H2809

חֶשְׁבּוֹן

Cheshbôwn · khesh-bone'

Cheshbon, a place East of the Jordan

Lexicon

Derivation: the same as H2808 (חֶשְׁבּוֹן);

Cheshbon, a place East of the Jordan

Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.

KJV renderings: Heshbon.

Letters

חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
Concrete
wall · fence · tent wall
Extended
to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
Concrete
teeth · sharp · press · bow
Extended
to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
Concrete
house · tent · dwelling
Extended
family · household · what is inside · in
וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
Concrete
nail · peg · hook
Extended
to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
Concrete
seed · sprout · fish · offspring
Extended
life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate

Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)

to separate and protect › to consume, to destroy › the house, what is within › to fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing

To separate and protect that works to consume, to destroy of the house, what is within that works to fasten and establish of the seed, life continuing.

Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חֶשְׁבּוֹן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.

Usage

38 occurrences · 38 OT · 0 NT · 20 distinct forms

KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.

of heshbon14 · 37%
in heshbon8 · 21%
at heshbon3 · 8%
and heshbon3 · 8%
heshbon3 · 8%
o heshbon2 · 5%
for heshbon1 · 3%
into heshbon1 · 3%
at them; heshbon1 · 3%
and from heshbon1 · 3%
out of heshbon1 · 3%

Where it is used, by book.

Inflected forms found in the text.

בְּחֶשְׁבּ֑וֹן5חֶשְׁבּ֔וֹן5חֶשְׁבּ֑וֹן4חֶשְׁבּוֹן֙3חֶשְׁבּ֖וֹן3בְּחֶשְׁבּֽוֹן׃2חֶשְׁבּ֜וֹן2בְּחֶשְׁבּ֗וֹן2מֵחֶשְׁבּ֗וֹן1חֶשְׁבּ֥וֹן1וּמֵחֶשְׁבּ֛וֹן1חֶ֠שְׁבּוֹן1

Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.