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Sirion

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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(Heb. Siryon', ]שַׂרְוֹ , in Deuteronomy, but in Psalms 29 Shiryon', שַׁרְיוֹ; Samar'. שרין; Samuel Ver. רב; Sept. Σανιώρ; Vulg. Sarion), one of the various names of Mount HERMON (See HERMON) (q.v.), that by which it was known to the Zidonians (Deuteronomy 3:9). The word is almost identical with that (סרין ) which in Hebrew denotes a breastplate, or "cuirass;" and Gesenius therefore expresses his belief that it was applied in this sense to the mountain just as the name Thorax (which has the same meaning) was given to a mountain in Magnesia. This is not supported by the Samuel Ver., the rendering in which Rabban seems to be equivalent to Jebel esh-Sheik, the ordinary, though not the only modern, name of the mountain.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Sirion'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​s/sirion.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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