BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5515
si.nim — Syene
Sinim = "thorns" a people living at the extremity of the known world; may be identified with the inhabitants of southern China Another spelling of se.ve.neh (סְוֵנֵה "Syene" H5482)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5482
se.ve.neh — Syene
Syene = "her veiling (?)" a town of Egypt on the frontier of Cush or Ethiopia Also named: si.nim (סִינִים "Syene" H5515)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →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.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
