Word

סִיחוֹן

Çîychôwn · H5511 · Hebrew · proper noun · 37 occurrences

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Person

Sihonfirst named in Numbers 21:2134 verses

Meanings

Sihon

A man who was king of the Amorites and was defeated by the Israelites

Examples
Deuteronomy 1:4 after he had defeated Sihon the king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth and in Edrei.
Deuteronomy 2:24 ‘Arise, set out, and pass through the Valley of Arnon. Look! I have handed over to you Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land; start taking possession and plunge into battle with him.
Deuteronomy 2:26 “So I sent messengers from the wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying,

How it’s used In 6 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

6 occurrences in 3 groups

יָשַׁבto dwell, to live, to sit 4
מָלַךְto reign, to be king 2
נָכָהto strike, to strike down 2

Named alongside itApposition

24 occurrences in 3 groups

מֶלֶךְking 24
הוּאhe, she, it 1
אֱמֹרִיAmorite 1

What it doesIt is the subject

8 occurrences in 6 groups

יָצָאto go out 2
אָסַףto gather, to assemble 2
אָבָהto be willing 1
מָשַׁלto rule, to have dominion 1
אָמַןto believe, to be faithful, to trust 1
נָתַןto give, to put, to set 1

What is done to itIt is the object

4 occurrences in 2 groups

נָתַןto give, to put, to set 3
נָכָהto strike, to strike down 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

11 occurrences in 2 groups

לto/for 11
אֵלto, toward 6

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

12 occurrences in 7 groups

עִירcity, town 3
אֶרֶץland, earth, ground 3
מַמְלָכוּתkingdom, kingship 2
גְּבוּלborder, territory 1
מַמְלָכָהkingdom, kingship 1
נְסִיךְprince, leader 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Semantic domains 1 entry

Names of People003001007: The word is the proper name of Sihon, the Amorite king defeated by Israel east of the Jordan (Numbers 21:21-26, Deuteronomy 2:26-37), tying the word to this specific individual.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H5511. Sichon סִיחֹן סִיחוֺן, proper name, masculine Sihon (on formation compare LagBN…

H5511. Sichon
סִיחֹן סִיחוֺן, proper name, masculine Sihon (on formation compare LagBN 198); — סִיחוֺן Num 21:27 Num 21:18t., סִיחֹן Num 21:21 Num 21:17t.; — king of Amorites, Num 21:21 Num 21:7t. Numbers 21 (JE), Num 32:33 (R) Deu 1:4 Deu 1:10t. Deuteronomy; Jdg 2:10 Jdg 2:4t. Judges (D) + Jdg 13:21 (twice in verse); Judges 13:27 (P), Jdg 11:19-20, (twice in verse); Jdg 11:21; Jer 48:45; 1Ki 4:19; Neh 9:22; Psa 135:11; Psa 136:19. ᵐ5 Σηων, ᵐ5L Σιων.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Names of People37 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0