Bible Dictionary
Sirion
Sirion was the Sidonian name for Mount Hermon. The name appears in Deuteronomy and, in a slightly different form, in Psalm 29.
Definition
Sirion is the Sidonian or Phoenician name for Mount Hermon. The name means “breastplate” or “body armor” in Hebrew and is one of the several names associated with Hermon.
Biblical Usage
Sirion appears in Deuteronomy as the name by which the Sidonians knew Hermon. Psalm 29 gives the slightly altered form “Shirion,” naming it together with Lebanon.
Historical Background
The name may have been suggested by the appearance of the Hermon range as seen from the heights above the Phoenician coast. It probably referred to the range generally rather than to a particular section.
Scripture References
Historical Bible Dictionaries
Easton's Bible Dictionary
A breastplate, the Sidonian name of Hermon (q.v.), Deut. 3:9; Ps. 29:6.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
(breastplate), one of the various names of Mount Hermon, that by which it was known to the Zidonians. (3:9) The use of the name in (Psalms 29:6) (slightly altered in the original—Shirion instead of Sirion) is remarkable.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>sir'-i-on (siryon; Sanior): The name of Mt. Hermon among the Phoenicians (De 3:9). It is given as "Shirion" in Ps 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.</p>