How to Pronounce Syene
sai-EE-nee
Syene is pronounced sai-EE-nee (saɪˈiːniː): three syllables, stress on the second. Also heard: Sigh-EEN, sye-EE-nee.
What does Syene mean?
Syene means “a bush; enmity”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
Where was 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.
Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.
Also pronounced
Sigh-EEN
sye-EE-nee
Found in Scripture
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