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Sidon
Meaning: fishing; fishery
This was the name of a biblical man and a city on the Mediterranean.
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Sidon (Zidon), the son of Canaan (Genesis 10:15, 19), grandson of Ham and great-grandson of Noah
Zidon was the father of the Sidonians (Zidonians) and Phoenicians.
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Sidon (aka Zidon), a city mentioned several times in the Bible (King James Version marginal note, Tzidon; Revised King James Version, Zidon); Matthew 11:21-22; Luke 6:17
also known as: Zidon and Tzidon
People of this place are called Sidonians or Zidonians.
Infamous woman of Sidon
The heathen Phoenician princess named Jezebel became the wicked Queen of the Kingdom of Israel when she married King Ahab. Their idolatrous history is recorded in 1 Kings 16-22.
She is the first great instigator of persecution against the saints of God. She was a sworn enemy of the YHWH’s prophet Elijah.
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