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syene

syene


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Syene 
  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. 
 
 
  From  Hitchcock's  Bible  Names  Dictionary  (late  1800's)  [hitchcock]: 
 
  Syene,  a  bush;  enmity