צִידוֹן

Genesis 10:15 צִידֹ֥ן Sidon

And Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites,

Here: The ancient Phoenician port city on the coast of modern Lebanon, pictured as a person, Canaan's eldest son. It stands for the city and its people, the Sidonians.

Genesis 10:19 מִצִּידֹ֔ן from Sidon

and the borders of Canaan extended from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.

Genesis 49:13 צִידֹֽן׃ ס Sidon

Zebulun shall dwell by the seashore and become a harbor for ships; his border shall extend to Sidon.

Joshua 11:8 צִיד֣וֹן Sidon

and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who struck them down and pursued them all the way to Greater Sidon and Misrephoth-maim, and eastward as far as the Valley of Mizpeh. They struck them down, leaving no survivors.

Here: The leading Phoenician port city on the Lebanese coast, far to the northwest of Galilee. It marks how far one group of fugitives ran.

Joshua 19:28 צִיד֥וֹן Sidon

It went on to Ebron, Rehob, Hammon, and Kanah, as far as Greater Sidon.

Judges 1:31 צִיד֑וֹן Sidon

Asher failed to drive out the inhabitants of Acco, Sidon, Ahlab, Achzib, Helbah, Aphik, and Rehob.

Judges 10:6 צִיד֜וֹן Sidon

And again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. They served the Baals, the Ashtoreths, the gods of Aram, Sidon, and Moab, and the gods of the Ammonites and Philistines. Thus they forsook the LORD and did not serve Him.

Here: The Phoenician port city on the coast to the northwest, famous for its Baal and Astarte worship (1 Kings 11:5 calls Ashtoreth "the goddess of the Sidonians").

Judges 18:28 מִצִּיד֗וֹן from Sidon

There was no one to deliver them, because the city was far from Sidon and had no alliance with anyone; it was in a valley near Beth-rehob. And the Danites rebuilt the city and lived there.

2 Samuel 24:6 צִידֽוֹן׃ Sidon

Then they went to Gilead and the land of Tahtim-hodshi, and on to Dan-jaan and around to Sidon.

1 Kings 17:9 לְצִיד֔וֹן [belongs] to Sidon

“Get up and go to Zarephath of Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.”

Here: 'To/of Sidon': the town lies in Sidon's territory. Readers have just been told that Jezebel was the daughter of 'Ethbaal king of the Sidonians' (16:31), so this is her family's country.

1 Chronicles 1:13 צִיד֥וֹן Sidon

And Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites,

Isaiah 23:2 צִיד֛וֹן Sidon

Be silent, O dwellers of the coastland, you merchants of Sidon, whose traders have crossed the sea.

Isaiah 23:4 צִיד֔וֹן O Sidon

Be ashamed, O Sidon, the stronghold of the sea, for the sea has spoken: “I have not been in labor or given birth. I have not raised young men or brought up young women.”

Isaiah 23:12 צִיד֗וֹן Sidon

He said, “You shall rejoice no more, O oppressed Virgin Daughter of Sidon. Get up and cross over to Cyprus—even there you will find no rest.”

Here: The old Phoenician port north of Tyre. In a poem chiefly about Tyre, the name may stand for the Phoenician people generally, since Israelites could call Phoenicians 'Sidonians'.

Jeremiah 25:22 צִיד֑וֹן Sidon

all the kings of Tyre and Sidon; the kings of the coastlands across the sea;

Jeremiah 27:3 צִיד֑וֹן Sidon

Send word to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre, and Sidon through the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.

Jeremiah 47:4 וּלְצִיד֔וֹן and to Sidon

For the day has come to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every remaining ally. Indeed, the LORD is about to destroy the Philistines, the remnant from the coasts of Caphtor.

Here: Sidon, Tyre's sister city on the Phoenician coast. The two together stand for the whole Phoenician seaboard.

Ezekiel 27:8 צִידוֹן֙ Sidon

The men of Sidon and Arvad were your oarsmen. Your men of skill, O Tyre, were there as your captains.

Ezekiel 28:21 צִיד֑וֹן Sidon

“Son of man, set your face against Sidon and prophesy against her.

Ezekiel 28:22 צִיד֔וֹן O Sidon

And you are to declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I am against you, O Sidon, and I will be glorified within you. They will know that I am the LORD when I execute judgments against her and demonstrate My holiness through her.

Here: The old Phoenician port city about 40 km north of Tyre, addressed directly. This short oracle (28:20–26) is the only one in Ezekiel aimed at Sidon.

Joel 3:4 וְצִיד֔וֹן and Sidon

Now what do you have against Me, O Tyre, Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you rendering against Me a recompense? If you retaliate against Me, I will swiftly and speedily return your recompense upon your heads.

Here: Tyre's sister city to the north, the other great Phoenician merchant center; the two are routinely named as a pair.

Zechariah 9:2 וְצִיד֔וֹן and Sidon

and also against Hamath, which borders it, as well as Tyre and Sidon, though they are very shrewd.