Sion

3 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Sion
       n 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