Concept
Name meaning: noise; tumult (Hitchcock)
Elevated. (1.) Denotes Mount Hermon in Deut. 4:48; called Sirion by the Sidonians, and by the Amorites Shenir (Deut. 3:9). (See HERMON.)
(2.) The Greek form of Zion (q.v.) in Matt. 21:5; John 12:15.
Source:Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)Public domain
(lofty), Mount.
One of the various names of Mount Hermon. (4:48) only.
The Greek form of the Hebrew name Zion, the famous mount of the temple. 1 Macc. 4:37,60; 5:54; 6:48,62; 7:33; 10:11; 14:27; (Hebrews 12:22; Revelation 14:1) [Jerusalem]
Source: Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863) · Public domain
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