Sisera
Americannoun
noun
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Why, for instance, is poached trout called Trout Sisera?
From Time Magazine Archive
A classic example of tactical guile was offered by the Prophetess Deborah in her battle with the Canaanite general, Sisera.
From Time Magazine Archive
God promises deliverance: and Deborah is raised up to organize the resistance against Jabin, "the captain of whose host was Sisera."
From Inspiration and Interpretation Seven Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford by Burgon, John William
We very much pity the fate of his grand vizier Sisera, who, having lost the battle of Galilee, leaped from his chariot and four that he might fly more swiftly on foot.
From The Bible: what it is by Bradlaugh, Charles
Surely she fastened the nail in a sure place, and the wife of Sisera, tarried long ere his chariot should come—and shall we in these latter days of Israel be less bold than they?
From Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion by Tucker, St. George
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