Σιών

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew צִיּוֹן‎ (Ṣīyṓn).

Pronunciation

(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /siˈon/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /siˈon/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /siˈon/

Proper noun

Σιών • (Siṓn) f (indeclinable)

Zion, a mountain in Jerusalem
1. Jerusalem

References

Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
G4622 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979

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