Joshua 12:2
Old Testament • 20 words with Strong's data
"Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;"
Word-by-Word Analysis
אֱמֹרִי
ʼĔmôrîy
an Emorite, one of the Canaanitish tribes
יָשַׁב
yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
חֶשְׁבּוֹן
Cheshbôwn
Cheshbon, a place East of the Jordan
עֲרוֹעֵר
ʻĂrôwʻêr
Aroer, the name of three places in or near Palestine
שָׂפָה
sâphâh
the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
נַחַל
nachal
a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
אַרְנוֹן
ʼArnôwn
the Arnon, a river east of the Jordan, also its territory
תָּוֶךְ
tâvek
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
נַחַל
nachal
a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
גִּלְעָד
Gilʻâd
Gilad, a region East of the Jordan; also the name of three Israelites
נַחַל
nachal
a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
יַבֹּק
Yabbôq
Jabbok, a river east of the Jordan
גְּבוּל
gᵉbûwl
properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
עַמּוֹן
ʻAmmôwn
Ammon, a son of Lot; also his posterity and their country
Key Terms in This Verse
שָׂפָה sâphâh
the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
Study H8193 →Cross References
And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok.
And the king of the children of Ammon answered unto the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when they came up out of Egypt, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and unto Jordan: now ther...
Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst divide them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.
Sihon king of the Amorites, and Og king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan:
And they possessed all the coasts of the Amorites, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and from the wilderness even unto Jordan.
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