Strong’s H5516 · Hebrew

סִיסְרָא
Çîyçᵉrâʼ
see-ser-aw'

Definition

Sisera, the name of a Canaanitish king and of one of the Nethinim

Etymology

of uncertain derivation;

Where the KJV renders it

  • Sisera

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What the first audience heard

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