Strong's H2809 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: חֶשְׁבּוֹן (Cheshbôwn)

Pronunciation: khesh-bone'

Morphology: n-pr-loc

Name Meaning: Heshbon = "stronghold"

Derivation: the same as חֶשְׁבּוֹן (cheshbôwn) [H2808];

Definition: Cheshbon, a place East of the Jordan

KJV Renderings: Heshbon.

Senses

1. the capital city of Sihon, king of the Amorites, located on the western border of the high plain and on the border line between the tribes of Reuben and Gad

Cross References

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.