H5511 - סִיחוֹן (Çîychôwn)

H5511 סִיחוֹן (Çîychôwn) see-khone'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine)

Quick Definition

Sihon

Biblical Persons & Places

Sihon King living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness

A king of Amorites living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.21.21; referred to as Sihon (KJV= Sihon) (סִיחוֹן).

Strong's Definition

Sichon, an Amoritish king

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

KJV Usage: Sihon.

Outline of Biblical Usage

Sihon = "warrior"

1) king of the Amorites at the time of the conquest and defeated by Moses in Transjordan

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

A king of Amorites living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.21.21 § Sihon = "warrior" king of the Amorites at the time of the conquest and defeated by Moses in Transjordan

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

סִיחֹן / סִיחוֹן sý̂ychôn BDB Definition: Sihon = warrior 1) king of the Amorites at the time of the conquest and defeated by Moses in Transjordan Part of Speech: noun proper masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from the same as H5477 Total KJV Occurrences: 37

Bible Occurrences (34)

21:21 21:23 21:26 21:27 21:28 21:29 21:34 32:33

1:4 2:24 2:26 2:30 2:31 2:32 3:2 3:6 4:46 29:7 31:4

2:10 9:10 12:2 12:5 13:10 13:21 13:27

11:19 11:20 11:21

4:19

9:22

135:11 136:19

48:45

Numbers 21:21

Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,

Numbers 21:23

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.

Numbers 21:26

Heshbon was the city of Sihon king of the Amorites, who... had fought against the former king of Moab and taken all his land... as far as the Arnon.

Numbers 21:27

That is why... the poets say: Come to Heshbon, let it be rebuilt; let the city of Sihon be restored.

Numbers 21:28

For a fire went out from Heshbon, a blaze from the city of Sihon. It consumed Ar of Moab, the rulers of Arnon’s heights.

Numbers 21:29

Woe to you, O Moab! You are destroyed, O people of Chemosh! He gave up his sons as refugees, and his daughters into captivity to Sihon king of the Amorites.

Numbers 21:34

But the LORD said to Moses, Do not fear him, for I have delivered him into your hand, along with all his people and his land. Do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon.

Numbers 32:33

So Moses gave to the Gadites..., to the Reubenites..., and to the half-tribe... of Manasseh son of Joseph the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan — the land including its cities and the territory surrounding them....