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סִיסְרָא H5516
H5516 is the Hebrew word סִיסְרָא, transliterated Çîyçᵉrâʼ and said see-ser-aw'. The King James Version most often renders it sisera.
What it means
Sisera, the name of a Canaanitish king and of one of the Nethinim.
Where it comes from
of uncertain derivation.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 20 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: Sisera.
Verses using סִיסְרָא
All 18 verses, quoted in full.
Judges 4:2 · KJV
And the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, which dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles.
Judges 4:7 · KJV
And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera, the captain of Jabin’s army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thine hand.
Judges 4:9 · KJV
And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honour; for the LORD shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.
Judges 4:12 · KJV
And they shewed Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to mount Tabor.
Judges 4:13 · KJV
And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, from Harosheth of the Gentiles unto the river of Kishon.
Judges 4:14 · KJV
And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this is the day in which the LORD hath delivered Sisera into thine hand: is not the LORD gone out before thee? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.
Judges 4:15 · KJV
And the LORD discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; so that Sisera lighted down off his chariot, and fled away on his feet.
Judges 4:16 · KJV
But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host, unto Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all the host of Sisera fell upon the edge of the sword; and there was not a man left.
Judges 4:17 · KJV
Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite: for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.
Judges 4:18 · KJV
And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; fear not. And when he had turned in unto her into the tent, she covered him with a mantle.
Judges 4:22 · KJV
And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou seekest. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail was in his temples.
Judges 5:26 · KJV
She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen’s hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head, when she had pierced and stricken through his temples.
Judges 5:28 · KJV
The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots?
Judges 5:30 · KJV
Have they not sped? have they not divided the prey; to every man a damsel or two; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil?
1 Samuel 12:9 · KJV
And when they forgat the LORD their God, he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them.
Ezra 2:53 · KJV
The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Thamah,
Nehemiah 7:55 · KJV
The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Tamah,
Psalm 83:9 · KJV
Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison:
Common questions
What does Strong's H5516 mean?
H5516 is the Hebrew word סִיסְרָא (Çîyçᵉrâʼ), meaning Sisera, the name of a Canaanitish king and of one of the Nethinim.
How is H5516 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it sisera (18 times), howbeit sisera (1 time), tent behold sisera (1 time).
How many times does H5516 appear in the Bible?
סִיסְרָא (Çîyçᵉrâʼ) is tagged in 18 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H5516 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: of uncertain derivation.
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