Lux Domini

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.

Key passages

Appears in

Ezekiel

2 chapter s · 2 verse mentions

Isaiah

1 chapter · 1 verse mention