Sidon
Sidon is a named place appearing in travel routes, regional descriptions, and comparisons involving judgment.
The term consistently names a place: it occurs in descriptions of regions and travel, and in statements that compare Tyre and Sidon with other places in relation to repentance and judgment.
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A named place in geographic and comparative settings · dominant
The noun identifies a location in regional and travel clauses: in Luke 6:17 the APB renders people as coming from the coastal region of Tyre and Sidon, while in Acts 27:3 it renders a ship's stop as putting in at Sidon. In Matthew 11:21 and Matthew 11:22, the dative singular form occurs with Tyre in the warning and judgment comparison; the APB renders the clauses as referring to what would have occurred in Tyre and Sidon and what will be more bearable for them.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the occurrences, the APB consistently presents the name as "Sidon," whether it occurs in a regional list, a route, a stop in travel, or alongside Tyre in a comparison. Its surrounding prepositions and phrasing should not be treated as separate meanings of the term.