H7028 קִישׁוֹן (Qîyshôwn) kee-shone'

Hebrew

Noun

Quick Definition

Kishon

Biblical Persons & Places

Kishon Kishon

A location first mentioned at Jdg.4.7; only referred to as Kishon (קִישׁוֹן).

Strong's Definition

Kishon, a river of Palestine

Derivation: from H6983 (קוֹשׁ); winding;

KJV Usage: Kishon, Kison.

Outline of Biblical Usage

Kishon = "winding"

1) a river in central Palestine; scene of the defeat of Sisera by the Israelites in the time of the judges and the destruction of the prophets of Baal by Elijah

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

קִישׁוֹן (qi.shon) — Kishon.

§ Kishon = "winding" a river in central Palestine; scene of the defeat of Sisera by the Israelites in the time of the judges and the destruction of the prophets of Baal by Elijah

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

קִישֹׁון (H7028)

name

Names of Waterbodies

Kishon = river; ◄ that drains the western portion of the Plain of Esdraelon from Megiddo to the sea, fed by springs from Gilboa and the foot of the Carmel range; ► location where Sisera was defeated and where Elijah killed the prophets of Baal

JDG 4:7 · JDG 4:13 · JDG 5:21 · JDG 5:21 · 1KI 18:40 · PSA 83:10

Graham S. Ogden

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

קִישׁוֹן n.pr. of wady running NW. through plain of Megiddo (Esdraelon) base

Bible Occurrences (5)

4:7 4:13 5:21

18:40

83:9

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 4:13

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

Judges 5:21

The River Kishon swept them away, the ancient river, the River Kishon. March on, O my soul, in strength!

1 Kings 18:40

Then Elijah ordered them, Seize the prophets of Baal! Do not let a single one escape.... So they seized them, and Elijah brought them down to the Kishon Valley and slaughtered them there.