tsidon · Sidon

What it means

tsidon (צִידוֹן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Sidon”.

The firstborn of Canaan; also the Phoenician city of that name, on the coast.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

The place

• Sidon

  Today: Sidon (Saida), Lebanon

  A port city on the Mediterranean coast, in present-day Lebanon, north of Tyre.

  Ahab's wife Jezebel was the daughter of the king of Sidon (1 Kgs 16:31). Jesus said Sidon would have changed its mind had it seen his miracles (Luke 10:13).

  Genesis 10:191 Kings 17:9Isaiah 23:2Ezekiel 28:21

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Genesis×3
• Joshua×2
• Judges×3
• 2 Samuel×1
• 1 Kings×1
• 1 Chronicles×1
• Isaiah×3
• Jeremiah×3
• Ezekiel×3
• Joel×1
• Zechariah×1

• Genesis 10:15

  And Canaan fathered Sidon, his firstborn, and Heth,

• Genesis 10:19

  And the territory of the Canaanites was from Sidon, in the direction of Gerar, as far as Gaza; in the direction of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.

• Genesis 49:13

  Zebulun will dwell at the shore of the seas; he will be a shore for ships, and his border will be toward Sidon.

• Joshua 11:8

  And YHWH gave them into the hand of Israel, and they struck them and pursued them as far as Great Sidon and as far as Misrephoth-maim, and as far as the valley of Mizpah to the east; and they struck them until they had left them no survivor.

• Joshua 19:28

  and Ebron, Rehob, Hammon, and Kanah, as far as Great Sidon;

• Judges 1:31

  Asher did not dispossess the inhabitants of Acco or the inhabitants of Sidon, or Ahlab, Achzib, Helbah, Aphik, or Rehob.

• Judges 10:6

  The sons of Israel again did what was evil in the eyes of YHWH, and served the Baals and the Astartes, the gods of Aram, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the sons of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines; they abandoned YHWH and did not serve him.

• Judges 18:28

  And there was no deliverer, for it was far from Sidon, and they had no dealings with anyone. It was in the valley that belongs to Beth-rehob. And they built the city and lived in it.

• 2 Samuel 24:6

  They came to Gilead and to the land of Tahtim-hodshi; they came to Dan-jaan and around toward Sidon.

• 1 Kings 17:9

  “Get up, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and live there. Look, I have commanded a widow there to feed you.”

• 1 Chronicles 1:13

  And Canaan fathered Sidon, his firstborn, and Heth,

• Isaiah 23:2

  Be silent, inhabitants of the coastland, the merchant of Sidon, crossing the sea, filled you.

• Isaiah 23:4

  Be ashamed, Sidon, for the sea has spoken, the stronghold of the sea, saying: “I have not been in labor nor given birth, nor have I raised young men nor brought up virgins.”

• Isaiah 23:12

  And he said, “You will not again exult, oppressed virgin daughter of Sidon! Arise, cross over to Kittim; even there there will be no rest for you.”

• Jeremiah 25:22

  and all the kings of Tyre, and all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of the coastland that is beyond the sea;

• Jeremiah 27:3

  and send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the children of Ammon, and to the king of Tyre, and to the king of Sidon, by the hand of the messengers who have come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah;

• Jeremiah 47:4

  because of the day that is coming to devastate all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and from Sidon every survivor who helps; for YHWH is devastating the Philistines, the remnant of the island of Caphtor.

• Ezekiel 27:8

  The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers; your wise men, Tyre, were in you; they were your pilots.

• Ezekiel 28:21

  “Son of man, set your face toward Sidon, and prophesy against her,

• Ezekiel 28:22

  and say: ‘Thus says Adonai YHWH: Look, I am against you, Sidon, and I will be glorified in your midst; and they will know that I am YHWH, when I execute judgments in her and am shown holy in her.

• Joel 3:4

  And also, what are you to me, Tyre and Sidon and all the regions of Philistia? Are you paying me back a recompense? And if you are repaying me, swiftly, speedily I will return your recompense on your head.

• Zechariah 9:2

  And also Hamath, which borders on it; Tyre and Sidon, though she is very wise.