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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 ›

Strong's definition

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

First appearance

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

Every verse that names Sirion

2 occurrences in 2 verses — Deuteronomy, Psalms

Deut 3:9Ps 29:6

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