סִיסְרָא
Çîyçᵉrâʼ · see-ser-aw'
Sisera, the name of a Canaanitish king and of one of the Nethinim
Lexicon
Derivation: of uncertain derivation;
Sisera, the name of a Canaanitish king and of one of the Nethinim
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Sisera.
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
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to support and uphold › the hand that works › to support and uphold › the head, the highest › strength, the leader
To support and uphold of the hand that works that works to support and uphold of the head, the highest of strength, the leader.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of סִיסְרָא 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
21 occurrences · 21 OT · 0 NT · 14 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- sisera8 · 38%
- of sisera5 · 24%
- was sisera1 · 5%
- and sisera1 · 5%
- so that sisera1 · 5%
- howbeit sisera1 · 5%
- into her tent, behold, sisera1 · 5%
- against sisera1 · 5%
- to sisera1 · 5%
- as to sisera1 · 5%
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.