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sīsᵊrāʾ סִיסְרָא ‘Sisera’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: of uncertain derivation

sīsᵊrāʾ pr n m pers
Sisera = "battle array"
1) the conquering general under king Jabin of Hazor and slain by Jael
2) ancestor of a family of temple slaves who returned from exile with Zerubbabel

Mentioned in Judges 4:12, 4:18, 4:17, 4:16, 5:28, 4:14, 4:22, 4:7, 4:13, 4:9, 4:2, 4:15, 5:30, 5:26, 5:20 1 Samuel 12:9 Psalms 83:10 Ezra 2:53 Nehemiah 7:55

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