Sion

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.

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