Sirion — the meaning of the Hebrew name שִׁרְיוֹן

שִׁרְיוֹן

Shiryôwn · pronounced shir-yone' · Strong's H8303 · a place

Sirion means Shirjon or Sirjon, a peak of the Lebanon.

Built from

שִׁרְיוֹן shiryôwn (the same as, H8302) — a corslet (as if twisted) open in the lexicon ›

and שִׂרְיֹן; the same as H8302 (i.e. sheeted with snow); Shirjon or Sirjon, a peak of the Lebanon.

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

2 occurrences in 2 verses — Deuteronomy, Psalms

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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