Biblical place
Where was Syene?
Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Aswan.
First appears in Isaiah 49:12 · 2 books · 3 chapters
Overview
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. Modern identification: Aswan.
Syene is represented in the local geography layer as Aswan. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Isaiah 49:12 and is mentioned across 2 books, with 3 verse references collected into the glossary index.