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Meaning & History
Hellenized form of the Hebrew name Shalom-zion "peace of Zion". The name "Shalom Zion" was used by the Judean royal family in the Roman period and is variously modified in rabbinical literature. (Cf. Salome, Shlomtzion.) According to the historian Josephus, Salampsio was the eldest daughter of Herod the Great.