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, Hebr 12,22 of heaven, Åb 14,1,

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

(a) of the inhabitants: θυγάτηρ Σ, Matt 21,5, Joh 12,15" (LXX) ;

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

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