noun · feminine
siōn
Strong’sG4622
Zion
stem siōn-7 times in the New Testamentin 6 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
Σιών
(Heb. צִיּוֹן),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4622 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidsee-own'
Sion (i.e. Tsijon), a hill of Jerusalem; figuratively, the Church (militant or triumphant)
Fromof Hebrew origin ();
King JamesSion.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
indecl.,
in NT anarth., but in LXX when used of the city of Jerusalem, ἡ Σ.
(Heb. צִיּוֹן),
Zion;
__1. the mountain: in typical sense, of the Church,
__2. The city, i.e. Jerusalem; in poetical sense;
__(a) of the inhabitants: θυγάτηρ Σ,
__(b) in wider sense, of Israel:
__(with) figuratively: τίθήμι ἐν Σ λίθον,
(From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | siōn | siōn |
| object accusative | siōn | siōn |
| direct address vocative | siōn | siōn |
| of, belonging to genitive | siōn4×Σιών | siōn |
| to, for dative | siōn3×Σιὼν | siōn |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
7 occurrences, every one of them listed
siōn“Zion”of, belonging togenitive singular4×
Matthew 21:5Legavar ta thugatra Siōn; Idou tos basilevos su erchotō si …“Say to the Daughter of Zion, ‘See, your King comes to you …
John 12:15Mē fobosōr, thugatrar Siōn; idou tos basilevos su erchotō, kathorōntos …… not be afraid, O Daughter of Zion. See, your King is coming, seated …
Romans 11:26… Israēl sōziti; kathōs grafotē; Hēkati ek Siōn tos ruorōntos, apostrefati asebeiain apo Iakōb.… written: “The Deliverer will come from Zion; He will remove godlessness from Jacob.
Revelation 14:1… tem arniem stēarēntem epi tem orem Siōn, kai meta autou hekaton tesserakonta tessares …… saw the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him 144,000 who had His …
siōn“Zion”to, fordative singular3×
Romans 9:33kathōs grafotē; Idou tithamō en Siōn lithon proskommeu kai petran skandaleu, kai …… is written: “See, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a …
Hebrews 12:22alla proserchavē Siōn ore kai pola theou zōarōntou, Ierousalēm …Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living …
1 Peter 2:6… periechatō en grafa; Idou tithamō en Siōn lithon akrogōniaion eklekton entimon, kai tos …… in Scripture: “See, I lay in Zion a stone, a chosen and precious …