צִידוֹןTsîydôwn

Tsidon, the name of a son of Canaan, and of a place in Palestine

Pronunciation: tsee-done' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6721

Meanings

proper name [of a location]: Sidon, ancient Phoenician city, on coast north of Tyre (Genesis 10:15; Genesis 10:19; Genesis 49:3; 1 Chronicles 1:13; Genesis 49:13)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 22 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 10:15 Canaan’s oldest son was Sidon, the ancestor of the Sidonians. Canaan was also the ancestor of the Hittites,
  • Genesis 10:19 and the territory of Canaan extended from Sidon in the north to Gerar and Gaza in the south, and east as far as Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, near Lasha.
  • Genesis 49:13 “Zebulun will settle by the seashore and will be a harbor for ships; his borders will extend to Sidon.
  • Joshua 11:8 And the Lord gave them victory over their enemies. The Israelites chased them as far as Greater Sidon and Misrephoth-maim, and eastward into the valley of Mizpah, until not one enemy warrior was left alive.
  • Joshua 19:28 Abdon, Rehob, Hammon, Kanah, and as far as Greater Sidon.
  • Judges 1:31 The tribe of Asher failed to drive out the residents of Acco, Sidon, Ahlab, Aczib, Helbah, Aphik, and Rehob.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).