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Definition of Sidon

1. Noun. The main city of ancient Phoenicia.

Definition of Sidon

1. Proper noun. The principle city state of Phoenicia in biblical times, now Saida in the present day Lebanon. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sidon

Literary usage of Sidon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal by Stephen Denison Peet (1905)
"At what time of man's history were the first booths built, which formed the nucleus and beginning of what afterwards came to be called "Great Sidon" will ..."

2. Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising Its Antiquities, Biography, Geography by William Smith, Horatio Balch Hackett, Ezra Abbot (1872)
"The privilege of searching the ruins was sold for money. After this dismal tragedy, Sidon gradually recovered from the blow ; fresh immigrants from ..."

3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Queen Jezabel, wife of Achab, was the daughter of a king of Sidon (III ... Sidon was taken several times by the Assyrian kings, to whom its rulers paid ..."

4. The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal by Stephen Denison Peet (1905)
"Sidon lies about half way between the fallen city of Tyre and the fast-rising port of Beyrut, west of the mountains of Lebanon, on the verge of the eastern ..."

5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Queen Jezabel, wife of Achab, was the daughter of a king of Sidon (III ... Sidon was taken several times by the Assyrian kings, to whom its rulers paid ..."

6. Ezekiel and the Book of His Prophecy: An Exposition by Patrick Fairbairn (1855)
"WE have already remarked, in the introduction to this series of prophecies, that Sidon was not so properly an independent state, as rather an integral ..."

7. A Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising Its Antiquities, Biography, Geography by William Smith, John Mee Fuller (1893)
"After this dismal tragedy, Sidon gradually recovered from the blow ; fresh immigrants from other conduct. Net jong after, Strabo in his ..."

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