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Sidon or Zidon = "hunting"
an ancient and wealthy city of Phoenicia, on the east coast of the
Mediterranean Sea, less than 20 miles (30 km) north of Tyre (see map)
derivation:
of Hebrew origin (06721)
http://bible.crosswalk.com/Lexicons/Greek/grk.cgi?number=4605&version=kjv
(06721)
Sidon = "hunting"
derivation:
from (06679) in the sense of catching fish
http://bible.crosswalk.com/Lexicons/Hebrew/heb.cgi?number=6721&version=kjv
(06679)
1] to hunt 1.a] (Qal) to hunt 1.b] (Poel) to hunt, hunt eagerly or keenly 1.c] (Hithpael) take provision
http://bible.crosswalk.com/Lexicons/Hebrew/heb.cgi?number=6679&version=kjv
Additional information:
"Saidoon is the Phoenician name, Saida in Arabic."
Quoted from:
http://www.middleeast.com/sidon.htm
Comment:
It therefore seems that "Bethsaida" means "House
of Sidon", that is, "house of hunting".
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