HebrewH5511Proper Noun (Masculine)

סִיחוֹן

si.chon

33Occurrences
H5511Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Sichon, an Amoritish king

or סִיחֹן; from the same as H5477 (סוּחַ); tempestuous;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A king of Amorites living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at § Sihon = "warrior" king of the Amorites at the time of the conquest and defeated by Moses in Transjordan

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

סִיחוֹן appears 33 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Deuteronomy
10
Numbers
8
Joshua
7
Judges
3
Psalms
2
1 Kings
1
Jeremiah
1
Nehemiah
1

Key Passages

1 Kings 4:19BSB

Geber son of Uri in the land of Gilead, including the territories of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan.There was also one governor in the land of Judah.

Deuteronomy 2:32BSB

So Sihon and his whole army came out for battle against us at Jahaz.

Judges 11:20BSB

But Sihon would not trust Israel to pass through his territory. So he gathered all his people, encamped in Jahaz, and fought with Israel.

Joshua 13:21BSB

all the cities of the plateau and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon until Moses killed him and the chiefs of Midian (Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba), the princes of Sihon who lived in the land.

Numbers 21:23BSB

But Sihon would not let Israel pass through his territory. Instead, he gathered his whole army and went out to confront Israel in the wilderness. When he came to Jahaz, he fought against Israel.

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