Shenir

Shenir in the Topics

=Senir, (Deut 3:9; Song 4:8), the name given to Mount Hermon (q.v.) by the Sidonians.

Named in the Bible

2 verses

  • Deuteronomy 3:9 (Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; and the Amorites call it Shenir;)
  • 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.

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.