Word Study · Strong's H5511 · Hebrew
סִיחוֹן
Sichon
see-khone'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Çîychôwn
“Sichon, an Amoritish king”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Sichon, an Amoritish king
Rendered in the KJV as
Sihon.
- 37occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 8 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 24inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 37 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 24
- סִיחוֹן֙5
- סִיחֹן֙4
- לְסִיחֹן֙2
- סִיח֥וֹן2
- סִיח֔וֹן2
- סִיחֽוֹן׃2
- סִיחֹ֣ן2
- סִיחֹ֨ן2
- לְ֭סִיחוֹן1
- לְסִיח֥וֹן1
- לְסִיחוֹן֙1
- לְסִיח֤וֹן׀1
and 12 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 2
- Sihon29
- to Sihon8
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- proper noun (a name)29
- preposition + proper noun (a name)8
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpm · 29
- HR/Npm · 8
All 37, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Deuteronomy11 of 37 · 30%
- Numbers9 of 37 · 24%
- Joshua8 of 37 · 22%
- Judges4 of 37 · 11%
- Psalms2 of 37 · 5%
Deuteronomy carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Numbers9 occurrences
- Numbers 21:21סִיחֹ֥ןsichonproper noun (a name)Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,here: Sihon
- Numbers 21:23סִיחֹ֣ןsichonproper noun (a name)But Sihon would not let Israel pass through his territory. Instead, he gathered his whole army and went out to confront Israel in the wilderness. When he came to Jahaz, he fought against Israel.here: Sihon
- Numbers 21:23סִיחֹ֜ןsichonproper noun (a name)But Sihon would not let Israel pass through his territory. Instead, he gathered his whole army and went out to confront Israel in the wilderness. When he came to Jahaz, he fought against Israel.here: Sihon
- Numbers 21:26סִיחֹ֛ןsichonproper 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: Sihon
- Numbers 21:27סִיחֽוֹן׃sichonproper noun (a name)That is why the poets say: “Come to Heshbon, let it be rebuilt; let the city of Sihon be restored.here: Sihon
- Numbers 21:28סִיחֹ֑ןsichonproper 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: Sihon
- Numbers 21:29סִיחֽוֹן׃sichonproper noun (a name)Woe to you, O Moab! You are destroyed, O people of Chemosh! He gave up his sons as refugees, and his daughters into captivity to Sihon king of the Amorites.here: Sihon
- Numbers 21:34לְסִיחֹן֙lesichonpreposition + 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: to Sihon
- Numbers 32:33סִיחֹן֙sichonproper noun (a name)So Moses gave to the Gadites, to the Reubenites, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan—the land including its cities and the territory surrounding them.here: Sihon
Deuteronomy11 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 1:4סִיחֹן֙sichonproper 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: Sihon
- Deuteronomy 2:24סִיחֹ֨ןsichonproper 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: Sihon
- Deuteronomy 2:26סִיח֖וֹןsichonproper noun (a name)So from the Wilderness of Kedemoth I sent messengers with an offer of peace to Sihon king of Heshbon, saying,here: Sihon
- Deuteronomy 2:30סִיחֹן֙sichonproper 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: Sihon
- Deuteronomy 2:31סִיחֹ֖ןsichonproper noun (a name)Then the LORD said to me, “See, I have begun to deliver Sihon and his land over to you. Now begin to conquer and possess his land.”here: Sihon
- Deuteronomy 2:32סִיחֹ֨ןsichonproper noun (a name)So Sihon and his whole army came out for battle against us at Jahaz.here: Sihon
- Deuteronomy 3:2לְסִיחֹן֙lesichonpreposition + 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: to Sihon
- Deuteronomy 3:6לְסִיחֹ֖ןlesichonpreposition + proper 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: to Sihon
- Deuteronomy 4:46סִיחֹן֙sichonproper 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: Sihon
- Deuteronomy 29:7סִיחֹ֣ןsichonproper 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: Sihon
- Deuteronomy 31:4לְסִיח֥וֹןlesichonpreposition + proper noun (a name)And the LORD will do to them as He did to Sihon and Og, the kings of the Amorites, when He destroyed them along with their land.here: to Sihon
Joshua8 occurrences
- Joshua 2:10לְסִיחֹ֣ןlesichonpreposition + proper noun (a name)For we have heard how the LORD dried up the waters of the Red Sea before you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to Sihon and Og, the two kings of the Amorites across the Jordan, whom you devoted to destruction.here: to Sihon
- Joshua 9:10לְסִיחוֹן֙lesichonpreposition + proper 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: to Sihon
- Joshua 12:2סִיחוֹן֙sichonproper 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: Sihon
- Joshua 12:5סִיח֥וֹןsichonproper 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: Sihon
- Joshua 13:10סִיחוֹן֙sichonproper 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: Sihon
- Joshua 13:21סִיחוֹן֙sichonproper 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: Sihon
- Joshua 13:21סִיח֔וֹןsichonproper 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: Sihon
- Joshua 13:27סִיחוֹן֙sichonproper 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: Sihon
Judges4 occurrences
- Judges 11:19סִיח֥וֹןsichonproper 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: Sihon
- Judges 11:20סִיח֤וֹןsichonproper noun (a name)But Sihon would not trust Israel to pass through his territory. So he gathered all his people, encamped in Jahaz, and fought with Israel.here: Sihon
- Judges 11:20סִיחוֹן֙sichonproper noun (a name)But Sihon would not trust Israel to pass through his territory. So he gathered all his people, encamped in Jahaz, and fought with Israel.here: Sihon
- Judges 11:21סִיח֧וֹןsichonproper noun (a name)Then the LORD, the God of Israel, delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, who defeated them. So Israel took possession of all the land of the Amorites who inhabited that country,here: Sihon