Old English · noun
Syon
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine / neuter
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- Modern English
- zionbiblicaleschatologicalaccountsbuiltcentrepieceeventspartly
Meaning
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Zion (a hill in West Jerusalem, in Israel, on which ancient Jerusalem was partly built; a centrepiece to Biblical accounts of old days and future eschatological events)
Swā on Syne beorg somod ūp cymeð mæġenfolc miċel, meotude ġetrȳwe, beorht ond blīþe. Him weorþeð blǣd ġifen.
Likewise a great mighty-folk comes upon Zion hill at the same time, trustworthy to the maker, bright and blithe. Blessedness will be given to them.
10th century, Christ III:
Declension
All forms (3)
Etymology
Etymology tree Biblical Hebrew צִיּוֹן (ṣiyyôn)bor. Koine Greek Σῑών (Sīṓn)bor. Latin Sīōnder. Old English Syon From Ecclesiastical Latin Sīōn, from Koine Greek Σῑών (Sīṓn), from Biblical Hebrew צִיּוֹן (ṣiyyôn).
Descendants
zion
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