Sion or Zion = "a parched place"
1) the hill on which the higher and more ancient part of Jerusalem was built
1a) the southwestern most and highest of the hills on which the city was built
2) often used of the entire city of Jerusalem
3) since Jerusalem because the temple stood there, was called the dwelling place of God
Part of Speech: noun proper locative
Citing in TDNT: 7:292, 1028
G4622
Of Hebrew origin [H6726]; Sion (that is, Tsijon), a hill of Jerusalem; figuratively the Church (militant or triumphant): - Sion.
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| (θυγάτηρ Σιών) people of Jerusalem | 11.66 |
These two sites give similar information, with the definition from several dictionaries and statistics on the use of the word.
University of Chicago's Logion lexicon
Thayer's dictionary plus other information.
From this site's dictionary (in Italian)
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