Lexical Summary Cheshbon: a place East of the Jordan Original Word: חֶשְׁבּוֹןTransliteration: Cheshbon Phonetic Spelling: (khesh-bone') Part of Speech: Proper Name Location Short Definition: a place East of the Jordan Meaning: Heshbon -- a place East of the Jordan Strong's Concordance Heshbon The same as cheshbown; Cheshbon, a place East of the Jordan -- Heshbon. see HEBREW cheshbown Brown-Driver-Briggs H2809. Cheshbon II. חֶשְׁבּוֺן proper name, of a location of the city of Sihon king of the Amorites Numbers 21:26-27, 28, 30, 34; 32:3 (all E); Deuteronomy 1:4; 2:24, 26, 30; 3:2, 6; 4:46; 29:6; Joshua 9:10; 12:2, 5; 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, 13:26 (P), it subsequently fell to Gad and was assigned to Levites out of that tribe 21:39 (P) 1 Chronicles 6:66; the Moabites gained possession of it Isaiah 15:4; 16:8-9, and subsequently the Ammonites Jeremiah 48:2, 34, 45; 49:3; it was celebrated for its fish ponds Cant 7:5. — Modern „usbân, SeetzenReisen i. 407 RobBR i. 551 BDPal 191 SurveyEP 8. |
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