Place
Senir
Named in 4 verses across 4 books, first in Ezekiel 27:5.
The dataset treats this record as another name for, or a duplicate of, Mount Hermon.
In the Bible
All 1 verse in Ezekiel, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.
Ezekiel
- Ezekiel 27:5
They constructed all your planking with cypress from Senir. They took a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.
Dictionary
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. Its geography and “modern” descriptions date from the 1890s. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.
Read Easton’s entry
'=Shenir, the name given to Hermon by the Amorites (Deut. 3:9). It means “coat of mail” or “breastplate,” and is equivalent to “Sirion.” Some interpret the word as meaning “the prominent” or “the snowy mountain.” It is properly the name of the central of the three summits of Hermon (q.v.).