Tsîyûwn — H6725

Definition

masculine noun

a monumental or guiding pillar

1. signpost, monument, market

Usually translated as

sign, title, waymark

Origin

from the same as H6723 in the sense of conspicuousness (compare H5329)

• Same as Tsîyâh (H6723)
• Same as Nâtsach (H5329)

Greek equivalents

• sēmeîon (G4592)

Occurrences

Tsîyûwn occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Kings (1), Jeremiah (1), Ezekiel (1)

• 2 Kings 23:17 — Then he said, What title (הַצִּיּ֣וּן) is that that I see? And the men of the city told him, It is the sepulchre of the man of God, which came from Judah, and proclaimed these things that thou hast done against the altar of Beth-el.
• Jeremiah 31:21 — Set thee up waymarks (צִיֻּנִ֗ים), make thee high heaps: set thine heart toward the highway, even the way which thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities.
• Ezekiel 39:15 — And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a man’s bone, then shall he set up a sign (צִיּ֑וּן) by it, till the buriers have buried it in the valley of Hamon-gog.