Σιών

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew צִיּוֹן (Ṣīyṓn).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /siˈon/ → /siˈon/

• (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)

1. Zion, a mountain in Jerusalem
   1. Jerusalem

Descendants

• Latin: Siōn
  • Czech: Sión, Sion, Sijón
  • English: Zion, Sion
  • French: Sion
  • German: Zion, Sion
  • Old Irish: Sión
    • Irish: Síón
  • Italian: Sion
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Sion
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Sion
  • Spanish: Sion, Sión
  • Swedish: Sion

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, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible