Place
Sirion
Named in 3 verses across 3 books, first in Deuteronomy 3:9.
The dataset treats this record as another name for, or a duplicate of, Mount Hermon.
In the Bible
All 3 verses, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.
Deuteronomy
- Deuteronomy 3:9
which the Sidonians call Sirion but the Amorites call Senir—
Psalms
- Psalms 29:6
He makes Lebanon skip like a calf, and Sirion like a young wild ox.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 18:14
Does the snow of Lebanon ever leave its rocky slopes? Or do its cool waters flowing from a distance ever run dry?
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.