Shihon — the meaning of the Hebrew name שִׁיאוֹן

שִׁיאוֹן

Shîyʼôwn · pronounced shee-ohn' · Strong's H7866 · a place

Shihon means ruin.

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שׁוֹא shôwʼ (the same as, H7722) — a tempest open in the lexicon ›

from the same as H7722; ruin; Shijon, a place in Palestine.

Josh 19:19 And Hapharaim, and Shion, and Anaharath, (KJV)

1 occurrence in 1 verse — Joshua

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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