Zidon

Zi'don (Heb. Tsidon', צַידוֹן [nor briefer צירֹן, Ge 10:15,19; Ge 49; Ge 13], fishery [Gesen.] or fortress [Fürst]; Sept. [usually], New Test., and classical writers generally, Σιδών; A.V. "Sidon" in ver. 15,19, and New Test.), the name of a man and of a place. They have a mutual bearing in relation to origin and birthplace of the Punic race, which figured so conspicuously in later times and in Roman history.

1. The eldest son of Canaan (Ge 10:15; 1Ch 1:13). B.C. considerably post 2514. See ETHNOGRAPHY.