Sionite
/ˈsaɪ.ə.naɪt/noun
An inhabitant of Zion or a person associated with Zion, especially in religious or historical usage.
Did you know?“Sion” is the traditional English form of “Zion” used in the Greek and Latin biblical traditions, and the spelling survives in older religious English.
Etymological Timeline
Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew
צִיּוֹן (Ṣiyyōn)
“Zion, the name of a hill or fortified site in Jerusalem; its deeper origin is uncertain”
3rd–2nd Century BCE
Greek
Σιών (Siōn)
“Zion, as used in the Greek Septuagint translation of the Hebrew Bible”
Late Antiquity
Latin
Sion
“Zion, the sacred place-name transmitted through Christian biblical Latin”
Old English to Middle English
English
Sion
“Zion, especially in biblical and devotional writing”
17th–19th Century
English
Sionite
“An inhabitant or adherent of Sion; a religious or poetic designation”
Modern English
English
Sionite
“A rare historical or religious term referring to someone associated with Zion”