sichon · Sihon

What it means

sichon (סִיחוֹן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Sihon”.

King of the Amorites who reigned in Heshbon. The name means "stormy."

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Where it appears

• Numbers×9
• Deuteronomy×11
• Joshua×8
• Judges×4
• 1 Kings×1
• Nehemiah×1
• Psalms×2
• Jeremiah×1

• Numbers 21:21

  And Israel sent messengers to Sihon, king of the Amorites, saying,

• Numbers 21:23

  But Sihon did not let Israel pass through his territory; and Sihon gathered all his people and went out against Israel into the wilderness, and he came to Jahaz and fought against Israel.

• Numbers 21:26

  For Heshbon was the city of Sihon king of the Amorites, and he had fought against the former king of Moab and taken all his land out of his hand, as far as the Arnon.

• Numbers 21:27

  Therefore those who recite poems say, “Come to Heshbon; let it be built, and let the city of Sihon be established.

• Numbers 21:28

  For fire went out from Heshbon, a flame from the town of Sihon; it consumed Ar of Moab, the lords of the high places of the Arnon.

• Numbers 21:29

  Woe to you, Moab! You have perished, people of Chemosh! He has given his sons as fugitives, and his daughters into captivity, to the king of the Amorites, Sihon.

• Numbers 21:34

  But YHWH said to Moses, “Do not fear him, for into your hand I have given him and all his people and his land; and you shall do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon.”

• Numbers 32:33

  Moses gave to them, to the sons of Gad and to the sons of Reuben 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 with its cities within their borders, the cities of the land all around.

• Deuteronomy 1:4

  after he had struck Sihon, king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and Og, king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth, in Edrei.

• Deuteronomy 2:24

  “Rise up, set out, and cross the Wadi Arnon. See, I have given into your hand Sihon, the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land. Begin to take possession, and provoke him to war.

• Deuteronomy 2:26

  So I sent messengers from the wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying,

• Deuteronomy 2:30

  But Sihon king of Heshbon was not willing to let us pass by him, for YHWH your Elohim had hardened his spirit and made firm his heart, in order to give him into your hand, as it is this day.

• Deuteronomy 2:31

  YHWH said to me, “See, I have begun to deliver Sihon and his land before you. Begin to take possession, so as to take possession of his land.”

• Deuteronomy 2:32

  Sihon came out to meet us, he and all his people, for war at Jahaz.

• Deuteronomy 3:2

  YHWH said to me, “Do not fear him, for into your hand I have given him and all his people and his land; and you shall do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon.”

• Deuteronomy 3:6

  We devoted them to destruction, as we did to Sihon king of Heshbon, devoting to destruction every city: men, women, and little ones.

• Deuteronomy 4:46

  beyond the Jordan, in the valley opposite Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, whom Moses and the sons of Israel struck when they came out of Egypt.

• Deuteronomy 29:7

  And you came to this place, and Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan came out to meet us in battle, and we struck them down.

• Deuteronomy 31:4

  And YHWH will do to them as he did to Sihon and to Og, the kings of the Amorites, and to their land, whom he destroyed.

• Joshua 2:10

  For we have heard how YHWH dried up the water of the Sea of Reeds before you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to the two kings of the Amorite who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon and to Og, whom you devoted to destruction.

• Joshua 9:10

  and all that he did to the two kings of the Amorite who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon and to Og king of Bashan, who was in Ashtaroth.

• Joshua 12:2

  Sihon king of the Amorite, who lived in Heshbon, ruling from Aroer, which is on the edge of the brook Arnon, and the middle of the brook, and half of Gilead, as far as the brook Jabbok, the border of the sons of Ammon;

• Joshua 12:5

  and ruled over Mount Hermon and over Salecah and over all Bashan, as far as the border of the Geshurite and the Maacathite, and half of Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.

• Joshua 13:10

  and all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorite, who reigned in Heshbon, as far as the border of the sons of Ammon;

• Joshua 13:21

  and all the cities of the plateau, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorite, who reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses struck, him and the chiefs of Midian: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the princes of Sihon, who lived in the land.

• Joshua 13:27

  and in the valley: Beth-haram, Beth-nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, the Jordan and its border, as far as the end of the Sea of Chinnereth, beyond the Jordan to the east.

• Judges 11:19

  Israel sent messengers to Sihon, king of the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and Israel said to him, ‘Let us pass, please, through your land to my place.’

• Judges 11:20

  But Sihon did not trust Israel to pass through his territory; Sihon gathered all his people, and they camped at Jahaz, and he fought against Israel.

• Judges 11:21

  YHWH, the Elohim of Israel, gave Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they struck them; so Israel took possession of all the land of the Amorite, who lived in that land.

• 1 Kings 4:19

  Geber son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, the land of Sihon king of the Amorite and of Og king of Bashan; and there was one prefect who was in the land.

• Nehemiah 9:22

  And you gave them kingdoms and peoples, and distributed them by regions; and they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.

• Psalms 135:11

  Sihon, king of the Amorites, and Og, king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan;

• Psalms 136:19

  Sihon, king of the Amorites, for his loyal love is forever.

• Jeremiah 48:45

  In the shadow of Heshbon the fugitives stood without strength; for fire went out from Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and it consumed the temple of Moab and the crown of the sons of tumult.

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