חֶשְׁבּוֹן
chesh.bon
“Heshbon”
Definition
Cheshbon, a place East of the Jordan
the same as H2808 (חֶשְׁבּוֹן);
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Grammar & Morphology
Noun
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Occurrences
חֶשְׁבּוֹן appears 34 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
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.
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.
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.
and all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites who reigned in Heshbon, as far as the border of the Ammonites;
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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