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|strgr=of [[Hebrew]] [[origin]] (צִיּוֹן); Sion (i.e. Tsijon), a [[hill]] of [[Jerusalem]]; [[figuratively]], the Church ([[militant]] or [[triumphant]]): Sion. | |strgr=of [[Hebrew]] [[origin]] (צִיּוֹן); Sion (i.e. Tsijon), a [[hill]] of [[Jerusalem]]; [[figuratively]], the Church ([[militant]] or [[triumphant]]): Sion. | ||
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|txtha=indeclinable (its grammatical [[gender]] in the N. T. does [[not]] [[appear]] from the passages in [[which]] it is mentioned; cf. Buttmann, 21 f (19); in the Sept. [[when]] it denotes the [[city]] of [[Jerusalem]] ἡ [[Σιών]] occurs, as צִיון (i. e. according to [[some]], 'protected' or '[[protecting]]'; according to others, '[[sunny]]'; others [[besides]]); Sion (so A. V., [[but]] [[properly]] ([[with]] R. V.)) Zion;<br /><b class="num">1.</b> the [[hill]] on [[which]] the [[higher]] and [[more]] [[ancient]] [[part]] of [[Jerusalem]] [[was]] built (דָּוִד עִיר, [[city]] of David, [[because]] David captured it); it [[was]] the southwesternmost and [[highest]] of the hills on [[which]] the [[city]] stood; ([[many]] [[now]] would [[identify]] it [[with]] the [[eastern]] [[hill]], [[some]] [[with]] the [[northern]]; cf. Furrer in Schenkel iii. 216ff; Mühlau in Riehm, [[under]] the [[word]]; per contra Wolcott in B. D. American edition, [[under]] the [[word]]; Schultz in Herzog edition 2vi., p. 543 f).<br /><b class="num">2.</b> used [[very]] [[often]] for the [[entire]] [[city]] of [[Jerusalem]] itself: ἡ [[θυγάτηρ]] [[Σιών]] ([[see]] [[θυγάτηρ]], b.β'.), [[κύριος]] [[τήν]] [[Σιών]] ᾑρετίσατο [[εἰς]] κατοικίαν ἑαυτῷ, τό [[Σιών]] [[ὄρος]] is transferred to [[heaven]], as the true [[dwelling]]-[[place]] of God and [[heavenly]] beings, the antitype of the [[earthly]] Zion: Revelation 14:1. | |||
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