Lexical Definition

‎קִישׁוֹן‎ Qîyshôwn (kee-shone') Kishon ^N:N--L
from ‎קוֹשׁ‎; winding

Kishon, Kison.

• § Kishon = "winding"
• Kishon, a river of Palestine

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

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎קִישׁוֺן‎ proper name of wady running northwest through plain of Megiddo (Esdraelon), K(ε)ισων (?stream of (god) Kish RS^{Semitic i. 155; 2nd ed. 170}); — always ‎׳‎‎נַחַל ק‎ Judg 4:7; Judg 4:13; Judg 5:21 (twice in verse); Ps 83:10*, also 1Kgs 18:40 modern Nahrel-Mu‡a‰‰a±; see Buhl^{Geogr. 106, 209}, GASm^Geogr.382. ‎קִישִׁי‎ see ‎קוּשְׁיָהוּ‎ below ‎קושׁ‎ ‎קַל‎, ‎קֹל‎ see ‎קלל‎. (‎קֹל‎ voice, see ‎קול‎.

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Kishon • A river in northern Israel

Kishon, a river in northern Israel, where Deborah and Barak defeated Sisera's army (Judges 4:7, 13; 5:21).

• A location first mentioned at Jdg.4.7;
• only referred to as Kishon קִישׁוֹן.
  

The Kishon River is mentioned several times in the Bible, primarily in the context of military conflicts. It is located in northern Israel, near the city of Megiddo. In the time of Deborah and Barak, the Canaanite army led by Sisera was defeated near the Kishon River (Judges 4:7, 13; 5:21). The river is described as sweeping away the enemy forces. Later, during the reign of King Ahab, the prophet Elijah had the prophets of Baal slaughtered at the Kishon River after the contest on Mount Carmel (1 Kings 18:40). The river is also mentioned in a prayer for God's intervention against Israel's enemies (Psalm 83:9).

All entries for Kishon: קִישׁוֹן