Word Study · Strong's H2809 · Hebrew
חֶשְׁבּוֹן
Cheshbon
khesh-bone'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Cheshbôwn
“Cheshbon, a place East of the Jordan”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Cheshbon, a place East of the Jordan
Rendered in the KJV as
Heshbon.
- 38occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 9 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 20inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 38 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 20
- בְּחֶשְׁבּ֑וֹן5
- חֶשְׁבּ֔וֹן5
- חֶשְׁבּ֑וֹן4
- חֶשְׁבּ֖וֹן3
- חֶשְׁבּוֹן֙3
- בְּחֶשְׁבּ֗וֹן2
- בְּחֶשְׁבּֽוֹן׃2
- חֶשְׁבּ֜וֹן2
- בְּחֶשְׁבּ֖וֹן1
- בְּחֶשְׁבּ֨וֹן1
- וְחֶשְׁבּ֖וֹן1
- וּמֵחֶשְׁבּ֛וֹן1
and 8 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 6
- Heshbon21
- in Heshbon11
- from Heshbon2
- O Heshbon2
- and from Heshbon1
- and Heshbon1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- proper noun (a name)23
- preposition + proper noun (a name)13
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpl · 23
- HR/Npl · 13
- HC/Npl · 1
- HC/R/Npl · 1
All 38, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Joshua9 of 38 · 24%
- Numbers8 of 38 · 21%
- Deuteronomy8 of 38 · 21%
- Jeremiah5 of 38 · 13%
- Isaiah3 of 38 · 8%
Joshua carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Numbers8 occurrences
- Numbers 21:25בְּחֶשְׁבּ֖וֹןbecheshbonpreposition + proper noun (a name)Israel captured all the cities of the Amorites and occupied them, including Heshbon and all its villages.here: in Heshbon
- Numbers 21:26חֶשְׁבּ֔וֹןcheshbonproper noun (a name)Heshbon was the city of Sihon king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab and taken all his land as far as the Arnon.here: Heshbon
- Numbers 21:27חֶשְׁבּ֑וֹןcheshbonproper noun (a name)That is why the poets say: “Come to Heshbon, let it be rebuilt; let the city of Sihon be restored.here: Heshbon
- Numbers 21:28מֵֽחֶשְׁבּ֔וֹןmecheshbonpreposition + proper noun (a name)For a fire went out from Heshbon, a blaze from the city of Sihon. It consumed Ar of Moab, the rulers of Arnon’s heights.here: from Heshbon
- Numbers 21:30חֶשְׁבּ֖וֹןcheshbonproper noun (a name)But we have overthrown them; Heshbon is destroyed as far as Dibon. We demolished them as far as Nophah, which reaches to Medeba.”here: Heshbon
- Numbers 21:34בְּחֶשְׁבּֽוֹן׃becheshbonpreposition + proper noun (a name)But the LORD said to Moses, “Do not fear him, for I have delivered him into your hand, along with all his people and his land. Do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon.”here: in Heshbon
- Numbers 32:3וְחֶשְׁבּ֖וֹןvecheshbonconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)“Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,here: and Heshbon
- Numbers 32:37חֶשְׁבּ֖וֹןcheshbonproper noun (a name)The Reubenites built up Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim,here: Heshbon
Deuteronomy8 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 1:4בְּחֶשְׁבּ֑וֹןbecheshbonpreposition + proper noun (a name)This was after he had defeated Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and then at Edrei had defeated Og king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth.here: in Heshbon
- Deuteronomy 2:24חֶשְׁבּ֧וֹןcheshbonproper noun (a name)“Arise, set out, and cross the Arnon Valley. See, I have delivered into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land. Begin to take possession of it and engage him in battle.here: Heshbon
- Deuteronomy 2:26חֶשְׁבּ֑וֹןcheshbonproper noun (a name)So from the Wilderness of Kedemoth I sent messengers with an offer of peace to Sihon king of Heshbon, saying,here: Heshbon
- Deuteronomy 2:30חֶשְׁבּ֔וֹןcheshbonproper noun (a name)But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass through, for the LORD your God had made his spirit stubborn and his heart obstinate, that He might deliver him into your hand, as is the case this day.here: Heshbon
- Deuteronomy 3:2בְּחֶשְׁבּֽוֹן׃becheshbonpreposition + proper noun (a name)But the LORD said to me, “Do not fear him, for I have delivered him into your hand, along with all his people and his land. Do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon.”here: in Heshbon
- Deuteronomy 3:6חֶשְׁבּ֑וֹןcheshbonproper noun (a name)We devoted them to destruction, as we had done to Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children of every city.here: Heshbon
- Deuteronomy 4:46בְּחֶשְׁבּ֑וֹןbecheshbonpreposition + proper noun (a name)while they were in the valley across the Jordan facing Beth-peor in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon and was defeated by Moses and the Israelites after they had come out of Egypt.here: in Heshbon
- Deuteronomy 29:7חֶ֠שְׁבּוֹןcheshbonproper noun (a name)When you reached this place, Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan came out against us in battle, but we defeated them.here: Heshbon
Joshua9 occurrences
- Joshua 9:10חֶשְׁבּ֔וֹןcheshbonproper noun (a name)and all that He did to the two kings of the Amorites beyond the Jordan—Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth.here: Heshbon
- Joshua 12:2בְּחֶשְׁבּ֑וֹןbecheshbonpreposition + proper noun (a name)Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon. He ruled from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along the middle of the valley, up to the Jabbok River (the border of the Ammonites), that is, half of Gilead,here: in Heshbon
- Joshua 12:5חֶשְׁבּֽוֹן׃cheshbonproper noun (a name)He ruled over Mount Hermon, Salecah, all of Bashan up to the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and half of Gilead to the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.here: Heshbon
- Joshua 13:10בְּחֶשְׁבּ֑וֹןbecheshbonpreposition + proper noun (a name)and all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites who reigned in Heshbon, as far as the border of the Ammonites;here: in Heshbon
- Joshua 13:17חֶשְׁבּ֥וֹןcheshbonproper noun (a name)to Heshbon and all its cities on the plateau, including Dibon, Bamoth-baal, Beth-baal-meon,here: Heshbon
- Joshua 13:21בְּחֶשְׁבּ֑וֹןbecheshbonpreposition + proper noun (a name)all the cities of the plateau and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon until Moses killed him and the chiefs of Midian (Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba), the princes of Sihon who lived in the land.here: in Heshbon
- Joshua 13:26וּמֵחֶשְׁבּ֛וֹןumecheshbonconjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)the territory from Heshbon to Ramath-mizpeh and Betonim, and from Mahanaim to the border of Debir;here: and from Heshbon
- Joshua 13:27חֶשְׁבּ֔וֹןcheshbonproper noun (a name)and in the valley, Beth-haram, Beth-nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon, with the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon (the territory on the east side of the Jordan up to the edge of the Sea of Chinnereth).here: Heshbon
- Joshua 21:39חֶשְׁבּוֹן֙cheshbonproper noun (a name)Heshbon, and Jazer—four cities in all, together with their pasturelands.here: Heshbon
Judges2 occurrences
- Judges 11:19חֶשְׁבּ֑וֹןcheshbonproper noun (a name)And Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon, and said to him, ‘Please let us pass through your land into our own place.’here: Heshbon
- Judges 11:26בְּחֶשְׁבּ֨וֹןbecheshbonpreposition + proper noun (a name)For three hundred years Israel has lived in Heshbon, Aroer, and their villages, as well as all the cities along the banks of the Arnon. Why did you not take them back during that time?here: in Heshbon
1 Chronicles1 occurrence
Isaiah3 occurrences
- Isaiah 15:4חֶשְׁבּוֹן֙cheshbonproper noun (a name)Heshbon and Elealeh cry out; their voices are heard as far as Jahaz. Therefore the soldiers of Moab cry out; their souls tremble within.here: Heshbon
- Isaiah 16:8חֶשְׁבּ֨וֹןcheshbonproper noun (a name)For the fields of Heshbon have withered, along with the grapevines of Sibmah. The rulers of the nations have trampled its choicest vines, which had reached as far as Jazer and spread toward the desert. Their shoots had spread out and passed over the sea.here: Heshbon
- Isaiah 16:9חֶשְׁבּ֖וֹןcheshbonproper noun (a name)So I weep with Jazer for the vines of Sibmah; I drench Heshbon and Elealeh with my tears. Triumphant shouts have fallen silent over your summer fruit and your harvest.here: O Heshbon
Jeremiah5 occurrences
- Jeremiah 48:2בְּחֶשְׁבּ֗וֹןbecheshbonpreposition + proper noun (a name)There is no longer praise for Moab; in Heshbon they devise evil against her: ‘Come, let us cut her off from nationhood.’ You too, O people of Madmen, will be silenced; the sword will pursue you.here: in Heshbon
- Jeremiah 48:34חֶשְׁבּ֜וֹןcheshbonproper noun (a name)There is a cry from Heshbon to Elealeh; they raise their voices to Jahaz, from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah; for even the waters of Nimrim have dried up.here: Heshbon
- Jeremiah 48:45חֶשְׁבּ֛וֹןcheshbonproper noun (a name)“Those who flee will stand helpless in Heshbon’s shadow, because fire has gone forth from Heshbon and a flame from within Sihon. It devours the foreheads of Moab and the skulls of the sons of tumult.here: Heshbon
- Jeremiah 48:45מֵחֶשְׁבּ֗וֹןmecheshbonpreposition + proper noun (a name)“Those who flee will stand helpless in Heshbon’s shadow, because fire has gone forth from Heshbon and a flame from within Sihon. It devours the foreheads of Moab and the skulls of the sons of tumult.here: from Heshbon
- Jeremiah 49:3חֶשְׁבּ֜וֹןcheshbonproper noun (a name)Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai has been destroyed; cry out, O daughters of Rabbah! Put on sackcloth and mourn; run back and forth within your walls, for Milcom will go into exile together with his priests and officials.here: O Heshbon
Same headword in Strong's