סִיסְרָא (sis.ra) means “Sisera” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: see-ser-aw' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
סִיסְרָא · sis.ra · Sisera
A man living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jdg.4.2 § Sisera = "battle array" 1) the conquering general under king Jabin of Hazor and slain by Jael 2) ancestor of a family of temple slaves who returned from exile with Zerubbabel
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סִיסְרָא · sis.ra · Sisera
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.53 § Sisera = "battle array" 1) the conquering general under king Jabin of Hazor and slain by Jael 2) ancestor of a family of temple slaves who returned from exile with Zerubbabel
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of uncertain derivation; Sisera, the name of a Canaanitish king and of one of the Nethinim
KJV glosses: Sisera.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| sisera | 10 |
| of sisera | 4 |
| as to sisera | 1 |
| for sisera | 1 |
| he | 1 |
| meanwhile sisera | 1 |
| siseras | 1 |
| was sisera | 1 |
| when sisera | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| sisera | 10 |
| of sisera | 5 |
| against sisera | 1 |
| and sisera | 1 |
| behold sisera | 1 |
| howbeit sisera | 1 |
| so that sisera | 1 |
| to sisera | 1 |
Page 1 of 1. 19 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
So the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his forces was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth-hagoyim.
Read word by wordAnd 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.’”
Read word by word“I will certainly go with you,” Deborah replied, “but the road you are taking will bring you no honor, because the LORD will be selling Sisera into the hand of a woman.” So Deborah got up and went with Barak to Kedesh,
Read word by wordWhen Sisera was told that Barak son of Abinoam had gone up Mount Tabor,
Read word by wordhe summoned all nine hundred of his iron chariots and all the men with him, from Harosheth-hagoyim to the River Kishon.
Read word by wordThen Deborah said to Barak, “Arise, for this is the day that the LORD has delivered Sisera into your hand. Has not the LORD gone before you?” So Barak came down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him.
Read word by wordAnd in front of him the LORD routed with the sword Sisera, all his charioteers, and all his army. Sisera abandoned his chariot and fled on foot.
Read word by wordThen Barak pursued the chariots and army as far as Harosheth-hagoyim, and the whole army of Sisera fell by the sword; not a single man was left.
Read word by wordMeanwhile, Sisera had fled on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, because there was peace between Jabin king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.
Read word by wordJael went out to greet Sisera and said to him, “Come in, my lord. Come in with me. Do not be afraid.” So he entered her tent, and she covered him with a blanket.
Read word by wordWhen Barak arrived in pursuit of Sisera, Jael went out to greet him and said to him, “Come, and I will show you the man you are seeking.” So he went in with her, and there lay Sisera dead, with a tent peg through his temple.
Read word by wordFrom the heavens the stars fought; from their courses they fought against Sisera.
Read word by wordShe reached for the tent peg, her right hand for the workman’s hammer. She struck Sisera and crushed his skull; she shattered and pierced his temple.
Read word by wordSisera’s mother looked through the window; she peered through the lattice and lamented: ‘Why is his chariot so long in coming? What has delayed the clatter of his chariots?’
Read word by word‘Are they not finding and dividing the spoil—a girl or two for each warrior, a plunder of dyed garments for Sisera, the spoil of embroidered garments for the neck of the looter?’
Read word by wordBut they forgot the LORD their God, and He sold them into the hand of Sisera the commander of the army of Hazor, and into the hands of the Philistines and the king of Moab, who fought against them.
Read word by wordthe descendants of Barkos, the descendants of Sisera, the descendants of Temah,
Read word by wordthe descendants of Barkos, the descendants of Sisera, the descendants of Temah,
Read word by wordDo to them as You did to Midian, as to Sisera and Jabin at the River Kishon,
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 83.10
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