| Easton's Bible Dictionary A breastplate, the Sidonian name of Hermon (q.v.), Deuteronomy 3:9; Psalm 29:6. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia SIRION sir'-i-on (siryon; Sanior): The name of Mt. Hermon among the Phoenicians (Deuteronomy 3:9). It is given as "Shirion" in Psalm 29:6 (Hebrew "breastplate" or "body armor"). Here it is named with Lebanon. Sirion therefore probably did not denote a particular part of the Hermon Range, as did Senir, but may have been suggested by the conformation of the range itself, as seen from the heights above the Phoenician coast. | Multi-Version Concordance Sirion (4 Occurrences) Deuteronomy 3:9 (which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion, and the Amorites call it Senir;) (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) 1 Chronicles 5:16 And they were living in Gilead in Bashan, in its small towns and in all the grass-land of Sirion as far as its limits. (BBE) Psalms 29:6 He makes them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young, wild ox. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) Jeremiah 18:14 Will the white snow go away from the top of Sirion? will the cold waters flowing from the mountains become dry? (BBE) |