sion

Everyday

1. «-sion» is a word ending that makes nouns, as in «television», «decision», «explosion»; it often sounds like «zhun» or «shun». tree →
2. Sion is a town in Switzerland, in the Alps. tree →
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 →

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 →
• «Decide» becomes «decision». tree →
• «Explode» becomes «explosion». tree →
• Sion is a town in the Swiss mountains. tree →
• The old hymn sings of the hill of Sion. tree →
• Spell «confusion» with -sion, not -tion. tree →
• He had just to return the way he came, through St. Maurice and Sion, to his home in the valley. tree →

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 →
• ] sions contain only obouth tiOO words of the original Safer (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →

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.