Lexicon :: Strong's H5482 - sᵊvēnê

סְוֵנֵה
Transliteration
sᵊvēnê
Pronunciation
sev-ay-nay'
Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of Egyptian derivation
Strong’s Definitions

סְוֵנֵה Çᵉvênêh, sev-ay-nay'; (rather to be written סְוֵנָה Çᵉvênâh; for סְוֵן Çᵉvên; i.e to Seven); of Egyptian derivation; Seven, a place in Upper Egypt:—Syene.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's H5482 in the following manner: Syene (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's H5482 in the following manner: Syene (2x).

  1. Syene = "her veiling (?)"

    1. a town of Egypt on the frontier of Cush or Ethiopia

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
סְוֵנֵה Çᵉvênêh, sev-ay-nay'; (rather to be written סְוֵנָה Çᵉvênâh; for סְוֵן Çᵉvên; i.e to Seven); of Egyptian derivation; Seven, a place in Upper Egypt:—Syene.
STRONGS H5482: Abbreviations
† [סְוֵן, < סְרָן], סְוֵנֵה proper name, of a location Syene, city on southern border of Egypt, toward Ethiopia, only in phrase (וְעַדגְּֿבוּל כּוּשׁ) מִמִּגְדֹּל ס׳ Ezekiel 29:10; compare Ezekiel 30:6, read probably סְוֵ֫נָה or < סְוָ֫נָה (Coptic Suan), with ה locative (JDMich Sm Co Berthol) = Egyptian Sun, Coptic Suan, modern Aswân; ἔως Συηνης; read probably סְוָן also Ezekiel 30:16 (for MT סִין which see) Συηνη. — See further JosBJ iv. 10, 5 Straboxxxii. 817-820, BrugschGeogr. Inscr. i. 155; Reiseber. aus Aegypt. 247 BdEgypt. 4. 323f. BudgeNile 284.
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Ezekiel

29:10; 30:6; 30:16