צִידוֹן
Tsîydôwn · tsee-done'
Tsidon, the name of a son of Canaan, and of a place in Palestine
Lexicon
Derivation: or צִידֹן; from H6679 (צוּד) in the sense of catching fish; fishery;
Tsidon, the name of a son of Canaan, and of a place in Palestine
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Sidon, Zidon.
Letters
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to pursue the straight path › the hand that works › the doorway, the way in › to fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing
To pursue the straight path of the hand that works of the doorway, the way in that works to fasten and establish of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of צִידוֹן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
22 occurrences · 22 OT · 0 NT · 16 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of zidon7 · 32%
- zidon3 · 14%
- and zidon3 · 14%
- sidon1 · 5%
- was from sidon1 · 5%
- shall be unto zidon1 · 5%
- from zidon1 · 5%
- to zidon1 · 5%
- which belongeth to zidon1 · 5%
- o zidon1 · 5%
- against zidon1 · 5%
- behold, i am against thee, o zidon1 · 5%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.