Jabin = "whom God observes"

1. a king of Hazor who organised a confederacy of the northern princes against Joshua; confederacy routed by the waters of Merom

2. another king of Hazor whose general, Sisera, was defeated by Barak

Midian or Midianite = "strife"

1. son of Abraham by Keturah and progenitor of the tribe of Midianites or Arabians

2. the tribe descended from Midian

   proper locative noun

3. the territory of the tribe descended from Midian; located principally in the desert north of the Arabian peninsula; land to which Moses went when he fled from Pharaoh

torrent, valley, wadi, torrent-valley

1. torrent

2. torrent-valley, wadi (as stream bed)

3. shaft (of mine)

palm-tree

1. meaning dubious

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

to do, fashion, accomplish, make

1. (Qal)

   1. to do, work, make, produce

      1. to do

      2. to work

      3. to deal (with)

      4. to act, act with effect, effect

   2. to make

      1. to make

      2. to produce

      3. to prepare

      4. to make (an offering)

      5. to attend to, put in order

      6. to observe, celebrate

      7. to acquire (property)

      8. to appoint, ordain, institute

      9. to bring about

      10. to use

      11. to spend, pass

2. (Niphal)

   1. to be done

   2. to be made

   3. to be produced

   4. to be offered

   5. to be observed

   6. to be used

3. (Pual) to be made

(Piel) to press, squeeze

Kishon = "winding"

1. a river in central Palestine; scene of the defeat of Sisera by the Israelites in the time of the judges and the destruction of the prophets of Baal by Elijah