Study Dictionary
NAVE: Aswan Syene
EBD: Syene
SMITH: SYENE
ISBE: SYENE
Syene
In Bible versions:
Syene: NET AVS NRSV NASB TEVAswan: NIV
a town of south Egypt where there was an Israelite colony
a bush; enmity
NET Glossary: a location in Egypt associated with modern Aswan
a bush; enmity
NET Glossary: a location in Egypt associated with modern Aswan
Google Maps:
Syene (24° 3´, 32° 53´)
Hebrew
Strongs #05515: Mynyo Ciyniym
Sinim = "thorns"1) a people living at the extremity of the known world; may be
identified with the inhabitants of southern China
5515 Ciyniym see-neem'
plural of an otherwise unknown name; Sinim, a distantOriental region:-Sinim.
Strongs #05482: hnwo C@veneh [rather to be written hnvs C@venah for Nwo C@ven
Syene = "her veiling (?)"1) a town of Egypt on the frontier of Cush or Ethiopia
5482 Cveneh sev-ay-nay'
(rather to be written Cvenah {sev-ay'-naw}; for Cven{sev-ane'}; i.e to Seven); of Egyptian derivation; Seven, a
place in Upper Egypt:-Syene.
Syene [EBD]
opening (Ezek. 29:10; 30:6), a town of Egypt, on the borders of Ethiopia, now called Assouan, on the right bank of the Nile, notable for its quarries of beautiful red granite called "syenite." It was the frontier town of Egypt in the south, as Migdol was in the north-east.