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Zion (1903), Ephraim Moses Lilien. Zion (Hebrew: צִיּוֹן, romanized: Ṣīyyōn; [a] Biblical Greek: Σιών) is a placename in the Tanakh, often used as a synonym for Jerusalem [3] [4] as well as for the Land of Israel as a whole. The name is found in 2 Samuel , one of the books of the Tanakh dated to approximately the mid-6th century BCE.
Zion is a given name and surname derived from the ancient Canaanite hill fortress in Jerusalem called the City of David. [1] It is less commonly spelled Sion , [ 2 ] Tzion , Tsion , Tsiyon , Seyon , or Tsiyyon . [ 3 ]
At first, Mount Zion was the name given to the Jebusite fortified city on the lower part of ancient Jerusalem's Eastern Hill, also known as the City of David. [ 1 ] According to the Book of Samuel , Mount Zion was the site of the Jebusite fortress called the "stronghold of Zion" that was conquered by King David , then renamed and partially ...
(Zion is defined as "the pure in heart" and this city of Zion will return to the earth at the Second Coming of Jesus.) The Doctrine and Covenants further states that Enoch prophesied that one of his descendants, Noah, and his family, would survive a Great Flood and thus carry on the human race and preserve the Scripture.
Psalm 125 is the 125th psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in English in the King James Version: "They that trust in the L ORD shall be as mount Zion". In Latin, it is known by as, "Qui confidunt in Domino". [1] The Book of Psalms is part of the third section of the Hebrew Bible, and a book of the Christian Old Testament.
This page includes a list of biblical proper names that start with Z in English transcription. Some of the names are given with a proposed etymological meaning. For further information on the names included on the list, the reader may consult the sources listed below in the References and External Links.
Zion retains its Biblical meaning and refers to Jerusalem. (See Zion) Zion is the name of a physical city founded by the prophet Enoch, also known as the City of Enoch. Zion refers to the New Jerusalem, a physical, Millennial city expected to be located in Independence, Jackson County, Missouri.
Zion is a Biblical term that refers to Jerusalem (and to some extent the whole Land of Israel), and is the source for the modern term Zionism. Mount Zion is a hill outside the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem, but the term previously referred to the Temple Mount, as well as a hill in the City of David.