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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #5482 - סְוֵן
Transliteration
Çᵉvênêh
Phonetics
sev-ay-nay', sev-ay'-naw, sev-ane'
Root Word (Etymology)
of Egyptian derivation
Parts of Speech
proper locative noun
TWOT
None
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs'
Syene = “her veiling (?)”
1) a town of Egypt on the frontier of Cush or Ethiopia
Frequency Lists
- Book
- Word
Verse Results
KJV (2)
Ezekiel
2
HCS (0)
HCS (2)
Ezekiel
2
BSB (2)
Ezekiel
2
ESV (2)
Ezekiel
2
WEB (2)
Ezekiel
2
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
[סְוֵן, < סְרָן], סְוֵנֵה
proper name, of a location Syene, city on southern border of Egypt, toward Ethiopia, only in phrase (וְעַדגְּֿבוּל כּוּשׁ) ׳מִמִּגְדֹּל ס Ezekiel 29:10; compare Ezekiel 30:6, read probably סְוֵ֫נָה or < סְוָ֫נָה (Coptic Suan), with ה locative (JDMich Sm Co Berthol) = Egyptian Sun, Coptic Suan, modern 
Aswân; ᵐ5 ἔως Συηνης; read probably סְוָן also Ezekiel 30:16 (for ᵑ0סִין q. v.) ᵐ5 Συηνη. — See further Jos BJ iv. 10, 5 Strabo xxxii.817-820, Brugsch Geogr. Inscr. i. 155; Reiseber. aus Aegypt. 247 Bd Egypt 4:323f. Budge Nile 284.
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List of Word Forms
סְוֵנֵ֖ה סְוֵנֵ֗ה סונה sə·wê·nêh seveNeh səwênêh
