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title: קִישׁוֹן — Kishon · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קִישׁוֹן (7028), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: Kishon. BDB 1906: n.pr. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קִישׁוֹן

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«קִישׁוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Kishon** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 6 times · **Key:** 7028 · **BDB:** קִישׁוֹן

### Glosses

of.Kishon (6)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Kishon [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7028/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7028/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr. of wady running NW. through plain of Megiddo (Esdraelon), Κ(ε)ισων (? stream of (god) Kish RSSem i. 155; 2nd ed. 170);—always נַחַל ק׳ Ju 4:7, 13; 5:21(×2) ψ 83:10, also 1 K 18:40; mod. Nahrel-Muḳaṭṭaʿ; v. BuhlGeogr. 106, 209, GASmGeogr. 382.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קִישׁוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7028/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Judges 5:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.5.21/)

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נַ֤חַל קִישׁוֹן֙ גְּרָפָ֔ם נַ֥חַל קְדוּמִ֖ים נַ֣חַל קִישׁ֑וֹן תִּדְרְכִ֥י נַפְשִׁ֖י עֹֽז׃

*Word for word:* the.wadi of.Kishon it swept.them.away a.wadi of.ancient.times the.wadi of.Kishon you.will.march my.self my strength

*JPS 1917:* The brook Kishon swept them away, that ancient brook, the brook Kishon. O my soul, tread them down with strength.

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[Psalms 83:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.83.10/)

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עֲשֵֽׂה־לָהֶ֥ם כְּמִדְיָ֑ן כְּֽסִֽיסְרָ֥א כְ֝יָבִ֗ין בְּנַ֣חַל קִישֽׁוֹן׃

*Word for word:* do to them like Midian like Sisera like Jabin at the.wadi of.Kishon

*JPS 1917:* Do Thou unto them as unto Midian; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook Kishon;

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