H6725 - צִיּוּן (tsîyûwn)

H6725 צִיּוּן (tsîyûwn) tsee-yoon'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

signpost

Strong's Definition

a monumental or guiding pillar

Derivation: from the same as H6723 (צִיָּה) in the sense of conspicuousness (compare H5329 (נָצַח));

KJV Usage: sign, title, waymark.

TWOT Reference: 1887a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) signpost, monument, market

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G4592

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

signpost, monument, market

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

צִיוּן tsý̂yûn BDB Definition: 1) signpost, monument, market Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from the same as H6723 in the sense of conspicuousness [compare H5329] Same Word by TWOT Number: 1887a Total KJV Occurrences: 3

Bible Occurrences (3)

23:17

31:21

39:15

2 Kings 23:17

Then [the king] asked, What is this monument I see? And the men of the city replied..., It is the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah and proclaimed these things that you have done to the altar of Bethel.

Jeremiah 31:21

Set up the road markers, put up the signposts. Keep the highway in mind..., the road you have traveled. Return, O Virgin Israel, return to these cities of yours.

Ezekiel 39:15

As they pass... through the land, anyone who sees a human bone will set up a pillar next to it, until the gravediggers have buried it in... the Valley of Hamon-gog.