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Strong's #2809 - חֶשְׁבּוֹן

Transliteration
Cheshbôwn
Phonetics
khesh-bone'
Origin
the same as (H2808)
Parts of Speech
Proper Name Location
TWOT
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Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs'

Heshbon = “stronghold”

1) the capital city of Sihon, king of the Amorites, located on the western border of the high plain and on the border line between the tribes of Reuben and Gad

Frequency Lists
Verse Results
KJV (38)
Numbers 8
Deuteronomy 8
Joshua 9
Judges 2
1 Chronicles 1
Nehemiah 1
Song of Solomon 1
Isaiah 3
Jeremiah 5
NAS (38)
Numbers 8
Deuteronomy 8
Joshua 9
Judges 2
1 Chronicles 1
Nehemiah 1
Song of Solomon 1
Isaiah 3
Jeremiah 5
HCS (38)
Numbers 8
Deuteronomy 8
Joshua 9
Judges 2
1 Chronicles 1
Nehemiah 1
Song of Solomon 1
Isaiah 3
Jeremiah 5
BSB (38)
Numbers 8
Deuteronomy 8
Joshua 9
Judges 2
1 Chronicles 1
Nehemiah 1
Song of Solomon 1
Isaiah 3
Jeremiah 5
ESV (35)
Numbers 8
Deuteronomy 8
Joshua 9
Judges 2
1 Chronicles 1
Nehemiah 1
Isaiah 1
Jeremiah 5
WEB (38)
Numbers 8
Deuteronomy 8
Joshua 9
Judges 2
1 Chronicles 1
Nehemiah 1
Song of Solomon 1
Isaiah 3
Jeremiah 5
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
 II. חֶשְׁבּוֺן proper name, of a location of the city of Sihon king of the Amorites Numbers 21:26,27,28,30,34; Numbers 32:3 (all E); Deuteronomy 1:4; Deuteronomy 2:24,26,30; Deuteronomy 3:2,6; Deuteronomy 4:46; Deuteronomy 29:6; Joshua 9:10; Joshua 12:2,5; Joshua 13:10,21,27 (all D) Judges 11:19; Jeremiah 48:45; Nehemiah 9:22; captured by Israel who dwelt in it Numbers 21:25 (E) Judges 11:26; rebuilt by Reuben Numbers 32:37 (E), given to Reuben at the division of the land Joshua 13:17 (P); on the border of Gad, Joshua 13:26 (P), it subsequently fell to Gad and was assigned to Levites out of that tribe Joshua 21:39 (P) 1 Chronicles 6:66; the Moabites gained possession of it Isaiah 15:4; Isaiah 16:8,9 and subsequently the Ammonites Jeremiah 48:2,34,45; Jeremiah 49:3; it was celebrated for its fish ponds Song of Solomon 7:5. — Modern „usbân, Seetzen Reisen i. 407 Rob BR i. 551 BD Pal 191 Survey Ephesians 8.


Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

חֶשְׁבּוֹן m.

(1)  reason, understanding, Ecclesiastes 7:25, 27 9:10. Vulg. ratio.

(2) [Heshbon], pr.n. of a city, celebrated for its ponds (Song of Solomon 7:5), formerly a royal city of the Amorites (Numbers 21:26, seq.), situated on the borders of the territory allotted to the tribes of Gad and Reuben, and assigned to the Levites (Joshua 13:17; 1 Chronicles 6:66), afterwards enumerated among the cities of Moab (Isaiah 15:4; Jeremiah 48:2). The Esbonite Arabs are mentioned by Pliny H. N. 5:11. Abulfeda (Tab. Syriæ, p. 11). It is now called حُسْباَنُ as mentioned by Seetzen and Burckhardt (vol. ii. p. 623, seq.).


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List of Word Forms
בְּחֶשְׁבּ֑וֹן בְּחֶשְׁבּ֖וֹן בְּחֶשְׁבּ֗וֹן בְּחֶשְׁבּ֨וֹן בְּחֶשְׁבּֽוֹן׃ בחשבון בחשבון׃ וְחֶשְׁבּ֖וֹן וּמֵחֶשְׁבּ֛וֹן וחשבון ומחשבון חֶ֠שְׁבּוֹן חֶשְׁבּ֑וֹן חֶשְׁבּ֔וֹן חֶשְׁבּ֖וֹן חֶשְׁבּ֛וֹן חֶשְׁבּ֜וֹן חֶשְׁבּ֥וֹן חֶשְׁבּ֧וֹן חֶשְׁבּ֨וֹן חֶשְׁבּֽוֹן׃ חֶשְׁבּוֹן֙ חשבון חשבון׃ מֵֽחֶשְׁבּ֔וֹן מֵחֶשְׁבּ֗וֹן מחשבון bə·ḥeš·bō·wn becheshBon bəḥešbōwn cheshBon ḥeš·bō·wn ḥešbōwn mê·ḥeš·bō·wn mecheshBon mêḥešbōwn ū·mê·ḥeš·bō·wn umecheshBon ūmêḥešbōwn vecheshBon wə·ḥeš·bō·wn wəḥešbōwn
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