2809 - Cheshbon

Strong's Concordance

Original word: חֶשְׁבּוֹן
Transliteration: Cheshbon
Definition (short): Heshbon
Definition (full): Heshbon -- a place East of the Jordan

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: from chashab
Definition: a place E. of the Jordan
NASB Translation: Heshbon (38).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

The same as cheshbown; Cheshbon, a place East of the Jordan -- Heshbon.

see HEBREW cheshbown

KJV: And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof.
NASB: Israel took all these cities and Israel lived in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all her villages.
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.
NASB: For Heshbon was the city of Sihon, king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab and had taken all his land out of his hand, as far as the Arnon.
KJV: Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared:
NASB: Therefore those who use proverbs say, "Come to Heshbon! Let it be built! So let the city of Sihon be established.
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.
NASB: "For a fire went forth from Heshbon, A flame from the town of Sihon; It devoured Ar of Moab, The dominant heights of the Arnon.
KJV: We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, and we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba.
NASB: "But we have cast them down, Heshbon is ruined as far as Dibon, Then we have laid waste even to Nophah, Which reaches to Medeba."