Topic
Sion
14 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Deuteronomy 4:48Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 1. A name of Mount Hermon
From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which is Hermon,
- Deuteronomy 3:9Easton
(Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; and the Amorites call it Shenir;)
- 1 Maccabees 4:37Smith
Upon this all the host assembled themselves together, and went up into mount Sion.
- 1 Maccabees 4:60Smith
At that time also they builded up the mount Sion with high walls and strong towers round about, lest the Gentiles should come and tread it down as they had done before.
- 1 Maccabees 5:54Smith
So they went up to mount Sion with joy and gladness, where they offered burnt offerings, because not one of them were slain until they had returned in peace.
- 1 Maccabees 6:48Smith
Then the king’s army went up to Jerusalem to meet them, and the king pitched his tents against Judea, and against mount Sion.
- 1 Maccabees 6:62Smith
Then the king entered into mount Sion; but when he saw the strength of the place, he broke his oath that he had made, and gave commandment to pull down the wall round about.
- 1 Maccabees 7:33Smith
After this went Nicanor up to mount Sion, and there came out of the sanctuary certain of the priests and certain of the elders of the people, to salute him peaceably, and to shew him the burnt sacrifice that was offered for the king.
- 1 Maccabees 10:11Smith
And he commanded the workmen to build the walls and the mount Sion and about with square stones for fortification; and they did so.
- 1 Maccabees 14:27Smith
So then they wrote it in tables of brass, which they set upon pillars in mount Sion: and this is the copy of the writing; The eighteenth day of the month Elul, in the hundred threescore and twelfth year, being the third year of Simon the high priest,
- Matthew 21:5Easton
Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.
- John 12:15Easton
Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass’s colt.
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- Hebrews 12:22 Smith
- Revelation 14:1 Smith
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 4 references
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.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 11 references
- One of the various names of Mount Hermon. (4:48) only.
- The Greek form of the Hebrew name Zion, the famous mount of the temple. 1 Macc. 4:37,60; 5:54; 6:48,62; 7:33; 10:11; 14:27; (Hebrews 12:22; Revelation 14:1) [JERUSALEM]
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 1 references
si'-un (si'on; Seon):
(1) A name given to Mt. Hermon in De 4:48. The name may mean "protuberance" or "peak," and may have denoted the lofty snow-covered horn of the mountain as seen from the South. It may, however, be a scribal error for Sirion, the name by which the mountain was known to the Zidonians. Syriac takes it in this sense, which, however, may be a correction of the Hebrew. It is possible that this name, like Senir, may have applied to some distinct part of the Hermon Range.
(2) Mt. Sion.
See ZION.
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.