סִיסְרָאÇîyçᵉrâʼ
proper name, masculine: sira
Pronunciation: see-ser-aw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5516
Meanings
1. general of Jabin, king of Hazor (Judges 4:2; Judges 4:1-200; Judges 5:20)
2. בְּנֵיסִֿיסְרָא returned exiles (Ezra 2:53; Nehemiah 7:55)
Where it appears
Appears 21 times in the Bible.
- Judges 4:2 So the Lord turned them over to King Jabin of Hazor, a Canaanite king. The commander of his army was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth-haggoyim.
- Judges 4:7 And I will call out Sisera, commander of Jabin’s army, along with his chariots and warriors, to the Kishon River. There I will give you victory over him.”
- Judges 4:9 “Very well,” she replied, “I will go with you. But you will receive no honor in this venture, for the Lord’s victory over Sisera will be at the hands of a woman.” So Deborah went with Barak to Kedesh.
- Judges 4:12 When Sisera was told that Barak son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor,
- Judges 4:13 he called for all 900 of his iron chariots and all of his warriors, and they marched from Harosheth-haggoyim to the Kishon River.
- Judges 4:14 Then Deborah said to Barak, “Get ready! This is the day the Lord will give you victory over Sisera, for the Lord is marching ahead of you.” So Barak led his 10,000 warriors down the slopes of Mount Tabor into battle.
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).