Strong's Lexicon

H5482

H5482 — סְוֵנֵה סְוֵנָה סְוֵן

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewCvenehName/l.Occurrences: 2

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H5482
Word:	סְוֵנֵה סְוֵנָה סְוֵן
Part of Speech:	Name/l.
Etymology:	of Egyptian derivation
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	2
Transliteration:	Cveneh
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	sev-ay-nay' ((rather to be written Cvenah {sev-ay'-naw} for Cven {sev-ane'} i.e to Seven)) n/l.
Meaning:	1. Seven, a place in Upper Egypt
KJV Renderings:	Syene.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB5532

[סְוֵן, < סְרָן], סְוֵנֵה proper name [of a location] Syene, city on southern border of Egypt, toward Ethiopia, only in phrase (וְעַדגְּֿבוּל כּוּשׁ) ׳ מִמִּגְדֹּל ס Ezek 29:10 compare Ezek 30:6 , read probably סְוֵ֫נָה or < סְוָ֫נָה (Coptic Suan ), with ה locative (JDMich Sm Co Berthol) = Egyptian Sun , Coptic Suan, modern [untranscribed source text 3554] Aswân; ᵐ5 ἔως Συηνης; read probably סְוָן also Ezek 30:16 (for ᵑ0 סִין q. v.) ᵐ5 Συηνη. — See further Jos^{BJ «JOSEPHUS:Wars of the Jews 4:10»iv.
10}, 5 Strabo^{xxxii.817-820,} Brugsch^{Geogr. Inscr. i. 155; Reiseber. aus Aegypt.
247} Bd^{Egypt.4.323f.} Budge^{Nile 284}.