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== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_37697" /> == | == Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_37697" /> == | ||
<p> Properly | <p> Properly '''''Seveneh''''' or '''''Sebennytus''''' in the eastern delta ''(The '' '''''Ηeracleopolis''''' '' Of Manetho, Called From '' '''''Ηercules''''' '' The "Local God")'' , meaning "a key or opening", a Syene [[Egyptian]] town. "From Migdol to Syene," i.e. from the fortress near [[Pelusium]] on the N. of [[Suez]] to Syene in the far S. toward [[Ethiopia]] ( Ezekiel 29:10; Ezekiel 30:6); not as KJV "from the tower of Syene." The shepherd kings had Syene for their chief city, from whence they are called '''''Sebennyte Ρharaohs''''' . </p> | ||
== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_17092" /> == | == American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_17092" /> == | ||
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== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_68958" /> == | == Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_68958" /> == | ||
<p> Town in the south of Egypt, bordering on Ethiopia. Ezekiel 29:10; Ezekiel 30:6 . The expression, 'from the tower of Syene,' is better translated 'from Migdol to Syene,' even unto the border of Ethiopia, as it is in the <i> margin. </i> The word is really | <p> Town in the south of Egypt, bordering on Ethiopia. Ezekiel 29:10; Ezekiel 30:6 . The expression, 'from the tower of Syene,' is better translated 'from Migdol to Syene,' even unto the border of Ethiopia, as it is in the <i> margin. </i> The word is really [[Seveneh]] as in the R.V. It is now called <i> Assuan, </i> about 24 N, 33 E. </p> | ||
== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_75109" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_75109" /> == | ||
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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_62661" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_62661" /> == | ||
<p> (Heb. Seveneh, סְוֵנֵה; Sept. Συήνη; Vulg. ''Syene),'' a town of Egypt on the frontier of Cush, or Ethiopia. The prophet Ezekiel speaks of the desolation of Egypt "from Migdol to Seveneh, even unto the border of Cush" (29, 10), and of its people being slain "from Migdol to Seveneh" (30, 6). Migdol was oh the eastern-border, (See Mignol), and Seveneb is thus rightly identified with the town of Syene, ''Wihichi'' was always the last town of Egypt on the south, though at one time included in the name Nubia. Its ancient Egyptian name is [[Sun]] (Brugsch, ''Geogr. Inschrifit.'' 1, 155, tab. 1, ''No.'' 55), preserved in the [[Coptic]] ''Sonan, Senon,'' and the Arabic ''Aswdn.'' The modern town is slightly to the north of the old site, which is marked by an interesting early [[Arab]] burial-ground, covered with remarkable tombstones having inscriptions in the Cufic character. Champollion suggests the Coptic derivation sa "causative," and buen or ouen, "to open" as if it signified the opening or key of Egypt (L'Egypte, 1, 161-166), and this is the meaning of the hieroglyphic name. It is the natural boundary of Egypt at the south (Pttolem, 9:5; Pliny, Hist. Nat. 5, 10; 12:8 Strabo, p. 787, 815), being situated at the foot of the first cataract on the Nile (Murray, Handbook for Egypt, p. 463). See Jour. Sac. Lit, Oct. 1851, p. 158. (See [[Egypt]]). </p> | <p> (Heb. Seveneh, '''''סְוֵנֵה''''' ; Sept. '''''Συήνη''''' ; Vulg. ''Syene),'' a town of Egypt on the frontier of Cush, or Ethiopia. The prophet Ezekiel speaks of the desolation of Egypt "from Migdol to Seveneh, even unto the border of Cush" (29, 10), and of its people being slain "from Migdol to Seveneh" (30, 6). Migdol was oh the eastern-border, (See Mignol), and Seveneb is thus rightly identified with the town of Syene, ''Wihichi'' was always the last town of Egypt on the south, though at one time included in the name Nubia. Its ancient Egyptian name is [[Sun]] (Brugsch, ''Geogr. Inschrifit.'' 1, 155, tab. 1, ''No.'' 55), preserved in the [[Coptic]] ''Sonan, Senon,'' and the Arabic ''Aswdn.'' The modern town is slightly to the north of the old site, which is marked by an interesting early [[Arab]] burial-ground, covered with remarkable tombstones having inscriptions in the Cufic character. Champollion suggests the Coptic derivation sa "causative," and buen or ouen, "to open" as if it signified the opening or key of Egypt (L'Egypte, 1, 161-166), and this is the meaning of the hieroglyphic name. It is the natural boundary of Egypt at the south (Pttolem, 9:5; Pliny, Hist. Nat. 5, 10; 12:8 Strabo, p. 787, 815), being situated at the foot of the first cataract on the Nile (Murray, Handbook for Egypt, p. 463). See Jour. Sac. Lit, Oct. 1851, p. 158. (See [[Egypt]]). </p> | ||
== Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_16718" /> == | == Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_16718" /> == | ||
