Strong's Hebrew · H2809

חֶשְׁבּוֹן

Cheshbôwn · khesh-bone'

Heshbon.

Definition

Cheshbon, a place East of the Jordan

Derivation

the same as H2808 (חֶשְׁבּוֹן);

Appears 38 times in Scripture

Numbers 21:26

Heshbon was the city of Sihon king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab and taken all his land as far as the Arnon.

Numbers 21:25

Israel captured all the cities of the Amorites and occupied them, including Heshbon and all its villages.

Numbers 21:30

But we have overthrown them; Heshbon is destroyed as far as Dibon. We demolished them as far as Nophah, which reaches to Medeba.”

Deuteronomy 2:24

“Arise, set out, and cross the Arnon Valley. See, I have delivered into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land. Begin to take possession of it and engage him in battle.

Numbers 32:37

The Reubenites built up Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim,

Numbers 21:27

That is why the poets say: “Come to Heshbon, let it be rebuilt; let the city of Sihon be restored.

Numbers 32:3

“Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,

Numbers 21:34

But the LORD said to Moses, “Do not fear him, for I have delivered him into your hand, along with all his people and his land. Do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon.”

Deuteronomy 1:4

This was after he had defeated Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and then at Edrei had defeated Og king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth.

Numbers 21:28

For a fire went out from Heshbon, a blaze from the city of Sihon. It consumed Ar of Moab, the rulers of Arnon’s heights.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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