H8149: שְׁנִיר
Shᵉnîyr · pronounced shen-eer' · “Senir”
Definition
Shenir or Senir, a summit of Lebanon
KJV translates it as: Senir, Shenir.
Word origin: or שְׂנִיר; from an unused root meaning to be pointed; peak;
Extended definition
the Amorite name for Mount Hermon
Another name of cher.mon (חֶרְמוֹן "(Mount )Hermon" H2768)
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H8149 is translated
- senir ×4
Bible verses with H8149 (Shᵉnîyr)
Shᵉnîyr appears in 4 verses.
- Deuteronomy 3:9
(Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; and the Amorites call it Shenir;)
- 1 Chronicles 5:23
And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land: they increased from Bashan unto Baal–hermon and Senir, and unto mount Hermon.
- Song of Solomon 4:8
Come 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 27:5
They have made all thy ship boards of fir trees of Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee.