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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - חֶשְׁבֹּון
חֶשְׁבֹּון
H2809
Transliteration: Cheshbôwn
Pronunciation: khesh-bone'
Definition: Heshbon
Original: חשׁבּון Transliteration: cheshbôn Phonetic: khesh-bone'
BDB Definition:
Heshbon = "stronghold"- the capital city of Sihon, king of the Amorites, located on the western border of the high plain and on the border line between the tribes of Reuben and Gad