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the Week of Proper 25 / Ordinary 30

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Bible Lexicons

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Strong's #8149 - שְׂנִיר

Transliteration

Shᵉnîyr

Phonetics

shen-eer', sen-eer'

Origin

from an unused root meaning to be pointed

Parts of Speech

proper noun with reference to a mountain

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Senir or Shenir = "snow mountain"
1. the Amorite name for Mount Hermon

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (4)

Deuteronomy 1

1 Chronicles 1

Song of Solomon 1

Ezekiel 1

BSB (4)

Deuteronomy 1

1 Chronicles 1

Song of Solomon 1

Ezekiel 1

CSB (3)

Deuteronomy 1

1 Chronicles 1

Song of Solomon 1

Ezekiel 1

ESV (3)

Deuteronomy 1

1 Chronicles 1

Ezekiel 1

KJV (4)

Deuteronomy 1

1 Chronicles 1

Song of Solomon 1

Ezekiel 1

LEB (4)

Deuteronomy 1

1 Chronicles 1

Song of Solomon 1

Ezekiel 1

LSB (4)

Deuteronomy 1

1 Chronicles 1

Song of Solomon 1

Ezekiel 1

N95 (4)

Deuteronomy 1

1 Chronicles 1

Song of Solomon 1

Ezekiel 1

NAS (4)

Deuteronomy 1

1 Chronicles 1

Song of Solomon 1

Ezekiel 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (4)

Deuteronomy 1

1 Chronicles 1

Song of Solomon 1

Ezekiel 1

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

שְׂנִיר proper name, of a mountain Σανειρ: Amorite name of Hermon Deuteronomy 3:9, whence came cypress-trees Ezekiel 27:5, probably northern peak(s) of Hermon 1 Chronicles 5:23; Song of Solomon 4:8 (where + חֶרְמוֺן); so Arabic

Abulf^{ed. Par. 68}, Syriac

, Sirach 24:13 al., Assyrian Saniru COT^{Deuteronomy 3:9} Dl^{Pa 104}. See also Dr^{Deuteronomy 3:9} Buhl^{Geogr. 110f.} and references [van d. H. erroneous ׳שׁ Deuteronomy Cant].

שׂעף (√ of following; Thes and others identification with סעף divide (q. v.), whence following as branching out, involved; Ba^{Esther 56} compare strike the () pericardium, be disquieted by a thing).

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

שְׂנִיר (“coat of mail,” i.q. שִׂרְיוֹן the name by which the same mountain was known by the Sidonians, see the root שָׂנַר ; unless it be better to render שְׂנִיר “cataract,” i.q. צִנּוֹר from the noise of water), [Senir], pr.n. of Mount Hermon, so called among the Ammonites, Deuteronomy 3:9 in a narrower sense, part of Hermon, Song of Solomon 4:8; 1 Chronicles 5:23, compare Ezekiel 27:5. Arabic سنير, according to Abulfeda (see Syria, ed. Köhler, p. 164), a ridge of mountains situated to the north of Damascus.

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List of Word Forms

וּשְׂנִ֥יר ושניר מִשְּׂנִיר֙ משניר שְׂנִֽיר׃ שְׂנִיר֙ שניר שניר׃ miś·śə·nîr misseNir miśśənîr śə·nîr seNir śənîr ū·śə·nîr useNir ūśənîr