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Strong's #4605 - Σιδών
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Sidon or Zidon = "hunting"
- an ancient and wealthy city of Phoenicia, on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea, less than 20 miles (30 km) north of Tyre
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Σῑδών, ῶνος, ἡ,
Sidon, Od. 15.425, Hdt. 2.116, etc.: hence Adj. Σῑδόνιος, α, ον, Il. 6.290, A. Supp. 122; later Σιδώνιος, Phryn.Trag. 9 (lyr.), Hdt. 7.44, S. Fr. 909, Sopat. 16, etc.; fem. Σιδωνιάς, άδος, E. Hel. 1451 (lyr.): — Σῐδόνες, οἱ, men of Sidon, Il. 23.743; also Σιδόνιοι, Od. 4.84, 618; Σιδονίη (sc. γῆ ) 13.285 . [ ῐ in Il. 23.743, prob. in Sopat. 16, elsewh. ῑ .]
Σιδών, Σιδῶνος (Buttmann, 16 (14)), ἡ (צִידון and צִידֹן, from צוּד, 'to hunt', in Aramaic also 'to fish'; hence, properly, taking its name from its abundance of fish; cf. Justin 18, 3), Sidon, a very ancient Phoenician city, formerly distinguished for wealth and traffic, situated near the Mediterranean on the borders of Judaea; it had been assigned to the tribe of Asher (Joshua 19:28), but the Jews vainly endeavored to capture it (Judges 1:31; Judges 3:3; Judges 10:12); now Saida, containing about 10,000 (or 9,000, according to Porter in Murray's Handbook, p. 376) inhabitants (Baedeker, Palestine, p. 433): Matthew 11:21; Matthew 15:21; Mark 3:8; Mark 7:24 (where T omits; WH Tr marginal reading brackets the words καί Σιδῶνος),
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Σιδών , -ῶνος , ἡ
(Heb. H6721),
Sidon, a maritime city of Phœnicia: Matthew 11:21-22; Matthew 15:21, Mark 3:8; Mark 7:24; Mark 7:31, Luke 6:17; Luke 10:13-14, Acts 27:3.†
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";zealous,"; ";earnest"; : P Ryl II. 243.7 (ii/A.D.) νῦν ἐπιστάμεθά σου τὸ σπουδαῖον κ ̣α ̣ὶ ὡς ἐπίκεισαι τοῖς ἔργοις τοῦ κλήρου, ";we now know your zeal and attentiveness to the work of the holding"; (Edd.). The adj. with the corr. verb and noun are all seen in P Flor III. 338.8 ff. (iii/A.D.) ἄλλον γὰρ σπουδαῖον οὐκ ἔχωμεν μετὰ τοῦτον, ὥστε, ἄδελφε, σπούδασον · καὶ νῦν τάχα ἡ σὴ σπουδὴ καὶ φιλοστοργεία κατανεικήσῃ τὴν ἐμὴν. . . ἀκαιρείαν. Σπουδαῖος is used in the wider sense of ";good"; in P Oxy I. 117.12 (ii/iii A.D.) σπέρματα σικυδίων σπουδαῖα ἔπεμψα ὑμεῖν, ";I send you some good melon seeds"; (Edd.), ib. VI. 929.3 (ii/iii A.D.) εἰδώς σου τὸ [σ ]πουδε (= αῖ)ον τὸ πρὸς πάντας, ";knowing your goodness to all"; (Edd.), and similarly ib. VII. 1064.7 (iii/A.D.).
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