H6721 H6721
Sidon; the ancient Phoenician coastal city, also the firstborn son of Canaan in the Table of Nations.
Refers to the great Phoenician port city on the Lebanese coast (modern Saida), one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. In the Table of Nations (Gen 10:15), Sidon appears as the firstborn of Canaan, personifying the city as an ancestor. Scripture pairs Sidon with Tyre as emblems of maritime wealth and pagan culture, and prophets pronounce judgment against it (Ezek 28:21-22; Zech 9:2). Multilingual consistency is striking -- virtually every language transliterates the name as 'Sidon' or 'Tsidon,' preserving the original Hebrew sibilant.
Senses
1. Sidon (city) — The proper name of the ancient Phoenician coastal city north of Tyre, and by extension the eponymous son of Canaan (Gen 10:15 = 1 Chr 1:13). All twenty-two occurrences refer to the same geographic entity, whether marking the northern boundary of Canaan (Gen 10:19), identifying it as 'Great Sidon' (Josh 11:8; 19:28), or naming it as a target of prophetic judgment alongside Tyre (Jer 25:22; Ezek 28:21-22). Glosses across languages -- 'Sidon' (eng, fra), 'Sidón' (spa), 'Zidon' (deu) -- are uniformly transliterative, confirming the proper-noun status. 22×
AR["صيدون", "صيدونَ", "صَيْدونَ", "صَيْدَا", "صَيْدَاءَ", "صَيْدُونَ", "صِيدُونَ", "لِ-صَيْدون", "مِن-صَيْدُونَ", "وَ-صَيْدونُ", "وَصَيْدَا", "يَا-صَيْدَاءَ"]·ben["এবং-সীদোন", "সীদোন", "সীদোন-এর", "সীদোন-থেকে", "সীদোনে", "সীদোনের"]·DE["Sidon", "Tsidon", "Zidon", "[וצידון]", "[צידון]", "von-Sidon", "von-Tsidon"]·EN["Sidon", "Tsidon", "and-Sidon", "and-Tsidon", "from-Tsidon", "of-Tsidon"]·FR["Sidon", "Tsidon", "[צידון]", "de-Sidon", "de-Tsidon", "et-Sidon"]·heb["ו-צידוֹן", "ו-צידון", "ל-צידון", "מ-צידון", "צידון", "צידן"]·HI["और-सीदोन", "के-सीदोन", "तसीदोन-को", "सीदोन", "सीदोन-की", "सीदोन-के", "सीदोन-से"]·ID["Sidon", "Sidon,", "dan-Sidon", "dari-Sidon", "milik-Sidon"]·IT["Sidon", "Sidone", "Tsidon", "[וצידון]", "[צידון]", "da-Tsidon", "di-Tsidon"]·jav["Sidon", "kagunganipun-Sidon", "lan-Sidon", "saking-Sidon"]·KO["그리고-시돈", "그리고-시돈-과", "시돈", "시돈아", "시돈에-속한", "시돈에서", "시돈을", "시돈의", "시돈이여"]·PT["Tsidon", "de-Sidon", "de-Tsidon", "e-Tsidon"]·RU["Сидон", "Сидона", "Сидону", "Цидон", "Цидона", "Цидону", "для-Цидона", "и-Сидон", "и-Цидон", "от-Сидона", "первенца-его"]·ES["Sidón", "Tsidon", "Tsidón", "Tzidón", "de-Sidón", "de-Tsidón", "y-Sidón"]·SW["Sidoni", "na-Sidoni", "wa-Sidoni", "ya-Sidoni"]·TR["Sayda", "Sayda'dan", "Sayda'nın", "Sayda'ya", "Sidon", "Sidon'u", "Sidon'un", "Sidon-un", "Tsidon", "Tsidon'un", "ve-Sayda", "ve-Sidon"]·urd["اور-صیدا", "صیدا", "صیدا-کا-ہے", "صیدا-کی", "صیدا-کے", "صیدون", "صیدون-سے", "صیدون-کے"]
Gen 10:15, Gen 10:19, Gen 49:13, Josh 11:8, Josh 19:28, Judg 1:31, Judg 10:6, Judg 18:28, 2 Sam 24:6, 1 Kgs 17:9, 1 Chr 1:13, Isa 23:2 (+10 more)
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† צִידוֹן and (Gn 10:15, 19; 49:3) צִידֹן n.pr.loc. Sîdôn, Σιδων, ancient Phoenician city, on coast N. of Tyre (in Assyrian Ṣidun(n)u, COTGloss; TelAm. Ṣiduna, Ph. צדן, Old Aramaic צידן; in Egypt. Dï-(d)u-na, WMMAs. u. Kur. 184);—‘first-born’ of Canaan Gn 10:15 = 1 Ch 1:13; northern limit of Canaanite Gn 10:19, cf. 49:13; defined as צ׳ רַבָּה Jos 11:8 (so 19:28 infr.); also Ju 1:31; 10:6 (אֱלֹהֵי…