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Meaning and etymology of the name Kishon
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Kishon 
The Kishon is the river where the army of Israel, lead by Deborah and Barak, engages the army of Jabin the Second of Canaan captained by Sisera (Judges 4:7, Psalm 83:9). It's also the scene where, much later, the prophet Elijah masacures 450 Baal priests (1 Kings 18:40).
The name Kishon comes from the verb  (qosh) meaning to lay bait, or lure. This verb occurs only once in the Bible (Isaiah 29:21), but according to BDB Theological Dictionary, it's the root of the common verb  (yaqosh), meaning to set a snare or lay a trap.
Fuerst's Hebrew & Chaldee Lexicon to the Old Testament reports the origin of this verb to be bent, crooked, and hence a bow, to wind, interwoven, hence a snare, snared, to be caught. The waw-nun extension personifies or localizes the verb.
The name Kishon may mean Catcher, Place Of Catch (rather Place Of Ensnarement), or Bender. For the meaning of the name Kishon, NOBS Study Bible Name List reads Bending. Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names reads Tortuous, Winding About.
Related names are Kish, Kishi, Kushaiah, and Jokshan
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