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Sidon
Biblical Persons & Places
Strong's Definition
Tsidon, the name of a son of Canaan, and of a place in Palestine
Derivation: or צִידֹן; from H6679 (צוּד) in the sense of catching fish; fishery;
KJV Usage: Sidon, Zidon.
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
צִידוֹן (tsi.don) — Sidon. A man of the Canaanites living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.15; son of: Canaan (H3667); brother of: Heth (H2845), Jebusite (H2983), Amorite (H0567), Girgashite (H1622), Hivite (H2340), Arkite (H6208), Sinite (H5513), Arvadite (H0721), Zemarite (H6786) and Hamathite (H2577) § Sidon = "hunting" ancient Phoenician city, on Mediterranean coast north of Tyre
צִידוֹן (tsi.don) — Sidon.
§ Sidon = "hunting" ancient Phoenician city, on Mediterranean coast north of Tyre
צִידוֹן (tsi.don) — Sidon. Sidon = "hunting" ancient Phoenician city, on Mediterranean coast north of Tyre Another name of tsi.don (צִידוֹן "Sidon" H6721H)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
name · צִידֹנִי
Names of People
Sidon = man; ◄ son of Canaan; presumably a personification of the city that played a prominent role in Canaanite culture and history
Names of Locations
Sidon = town; ◄ Phoenician city north of Tyre; famous as a seaport and sometimes referred to as Great Sidon; marked the northern boundary of the Promised Land
GEN 10:19 · GEN 49:13 · JOS 11:8 · JOS 19:28 · JDG 1:31 · JDG 10:6 · JDG 18:28 · 2SA 24:6 · 1KI 17:9 · ISA 23:2 · ISA 23:4 · ISA 23:12 · JER 25:22 · JER 27:3 · JER 47:4 · EZK 27:8 · EZK 28:21 · EZK 28:22 · JOL 4:4 · ZEC 9:2
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
צִידוֹן and צִידֹן n.pr.loc. Sidôn, ancient Phoenician city, on coast N. of Tyre;—‘first-born’ of Canaan base