Bible Names

Sion: meaning of the name

Sion means “noise; tumult.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Sion in Hebrew and Greek

שִׂיאֹן H7865

Sîyʼôn (see-ohn') — Sion, the summit of Mount Hermon

from H7863 (שִׂיא); peak;

Σιών G4622

Siṓn — Sion (i.e. Tsijon), a hill of Jerusalem; figuratively, the Church (militant or triumphant)

of Hebrew origin (H06726);

Sion in Scripture

“Sion” appears in 9 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

  • Deuteronomy 4:48

    From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which is Hermon,

  • Psalms 65:1

    To the chief Musician, A Psalm and Song of David. Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion: and unto thee shall the vow be performed.

  • Matthew 21:5

    Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.

  • John 12:15

    Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass’s colt.

  • Romans 9:33

    As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.

  • Romans 11:26

    And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:

  • Hebrews 12:22

    But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,

  • 1 Peter 2:6

    Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.