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Joshua 12:2
“Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H5511 · Hebrew
- Definition
- Sichon, an Amoritish king
- Derivation
- or סִיחֹן; from the same as H5477 (סוּחַ); tempestuous;
- KJV renderings
- Sihon.
- Grammar
- סִיחוֹן֙ — proper noun
- Usage
- Occurs 37 times in the Hebrew Bible.Numbers 21:21Numbers 21:23Numbers 21:23Numbers 21:26Numbers 21:27
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read סִיחוֹן here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.