First name Sisera in the world's Bibles

In the bible, Sisera is the name of the commander of Jabin's army (JDG 4:2), as well as name of temple servant (EZR 2:53). Meaning of the name: that sees a horse or a swallow. Related names are: Barak, Jabin, Hazor . The translations of Sisera in 21 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the
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below, from Si-Sê-Ra in Vietnamese to סִֽיסְרָ֔א in Hebrew!
Name Sisera in the world's Bibles
And the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, which dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles. (JDG 4:2)
And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera, the captain of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thine hand. (JDG 4:7)
And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honour; for the LORD shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh. (JDG 4:9)
And they shewed Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to mount Tabor. (JDG 4:12)
And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, from Harosheth of the Gentiles unto the river of Kishon. (JDG 4:13)
And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this is the day in which the LORD hath delivered Sisera into thine hand: is not the LORD gone out before thee? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him. (JDG 4:14)
And the LORD discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; so that Sisera lighted down off his chariot, and fled away on his feet. (JDG 4:15)
And the LORD discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; so that Sisera lighted down off his chariot, and fled away on his feet. (JDG 4:15)
But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host, unto Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all the host of Sisera fell upon the edge of the sword; and there was not a man left. (JDG 4:16)
Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite: for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite. (JDG 4:17)
And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; fear not. And when he had turned in unto her into the tent, she covered him with a mantle. (JDG 4:18)
And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou seekest. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail was in his temples. (JDG 4:22)
And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou seekest. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail was in his temples. (JDG 4:22)
They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera. (JDG 5:20)
She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen's hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head, when she had pierced and stricken through his temples. (JDG 5:26)
The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots? (JDG 5:28)
Have they not sped? have they not divided the prey; to every man a damsel or two; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil? (JDG 5:30)
And when they forgat the LORD their God, he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them. (1SA 12:9)
The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Thamah, (EZR 2:53)
The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Tamah, (NEH 7:55)
Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison: (PSA 83:9)

Popularity of the name Sisera in its translations around the world

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