HebrewH5516Proper Noun (Masculine)

סִיסְרָא

sis.ra

18Occurrences
H5516Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Sisera, the name of a Canaanitish king and of one of the Nethinim

of uncertain derivation;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at § Sisera = "battle array" 1) the conquering general under king Jabin of Hazor and slain by ) ancestor of a family of temple slaves who returned from exile with Zerubbabel

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

סִיסְרָא appears 18 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Judges
15
1 Samuel
1
Ezra
1
Nehemiah
1

Key Passages

1 Samuel 12:9BSB

But they forgot the LORD their God, and He sold them into the hand of Sisera the commander of the army of Hazor, and into the hands of the Philistines and the king of Moab, who fought against them.

Judges 4:7BSB

And I will draw out Sisera the commander of Jabin’s army, his chariots, and his troops to the River Kishon, and I will deliver him into your hand.’”

Judges 4:13BSB

he summoned all nine hundred of his iron chariots and all the men with him, from Harosheth-hagoyim to the River Kishon.

Judges 4:16BSB

Then Barak pursued the chariots and army as far as Harosheth-hagoyim, and the whole army of Sisera fell by the sword; not a single man was left.

Judges 4:22BSB

When Barak arrived in pursuit of Sisera, Jael went out to greet him and said to him, “Come, and I will show you the man you are seeking.” So he went in with her, and there lay Sisera dead, with a tent peg through his temple.

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