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Strong's H5511 סִיחוֹן (cichon)

Cichon means “Sihon” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G5511 — chlamys (“robe”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H5511
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 34
Books 8

Strong's H5511 Quick Answer

Strong's H5511 סִיחוֹן סִיחוֹן (Ciychown) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. Ciychown (see-khone') (or Ciychon {see-khone'}) n/p. 1. tempestuous 2. Sichon, an Amoritish king It has 34 linked Bible usages across 8 books. Visible English usage signals include king, sihon, and kings. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
Ciychown (see-khone') (or Ciychon {see-khone'}) n/p. 1. tempestuous 2. Sichon, an Amoritish king
Usage
34 linked usages
Books
8 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
king, sihon, and kings

Meaning and Definition

Ciychown (see-khone') (or Ciychon {see-khone'}) n/p. 1. tempestuous 2. Sichon, an Amoritish king [from the same as H5477] KJV: Sihon. Root(s): H5477

Original Word
סִיחוֹן סִיחוֹן
Transliteration
Ciychown
Derivation
First root strongs: 5477
Morphology
name

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H5511. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

Sihon

Usage: A king of Amorites living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.21.21 § Sihon = "warrior" king of the Amorites at the time of the conquest and defeated by Moses in Transjordan

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How Strong's H5511 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Ciychown, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

king Numbers 21:21 24× Sihon Numbers 21:23 kings Deuteronomy 31:4

How Strong's H5511 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 34 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H5511 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H5511 in the Old Testament

34 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Numbers 21:21 KJV

And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,

Numbers 21:23 KJV

And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel.

Numbers 21:26 KJV

For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto Arnon.

Usage Excerpts

First 34 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H5511.

Numbers 21:21 Old Testament, KJV
And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
Numbers 21:23 Old Testament, KJV
And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel.
Numbers 21:26 Old Testament, KJV
For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto Arnon.
Numbers 21:27 Old Testament, KJV
Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared:
Numbers 21:28 Old Testament, KJV
For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon.
Numbers 21:29 Old Testament, KJV
Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he hath given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto Sihon king of the Amorites.
Numbers 21:34 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD said unto Moses, Fear him not: for I have delivered him into thy hand, and all his people, and his land; and thou shalt do to him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon.
Numbers 32:33 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, even the cities of the country round about.
Deuteronomy 1:4 Old Testament, KJV
After he had slain Sihon the king of the Amorites, which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, which dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei:
Deuteronomy 2:24 Old Testament, KJV
Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon: behold, I have given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land: begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle.
Deuteronomy 2:26 Old Testament, KJV
And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying,
Deuteronomy 2:30 Old Testament, KJV
But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the LORD thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day.
Deuteronomy 2:31 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his land before thee: begin to possess, that thou mayest inherit his land.
Deuteronomy 2:32 Old Testament, KJV
Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to fight at Jahaz.
Deuteronomy 3:2 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD said unto me, Fear him not: for I will deliver him, and all his people, and his land, into thy hand; and thou shalt do unto him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon.
Deuteronomy 3:6 Old Testament, KJV
And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every city.
Deuteronomy 4:46 Old Testament, KJV
On this side Jordan, in the valley over against Bethpeor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, after they were come forth out of Egypt:
Deuteronomy 29:7 Old Testament, KJV
And when ye came unto this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, came out against us unto battle, and we smote them:
Deuteronomy 31:4 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD shall do unto them as he did to Sihon and to Og, kings of the Amorites, and unto the land of them, whom he destroyed.
Joshua 2:10 Old Testament, KJV
For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.
Joshua 9:10 Old Testament, KJV
And all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, which was at Ashtaroth.
Joshua 12:2 Old Testament, KJV
Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;
Joshua 12:5 Old Testament, KJV
And reigned in mount Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.
Joshua 13:10 Old Testament, KJV
And all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, unto the border of the children of Ammon;
Joshua 13:21 Old Testament, KJV
And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, which were dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the country.
Joshua 13:27 Old Testament, KJV
And in the valley, Betharam, and Bethnimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, Jordan and his border, even unto the edge of the sea of Chinnereth on the other side Jordan eastward.
Judges 11:19 Old Testament, KJV
And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon; and Israel said unto him, Let us pass, we pray thee, through thy land into my place.
Judges 11:20 Old Testament, KJV
But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his coast: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and pitched in Jahaz, and fought against Israel.
Judges 11:21 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD God of Israel delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they smote them: so Israel possessed all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country.
1 Kings 4:19 Old Testament, KJV
Geber the son of Uri was in the country of Gilead, in the country of Sihon king of the Amorites, and of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only officer which was in the land.
Nehemiah 9:22 Old Testament, KJV
Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst divide them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.
Psalms 135:11 Old Testament, KJV
Sihon king of the Amorites, and Og king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan:
Psalms 136:19 Old Testament, KJV
Sihon king of the Amorites: for his mercy endureth for ever:
Jeremiah 48:45 Old Testament, KJV
They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of the force: but a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and shall devour the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H5511, grouped by book.

Numbers 8 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 11 usages, Old Testament
Joshua 7 usages, Old Testament
Judges 3 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
Nehemiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Psalms 2 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H5511 FAQ

What does cichon (סִיחוֹן) mean?

Cichon (Strong's H5511) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Sihon". Ciychown (see-khone') (or Ciychon {see-khone'}) n/p. 1. tempestuous 2. Sichon, an Amoritish king

How many times is cichon (סִיחוֹן) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 34 linked usages for Strong's H5511 across 8 books.

Where can I study cichon (סִיחוֹן) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H5511 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate cichon (סִיחוֹן)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as king, sihon, and kings. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.