H5511

סִיחוֹן

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Sihon

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

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

סִיחוֺן, סִיחֹן proper name, masculine Sihon (on formation compare LagBN 198); — סִיחוֺן Num 21:27 + 18 t., סִיחֹן vNum 21:21 + 17 t.; — king of Amorites, Num 21:21 + 7 t. Num 21 (JE), Num 32:33 (R) Deut 1:4 + 10 t. Deuteronomy; Judg 2:10 + 4 t. Judges (D) + Judg 13:21 (twice in verse); Judg 13:27 (P), Judg 11:19; Judg 11:20 (twice in verse); Judg 11:21; Jer 48:45; 1Kgs 4:19; Neh 9:22; Ps 135:11; Ps 136:19. ᵐ5 Σηων, ᵐ5L Σιων.


29 occurrences

Numbers (6), Deuteronomy (10), Joshua (7), Judges (3), Nehemiah (1), Psalms (1), Jeremiah (1)