Bible Dictionary

Syene

The name Syene means “a bush; enmity”.

Easton's Bible Dictionary 1897

Opening (Ezek. 29:10; 30:6), a town of Egypt, on the borders of Ethiopia, now called Assouan, on the right bank of the Nile, notable for its quarries of beautiful red granite called “syenite.” It was the frontier town of Egypt in the south, as Migdol was in the north-east.

Smith's Bible Dictionary 1863

properly Seventh a town of Egypt, on the frontier of Cush or Ethiopia, (Ezekiel 29:10; 30:6) represented by the present Aruan or Es-Suan.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia 1915

si-e'-ne.

See SEVENEH.