Çîyçᵉrâʼ — H5516

H5516 · Hebrew — סיסרא

Pronunciation: see-ser-aw'

Definition

masculine proper noun

Sisera, the name of a Canaanitish king and of one of the Nethinim

  1. Sisera = "battle array"
  2. the conquering general under king Jabin of Hazor and slain by Jael
  3. ancestor of a family of temple slaves who returned from exile with Zerubbabel

Usually translated as

Sisera

Origin

of uncertain derivation

Occurrences

Çîyçᵉrâʼ occurs 21 times in 19 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Judges (15), 1 Samuel (1), Ezra (1), Nehemiah (1), Psalms (1)

Strong's Lexicon — C