Word Study · Strong's G4622 · Greek

Σιών

Sion

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Strong's 1890 spelling: Siṓn

“Sion (i.e. Tsijon), a hill of Jerusalem”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

Sion (i.e. Tsijon), a hill of Jerusalem; figuratively, the Church (militant or triumphant)

Rendered in the KJV as

Sion.

7
occurrencesin the New Testament
6 of 27
New Testament bookswhere the word stands
2
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 7 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 2

Σιὼν5
Σιών·2

How it is rendered · 2

Zion5
of Zion;2

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 2

noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular4
noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular3

Show the grammar codes as tagged

N-GSF-L · 4
N-DSF-L · 3

All 7, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Romans2 of 7 · 29%
Matthew1 of 7 · 14%
John1 of 7 · 14%
Hebrews1 of 7 · 14%
1 Peter1 of 7 · 14%

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Matthew1 occurrence

Matthew 21:5Σιών·siōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular“Say to the Daughter of Zion, ‘See, your King comes to you, gentle and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’”here: of Zion;

John1 occurrence

John 12:15Σιών·siōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular“Do not be afraid, O Daughter of Zion. See, your King is coming, seated on the colt of a donkey.”here: of Zion;

Romans2 occurrences

Hebrews1 occurrence

Hebrews 12:22Σιὼνsiōnnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singularInstead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to myriads of angelshere: Zion

1 Peter1 occurrence

1 Peter 2:6Σιὼνsiōnnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singularFor it stands in Scripture: “See, I lay in Zion a stone, a chosen and precious cornerstone; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”here: Zion

Revelation1 occurrence

Revelation 14:1Σιὼνsiōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularThen I looked and saw the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him 144,000 who had His name and His Father’s name written on their foreheads.here: Zion

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