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קִישׁוֹן Kishon

Every verse in which this name stands — 6 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.

PlaceGematria 466×6 named in TanakhFirst appearance:

A river of Palestine. The name stands six times in the Tanakh, first at Judges 4:7 and last at Psalms 83:10.

Judges 4:7שופטים ד:ז

וּמָשַׁכְתִּי אֵלֶיךָ אֶל־נַחַל קִישׁוֹן אֶת־סִֽיסְרָא שַׂר־צְבָא יָבִין וְאֶת־רִכְבּוֹ וְאֶת־הֲמוֹנוֹ וּנְתַתִּיהוּ בְּיָדֶֽךָ

And I will draw unto thee to the brook Kishon Sisera, the captain of Jabin’s army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thy hand.

Judges 4:13שופטים ד:יג

וַיַּזְעֵק סִֽיסְרָא אֶת־כָּל־רִכְבּוֹ תְּשַׁע מֵאוֹת רֶכֶב בַּרְזֶל וְאֶת־כָּל־הָעָם אֲשֶׁר אִתּוֹ מֵחֲרֹשֶׁת הַגּוֹיִם אֶל־נַחַל קִישֽׁוֹן

And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, from Harosheth-goiim, unto the brook Kishon.

Judges 5:21שופטים ה:כא

נַחַל קִישׁוֹן גְּרָפָם נַחַל קְדוּמִים נַחַל קִישׁוֹן תִּדְרְכִי נַפְשִׁי עֹֽז

The brook Kishon swept them away, That ancient brook, the brook Kishon. O my soul, tread them down with strength.

Judges 5:21שופטים ה:כא

נַחַל קִישׁוֹן גְּרָפָם נַחַל קְדוּמִים נַחַל קִישׁוֹן תִּדְרְכִי נַפְשִׁי עֹֽז

The brook Kishon swept them away, That ancient brook, the brook Kishon. O my soul, tread them down with strength.

1 Kings 18:40מלכים א יח:מ

וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלִיָּהוּ לָהֶם תִּפְשׂוּ אֶת־נְבִיאֵי הַבַּעַל אִישׁ אַל־יִמָּלֵט מֵהֶם וַֽיִּתְפְּשׂוּם וַיּוֹרִדֵם אֵלִיָּהוּ אֶל־נַחַל קִישׁוֹן וַיִּשְׁחָטֵם שָֽׁם

And Elijah said unto them: ‘Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape.’ And they took them; and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.

Psalms 83:10תהלים פג:י

עֲשֵֽׂה־לָהֶם כְּמִדְיָן כְּֽסִֽיסְרָא כְיָבִין בְּנַחַל קִישֽׁוֹן

Do Thou unto them as unto Midian; As to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook Kishon;

Quick answers

What is the gematria of Kishon?

Kishon — קישון in Hebrew — has a gematria of 466 in the standard method.

How many times is Kishon named in the Tanakh?

6 times, first at Judges 4:7.

A spelling is not a name. The written word קישון stands 6 times in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell another name or an ordinary word, and a name written with a particle attached is a word that search never returns. It is here, as itself.

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