Dictionary entry

Σιών

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

Σιών

indecl.,

in NT anarth., but in LXX when used of the city of Jerusalem, ἡ Σ.

(Heb. צִיּוֹן),

Zion;

1. the mountain: in typical sense, of the Church, He 12:22; of heaven, Re 14:1.

2. The city, i.e. Jerusalem; in poetical sense;

(a) of the inhabitants: θυγάτηρ Σ, Mt 21:5, Jo 12:15(LXX);

(b) in wider sense, of Israel: Ro 11:26;

(c) fig.: τίθήμι ἐν Σ λίθον, Ro 9:33, I Pe 2:6(LXX).†