Nehemiah
1

Key Passages

Deuteronomy 1:4BSB

This was after he had defeated Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and then at Edrei had defeated Og king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth.

Deuteronomy 4:46BSB

while they were in the valley across the Jordan facing Beth-peor in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon and was defeated by Moses and the Israelites after they had come out of Egypt.

Jeremiah 48:2BSB

There is no longer praise for Moab;in Heshbon they devise evil against her:‘Come, let us cut her off from nationhood.’You too, O people of Madmen, will be silenced;the sword will pursue you.

Joshua 13:10BSB

and all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites who reigned in Heshbon, as far as the border of the Ammonites;

Joshua 9:10BSB

and all that He did to the two kings of the Amorites beyond the Jordan—Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth.

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