סִיחוֹן
Çîychôwn · see-khone'
Sichon, an Amoritish king
Lexicon
Derivation: or סִיחֹן; from the same as H5477 (סוּחַ); tempestuous;
Sichon, an Amoritish king
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Sihon.
Letters
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- 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 support and uphold › the hand that works › to separate and protect › to fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing
To support and uphold of the hand that works that works to separate and protect that works to fasten and establish of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of סִיחוֹן 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
37 occurrences · 37 OT · 0 NT · 24 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of sihon13 · 35%
- sihon9 · 24%
- unto sihon7 · 19%
- but sihon4 · 11%
- to sihon2 · 5%
- and sihon1 · 3%
- then sihon1 · 3%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.