סִיחוֹןÇîychôwn
proper name, masculine: Sihon, king of Amorites (Numbers 21:27; Numbers 21:21; Numbers 21:1-200; Numbers 32:33; Deuteronomy 1:4)
Pronunciation: see-khone' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5511
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 37 times in the Bible.
- Numbers 21:21 The Israelites sent ambassadors to King Sihon of the Amorites with this message:
- Numbers 21:23 But King Sihon refused to let them cross his territory. Instead, he mobilized his entire army and attacked Israel in the wilderness, engaging them in battle at Jahaz.
- Numbers 21:26 Heshbon had been the capital of King Sihon of the Amorites. He had defeated a former Moabite king and seized all his land as far as the Arnon River.
- Numbers 21:27 Therefore, the ancient poets wrote this about him: “Come to Heshbon and let it be rebuilt! Let the city of Sihon be restored.
- Numbers 21:28 A fire flamed forth from Heshbon, a blaze from the city of Sihon. It burned the city of Ar in Moab; it destroyed the rulers of the Arnon heights.
- Numbers 21:29 What sorrow awaits you, O people of Moab! You are finished, O worshipers of Chemosh! Chemosh has left his sons as refugees, his daughters as captives of Sihon, the Amorite king.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).