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Senir — the meaning of the Hebrew name שְׁנִיר

שְׁנִיר

Shᵉnîyr · pronounced shen-eer' · Strong's H8149 · a people · also spelled Shenir

Senir means peak.

Strong's definition

or שְׂנִיר; from an unused root meaning to be pointed; peak; Shenir or Senir, a summit of Lebanon.

First appearance

Deut 3:9 (Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; and the Amorites call it Shenir;) (KJV)

Every verse that names Senir

4 occurrences in 4 verses — Deuteronomy, 1 Chronicles, Song of Songs, Ezekiel

Deut 3:91Chr 5:23Song 4:8Ezek 27:5

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