# Sidon

Phoenicia · today Saida

A Phoenician port north of Tyre, where the centurion taking Paul to Rome lets him visit friends.

## Ancient names

- Ṣidon: Biblical Hebrew
- Sidōn: Greek
- Sydone: Latin
- Ṣidūnu: Akkadian
- ṣdn: Phoenician

Source: Pleiades, CC BY 3.0 (https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/678393).

## Passages

- **Genesis 10:19** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/10/19
- **Genesis 49:13** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/49/13
- **Joshua 11:8** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/joshua/11/8
- **Joshua 13:4** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/joshua/13/4
- **Joshua 19:28** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/joshua/19/28
- **Judges 1:31** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/judges/1/31
- **Judges 10:6** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/judges/10/6
- **Judges 18:7** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/judges/18/7
- **Judges 18:28** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/judges/18/28
- **2 Samuel 24:6** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-samuel/24/6
- **1 Kings 11:1** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-kings/11/1
- **1 Kings 17:9** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-kings/17/9
- **1 Chronicles 22:4** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-chronicles/22/4
- **Ezra 3:7** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezra/3/7
- **Isaiah 23:2** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/23/2
- **Isaiah 23:4** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/23/4
- **Isaiah 23:12** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/23/12
- **Jeremiah 25:22** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/25/22
- **Jeremiah 27:3** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/27/3
- **Jeremiah 47:4** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/47/4
- **Ezekiel 27:8** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/27/8
- **Ezekiel 28:21-22** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/28/21
- **Joel 3:4** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/joel/3/4
- **Zechariah 9:2** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/9/2
- **Matthew 11:21-22** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/11/21
- **Matthew 15:21** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/15/21
- **Mark 3:8** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/mark/3/8
- **Mark 7:24** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/mark/7/24
- **Mark 7:31** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/mark/7/31
- **Luke 4:26** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/4/26
- **Luke 6:17** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/6/17
- **Luke 10:13-14** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/10/13
- **Acts 12:20** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/12/20
- **Acts 27:3** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/27/3

## Coordinates

33.5610, 35.3719

## Straight-line distances

- **Zarephath**: about 8 mi (13 km) in a straight line, a day on foot
- **Tyre**: about 22 mi (36 km) in a straight line, 2 days on foot
- **Dan**: about 27 mi (43 km) in a straight line, 2 days on foot
- **Chorazin**: about 46 mi (74 km) in a straight line, 4 days on foot
- **Jerusalem**: about 120 mi (200 km) in a straight line, 9 days on foot

## In the reference maps

- **The Galilee of Jesus**: The places of the Gospels, from Nazareth to the Sea of Galilee. https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/maps/galileia-de-jesus
- **Paul's journeys**: to Rome (Acts 27:3). https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/maps/viagens-de-paulo

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/sidon
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q163490
- Geography: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0 (https://www.openbible.info/geo/).
- Text license: Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).