Σιών

Σιών

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, Heb.12:22; of heaven, Rev.14:1.

2. The city, i.e. Jerusalem; in poetical sense;

(a) of the inhabitants: θυγάτηρ Σ, Mat.21:5, Jhn.12:15" (LXX) ;

(b) in wider sense, of Israel: Rom.11:26;

(with) figuratively: τίθήμι ἐν Σ λίθον, Rom.9:33, 1Pe.2:6" (LXX) .†

(AS)