Strong’s H5511 · Hebrew

סִיחוֹן
Çîychôwn
see-khone'

Definition

Sichon, an Amoritish king

Etymology

or סִיחֹן; from the same as H5477 (סוּחַ); tempestuous;

Where the KJV renders it

  • Sihon

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What the first audience heard

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