2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Zidon 
  a  fishery,  a  town  on  the  Mediterranean  coast,  about  25  miles 
  north  of  Tyre.  It  received  its  name  from  the  "first-born"  of 
  Canaan,  the  grandson  of  Noah  (Gen.  10:15,  19).  It  was  the  first 
  home  of  the  Phoenicians  on  the  coast  of  Palestine,  and  from  its 
  extensive  commercial  relations  became  a  great"  city  (Josh. 
  11:8;  19:28).  It  was  the  mother  city  of  Tyre.  It  lay  within  the 
  lot  of  the  tribe  of  Asher,  but  was  never  subdued  (Judg.  1:31). 
  The  Zidonians  long  oppressed  Israel  (Judg.  10:12).  From  the  time 
  of  David  its  glory  began  to  wane,  and  Tyre,  its  "virgin 
  daughter"  (Isa.  23:12),  rose  to  its  place  of  pre-eminence. 
  Solomon  entered  into  a  matrimonial  alliance  with  the  Zidonians 
  and  thus  their  form  of  idolatrous  worship  found  a  place  in  the 
  land  of  Israel  (1  Kings  11:1,  33).  This  city  was  famous  for  its 
  manufactures  and  arts,  as  well  as  for  its  commerce  (1  Kings  5:6; 
  1  Chr.  22:4;  Ezek.  27:8).  It  is  frequently  referred  to  by  the 
  prophets  (Isa.  23:2,  4,  12;  Jer.  25:22;  27:3;  47:4;  Ezek.  27:8; 
  28:21,  22;  32:30;  Joel  3:4).  Our  Lord  visited  the  coasts"  of 
  Tyre  and  Zidon  =  Sidon  (q.v.),  Matt.  15:21;  Mark  7:24;  Luke 
  4:26;  and  from  this  region  many  came  forth  to  hear  him  preaching 
  (Mark  3:8;  Luke  6:17).  From  Sidon,  at  which  the  ship  put  in 
  after  leaving  Caesarea,  Paul  finally  sailed  for  Rome  (Acts  27:3, 
  4). 
 
  This  city  is  now  a  town  of  10,000  inhabitants,  with  remains  of 
  walls  built  in  the  twelfth  century  A.D.  In  1855,  the  sarcophagus 
  of  Eshmanezer  was  discovered.  From  a  Phoenician  inscription  on 
  its  lid,  it  appears  that  he  was  a  "king  of  the  Sidonians," 
  probably  in  the  third  century  B.C.,  and  that  his  mother  was  a 
  priestess  of  Ashtoreth,  "the  goddess  of  the  Sidonians."  In  this 
  inscription  Baal  is  mentioned  as  the  chief  god  of  the  Sidonians 
 
 
  From  Hitchcock's  Bible  Names  Dictionary  (late  1800's)  [hitchcock]: 
 
  Zidon,  hunting;  fishing;  venison 
 

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