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.
City
Syene
- Name means
- a bush; enmity
- Today
- now Aswan
- Location
- 24.066°N, 32.896°E
- Mentioned
- 3 verses
About Syene
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).
Every mention
Places: Theographic Bible Metadata (CC BY-SA 4.0), with locations from OpenBible.info. Many ancient sites are uncertain.