Bible Names

Syene: meaning of the name

Syene means “a bush; enmity.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Syene in Hebrew and Greek

סְוֵנֵה H5482

Çᵉvênêh (sev-ay-nay') — Seven, a place in Upper Egypt

(rather to be written סְוֵנָה; for סְוֵן; i.e to Seven); of Egyptian derivation;

Places named Syene

Syene in Scripture

“Syene” appears in 2 verses of the King James Version.

  • Ezekiel 29:10

    Behold, therefore I am against thee, and against thy rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from the tower of Syene even unto the border of Ethiopia.

  • Ezekiel 30:6

    Thus saith the Lord; They also that uphold Egypt shall fall; and the pride of her power shall come down: from the tower of Syene shall they fall in it by the sword, saith the Lord God.