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ΣΙΏΝ

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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, He 12:22; of heaven, Re 14:1.

2. . The city, i.e. Jerusalem; in poetical sense; (a) . of the inhabitants: θυγάτηρ Σ, Mt 21:5, Jo 12:15 (LXX); (b) . in wider sense, of Israel: Ro 11:26; (c) . fig.: τίθήμι ἐν Σ λίθον, Ro 9:33, I Pe 2:6 (LXX).†

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