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# sion

fragment; proper noun (Sion — a town; an old spelling of Zion)

«sion» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. «-sion» is a word ending that makes nouns, as in «television», «decision», «explosion»; it often sounds like «zhun» or «shun». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sion/#m1)
2. Sion is a town in Switzerland, in the Alps. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sion/#m2)
3. Sion is an old spelling of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem in the Bible, often used to mean God's city or God's people (as in Sion College, Mount Sion). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sion/#m3)

### In the lessons

In spelling lessons «-sion» and «-tion» are taught together: «decide → decision», «explode → explosion». In church and Bible reading, «Sion» or «Zion» appears in hymns and psalms. On its own «sion» is not an everyday English word.

### Examples

- «Television» ends in -sion. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sion/#x1)
- «Decide» becomes «decision». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sion/#x2)
- «Explode» becomes «explosion». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sion/#x3)
- Sion is a town in the Swiss mountains. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sion/#x4)
- The old hymn sings of the hill of Sion. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sion/#x5)
- Spell «confusion» with -sion, not -tion. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sion/#x6)
- He had just to return the way he came, through St. Maurice and Sion, to his home in the valley. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sion/#x7)

### Note

Mostly a suffix, not a word. Spelling tip: words ending in «-de» or «-se» often take «-sion» (decide → decision, confuse → confusion); many others take «-tion». With a capital S it is a place name.

## In Jewish tradition

In the Torah, Sion is another name for Mount Hermon, a high mountain in the north. In the primary lessons: In spelling lessons «-sion» and «-tion» are taught together: «decide → decision», «explode → explosion». In church and Bible reading, «Sion» or «Zion» appears in hymns and psalms. On its own «sion» is not an everyday English word.

### Examples

- from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of Arnon, even unto mount Sion — the same is Hermon — (Torah DEU.4.48, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sion/#x1)
- \] sions contain only obouth tiOO words of the original Safer (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sion/#x2)

### Note

Mostly a suffix, not a word. Spelling tip: words ending in «-de» or «-se» often take «-sion» (decide → decision, confuse → confusion); many others take «-tion». With a capital S it is a place name.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «sion» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sion/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«sion» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sion.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «sion» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sion/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«sion» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/sion.html) on Mova free.