Strong's Concordance Sión: Zion, a mountain of Jer. or the city of Jer. Original Word: Σιών, ἡPart of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable Transliteration: Sión Phonetic Spelling: (see-own') Short Definition: Zion Definition: Zion, the hill; used for Jerusalem or heaven. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4622: ΣιώνΣιών, indeclinable (its grammatical gender in the N. T. does not appear from the passages in which it is mentioned; cf. Buttmann, 21f (19); in the Sept. when it denotes the city of Jerusalem ἡ Σιών occurs, as Psalm 101:14, 17 1. the hill on which the higher and more ancient part of Jerusalem was built (דָּוִד עִיר, city of David, because David captured it); it was the southwesternmost and highest of the hills on which the city stood; (many now would identify it with the eastern hill, some with the northern; cf. Furrer in Schenkel iii. 216ff; Mühlau in Riehm, under the word; per contra Wolcott in B. D. American edition, under the word; Schultz in Herzog edition 2 vi., p. 543f). 2. used very often for the entire city of Jerusalem itself: Romans 9:33 and 1 Peter 2:6 (after Isaiah 28:16); Romans 11:26 (from Isaiah 59:20); ἡ θυγάτηρ Σιών (see θυγάτηρ, b.β'.), Matthew 21:5; John 12:15. 3. Since Jerusalem, because the temple stood there, was called the dwelling-place of God (cf. Matthew 5:35; κύριος τήν Σιών ᾑρετίσατο εἰς κατοικίαν ἑαυτῷ, Psalm 131:13 Of Hebrew origin (Tsiyown); Sion (i.e. Tsijon), a hill of Jerusalem; figuratively, the Church (militant or triumphant) -- Sion. see HEBREW Tsiyown Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 46227 Occurrences Σιών — 7 Occ. Matthew 21:5 N GRK: τῇ θυγατρὶ Σιών Ἰδοὺ ὁ NAS: TO THE DAUGHTER OF ZION, 'BEHOLD KJV: the daughter of Sion, Behold, INT: to the daughter of Zion Behold the John 12:15 N Romans 9:33 N Romans 11:26 N Hebrews 12:22 N 1 Peter 2:6 N Revelation 14:1 N |