H5516 סִיסְרָא (Çîyçᵉrâʼ) see-ser-aw'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine)

Quick Definition

Sisera

Biblical Persons & Places

Sisera Man living at the time of Exile and Return

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.53; only referred to as Sisera (סִיסְרָא).

Sisera Deborah's adversary living before Israel's Monarchy

A warrior living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jdg.4.2; only referred to as Sisera (סִיסְרָא).

Strong's Definition

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

Derivation: of uncertain derivation;

KJV Usage: Sisera.

Outline of Biblical Usage

Sisera = "battle array"

1) the conquering general under king Jabin of Hazor and slain by Jael

2) ancestor of a family of temple slaves who returned from exile with Zerubbabel

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

סִיסְרָא (sis.ra) — Sisera. A man living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jdg.4.2 § Sisera = "battle array" 1) the conquering general under king Jabin of Hazor and slain by Jael 2) ancestor of a family of temple slaves who returned from exile with Zerubbabel

סִיסְרָא (sis.ra) — Sisera. A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.53 § Sisera = "battle array" 1) the conquering general under king Jabin of Hazor and slain by Jael 2) ancestor of a family of temple slaves who returned from exile with Zerubbabel

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

סִיסְרָא (H5516)

name

Names of People

Sisera = man; ► army commander of Jabin, king of Hazor

JDG 4:2 · JDG 4:7 · JDG 4:9 · JDG 4:12 · JDG 4:13 · JDG 4:14 · JDG 4:15 · JDG 4:15 · JDG 4:16 · JDG 4:17 · JDG 4:18 · JDG 4:22 · JDG 4:22 · JDG 5:20 · JDG 5:26 · JDG 5:28 · JDG 5:30 · 1SA 12:9 · PSA 83:10

Names of People

Sisera = man; ► family head; temple servants; after exile

EZR 2:53 · NEH 7:55

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

סִיסְרָא 21 n.pr.m. general of Jabin, king of Hazor

returned exiles

base

Bible Occurrences (19)

4:2 4:7 4:9 4:12 4:13 4:14 4:15 4:16 4:17 4:18 4:22 5:20 5:26 5:28 5:30

12:9

2:53

7:55

83:9

Judges 4:2

So the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his forces was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth-hagoyim....

Judges 4:7

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 4:9

I will certainly go... with you, Deborah replied, but... the road you are taking will bring you no honor, because the LORD will be selling Sisera into the hand of a woman. So Deborah got up and went with Barak to Kedesh,

Judges 4:12

When Sisera was told that Barak son of Abinoam had gone up Mount Tabor,

Judges 4:13

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

Judges 4:14

Then Deborah said to Barak, Arise, for this is the day that the LORD has delivered Sisera into your hand. Has not the LORD gone before you? So Barak came down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him.

Judges 4:15

And in front of [him] the LORD routed with the sword Sisera, all his charioteers, and all his army. Sisera abandoned... his chariot and fled on foot.

Judges 4:16

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....