 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
Sion
noun
1: originally a stronghold captured by David (the 2nd king of
the Israelites); above it was built a temple and later
the name extended to the whole hill; finally it became a
synonym for the city of Jerusalem; "the inhabitants of
Jerusalem are personified as 'the daughter of Zion'"
[syn: {Zion}]
2: Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of
Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine [syn: {Israel},
{State of Israel}, {Yisrael}, {Zion}]
3: an imaginary place considered to be perfect or ideal [syn: {Utopia},
{Zion}]
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Sion
elevated. (1.) Denotes Mount Hermon in Deut. 4:48; called Sirion
by the Sidonians, and by the Amorites Shenir (Deut. 3:9). (See {HERMON}.)
(2.) The Greek form of Zion (q.v.) in Matt. 21:5; John 12:15.
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Sion, noise; tumult
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