SION

(Siʹon) [elevated, towering].

Another, perhaps older, name for Mount Hermon. (Deut. 4:48) Sion (not Zion), like the Amorite name Senir, may have designated a particular part of Mount Hermon.—Compare Deuteronomy 3:9; 1 Chronicles 5:23; The Song of Solomon 4:8; see HERMON.