Bible Names

Zidon: meaning of the name

Zidon means “hunting; fishing; venison.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Zidon in Hebrew and Greek

צִידוֹן H6721

Tsîydôwn (tsee-done') — Tsidon, the name of a son of Canaan, and of a place in Palestine

or צִידֹן; from H6679 (צוּד) in the sense of catching fish; fishery;

Who named Zidon in the Bible

Zidon in Scripture

“Zidon” appears in 21 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

  • Genesis 49:13

    Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon.

  • Joshua 11:8

    And the Lord delivered them into the hand of Israel, who smote them, and chased them unto great Zidon, and unto Misrephoth–maim, and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, until they left them none remaining.

  • Joshua 19:28

    And Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even unto great Zidon;

  • Judges 1:31

    Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho, nor the inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob:

  • Judges 10:6

    And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsook the Lord, and served not him.

  • Judges 18:28

    And there was no deliverer, because it was far from Zidon, and they had no business with any man; and it was in the valley that lieth by Beth–rehob. And they built a city, and dwelt therein.

  • 2 Samuel 24:6

    Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim–hodshi; and they came to Dan–jaan, and about to Zidon,

  • 1 Kings 17:9

    Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.