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Strong's #5482 - סְוֵן

Transliteration

Çᵉvênêh

Phonetics

sev-ay-nay', sev-ay'-naw, sev-ane'

Origin

of Egyptian derivation

Parts of Speech

proper locative noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Syene = "her veiling (?)"
a town of Egypt on the frontier of Cush or Ethiopia

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (2)

Ezekiel 2

BSB (2)

Ezekiel 2

CSB (2)

Ezekiel 2

ESV (2)

Ezekiel 2

KJV (2)

Ezekiel 2

LEB (2)

Ezekiel 2

LSB (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

N95 (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

NAS (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

NLT (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (2)

Ezekiel 2

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

[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; ᵐ5 ἔως Συηνης; read probably סְוָן also Ezekiel 30:16 (for ᵑ0סִין q. v.) ᵐ5 Συηνη. — See further Jos^{BJ iv. 10}, 5 Strabo^{xxxii.817-820,} Brugsch^{Geogr. Inscr. i. 155; Reiseber. aus Aegypt. 247} Bd^{Egypt 4:323f.} Budge^{Nile 284}.

List of Word Forms

סְוֵנֵ֖ה סְוֵנֵ֗ה סונה sə·wê·nêh seveNeh səwênêh