Senir
שְׂנִירStrong’s H8149shenir (she-nir)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Shenir is the Hebrew word usually translated “senir” and “from senir”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“(Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; and the Amorites call it Shenir;)”
Meaning
- Senir or Shenir = "snow mountain"
How it's translated
- senir 2
- and senir 1
- from senir 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Deuteronomy 1
- 1 Chronicles 1
- Song of Solomon 1
- Ezekiel 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Chronicles 5:23And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land: they increased from Bashan unto Baalhermon and Senir, and unto mount Hermon.
- Song of Solomon 4:8Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions’ dens, from the mountains of the leopards.
- Ezekiel 27:5They have made all thy ship boards of fir trees of Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee.
Hebrew dictionary
שְׂנִיר shenir · Senir
Senir or Shenir = "snow mountain" the Amorite name for Mount Hermon Another name of cher.mon (חֶרְמוֹן "(Mount )Hermon" H2768)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.