Heshbon
חֶשְׁבּוֹןStrong’s H2809cheshbon (chesh-bon)
Appears in 37 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Cheshbon is the Hebrew word usually translated “heshbon”, “from heshbon” and “o heshbon”. It appears in 37 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof.”
Meaning
- § Heshbon = "stronghold"
How it's translated
- heshbon 21
- in heshbon 11
- from heshbon 2
- o heshbon 2
- and heshbon 1
- and from heshbon 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Joshua 9
- Numbers 8
- Deuteronomy 8
- Jeremiah 4
- Isaiah 3
- Judges 2
9 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Numbers 21:26For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto Arnon.
- Numbers 21:27Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared:
- Numbers 21:28For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon.
- Numbers 21:30We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, and we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba.
- Numbers 21:34And the LORD said unto Moses, Fear him not: for I have delivered him into thy hand, and all his people, and his land; and thou shalt do to him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon.
- Numbers 32:3Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
Hebrew dictionary
חֶשְׁבּוֹן cheshbon · Heshbon
§ Heshbon = "stronghold" 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
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.