Strong H8303שִׂרְיֹן
Sirion
- Transliteration
- shiryôn ώiryôn
- Pronunciation
- {shir-yone'} sir-yone'
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Location with no gender
Definition
The same as H8304 (that {is} sheeted with snow);
Shirjon or {Sirjon} a peak of the Lebanon: - Sirion.
Shirjon or {Sirjon} a peak of the Lebanon: - Sirion.
Meaning of the name
Sirion = "breastplate"
Detailed definition
Mount Hermon, also known as Baal-hermon, Baal-hamon, Baal-gad, Senir, or Sirion, was a prominent mountain on the northern border of Israel (Deut 3:8-9; 4:48; Josh 11:3,17; 12:1,5,7; 13:5,11; 1 Chr 5:23; Ps 29:6; 42:6; 89:12; 133:3; Song 4:8; 8:11; Jer 18:14; Ezek 27:5).
In the biblical story
Hermon Mount
Mountain on the northern border of Israel
Mount Hermon, also known as Baal-hermon, Baal-hamon, Baal-gad, Senir, or Sirion, was a prominent mountain on the northern border of Israel (Deut 3:8-9; 4:48; Josh 11:3,17; 12:1,5,7; 13:5,11; 1 Chr 5:23; Ps 29:6; 42:6; 89:12; 133:3; Song 4:8; 8:11; Jer 18:14; Ezek 27:5).
In the Bible
Strong H8303 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- sirion2
First verses
- Deuteronomy 3:9(Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; and the Amorites call it Shenir;)
- Psalms 29:6He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn.