H7028 - קִישׁוֹן (Qîyshôwn)

H7028 קִישׁוֹן (Qîyshôwn) kee-shone'

Hebrew

Noun

Quick Definition

Kishon

Biblical Persons & Places

Kishon Kishon

A location first mentioned at Jdg.4.7; only referred to as Kishon (קִישׁוֹן).

Strong's Definition

Kishon, a river of Palestine

Derivation: from H6983 (קוֹשׁ); winding;

KJV Usage: Kishon, Kison.

Outline of Biblical Usage

Kishon = "winding"

1) a river in central Palestine; scene of the defeat of Sisera by the Israelites in the time of the judges and the destruction of the prophets of Baal by Elijah

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

§ Kishon = "winding" a river in central Palestine; scene of the defeat of Sisera by the Israelites in the time of the judges and the destruction of the prophets of Baal by Elijah

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

קִישׁוֹן qý̂yshôn BDB Definition: Kishon = winding 1) a river in central Palestine; scene of the defeat of Sisera by the Israelites in the time of the judges and the destruction of the prophets of Baal by Elijah Part of Speech: noun proper locative A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H6983 Total KJV Occurrences: 6

Bible Occurrences (5)

4:7 4:13 5:21

18:40

83:9

Judges 4:7

And I will draw out Sisera the commander of Jabin’s army, his chariots, and his troops to the River Kishon, and I will deliver him into your hand.

Judges 4:13

[he] summoned all nine hundred of his iron chariots and all the men with him, from Harosheth-hagoyim... to the River Kishon.

Judges 5:21

The River Kishon swept them away, the ancient river, the River Kishon. March on, O my soul, in strength!

1 Kings 18:40

Then Elijah ordered them, Seize the prophets of Baal! Do not let a single one escape.... So they seized them, and Elijah brought them down to the Kishon Valley and slaughtered them there.