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Sirion

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7704

שָׂדַי

sa.day — Sirion

This name means field, land, plain Another spelling of cher.mon (חֶרְמוֹן "(Mount )Hermon" H2768)

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8303

שִׂרְיֹן

shir.yon — Sirion

Sirion = "breastplate" one of the names of Mount Hermon this one used by the Sidonians Another spelling of cher.mon (חֶרְמוֹן "(Mount )Hermon" H2768)

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7865

שִׂיאֹן

si.on — (Mount) Sirion

Sion = "lofty" another name for Mount Hermon Another name of cher.mon (חֶרְמוֹן "(Mount )Hermon" H2768)

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Historical dictionary entry

A breastplate, the Sidonian name of Hermon (q.v.), Deut. 3:9; Ps. 29:6.

Scripture references

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.

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