[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%97%D7%95%D7%9F/)

[dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [Biblical Hebrew](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/) / [ס](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/samekh/)‎ / סִיחוֹן‎

# סִיחוֹן

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H5511

**Sihon** — used 37 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

Sihon [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5511/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

סִיחוֹן: n.pr.m. Sihon [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5511/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. Sihon (on format. cf. LagBN 198);—סִיחוֹן Nu 21:27 + 18 times, סִיחֹן v 21 + 17 times;—king of Amorites, Nu 21:21 + 7 times Nu 21 (JE), 32:33 (R) Dt 1:4 + 10 times Dt, Ju 2:10 + 4 times Ju (D) + 13:21(×2), 27 (P), 11:19, 20(×2), 21 Je 48:45 1 K 4:19 Ne 9:22 ψ 135:11; 136:19. 𝔊 Σηων, 𝔊L Σιων.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: Sihon (25); of Sihon (12).

## In the verses

[Psalms 136:19](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.136.19/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.136.19/#tree)

לְ֭סִיחוֹן מֶ֣לֶךְ הָאֱמֹרִ֑י כִּ֖י לְעוֹלָ֣ם חַסְדּֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* to Sihon the.king of the.Amorites (dm) \[is\] forever loyalty his.covenant

*JPS 1917:* Sihon king of the Amorites, for His mercy endureth for ever;

[Numbers 21:21](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.21.21/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.21.21/#tree)

וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ מַלְאָכִ֔ים אֶל־סִיחֹ֥ן מֶֽלֶךְ־הָאֱמֹרִ֖י לֵאמֹֽר׃

*Word for word:* and it.sent Israel messengers to Sihon the.king of the.Amorite\[s\] (cmp)

*JPS 1917:* And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying:

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5511/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).