ZION

Zion. Zion
Sunny; height, one of the eminences on which Jerusalem was built. It was surrounded on all sides, except the north, by deep valleys, that of the Tyropoeon (q.v.) separating it from Moriah (q.v.), which it surpasses in height by 105 feet. It was the south-eastern hill of Jerusalem.

When David took it from the Jebusites (Josh. 15:63; 2 Sam. 5:7) he built on it a citadel and a palace, and it became “the city of David” (1 Kings 8:1; 2 Kings 19:21, 31; 1 Chr. 11:5). In the later books of the Old Testament this name was sometimes used (Ps. 87:2; 149:2; Isa. 33:14; Joel 2:1) to denote Jerusalem in general, and sometimes God’s chosen Israel (Ps. 51:18; 87:5).

In the New Testament (see SION) it is used sometimes to denote the Church of God (Heb. 12:22), and sometimes the heavenly city (Rev. 14:1).

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Zion. monument; raised up; sepulcher

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ZION. → (A stronghold of Jerusalem) → Also called SION → Captured from the Jebusites by David 2Sa 5:6-9; 1Ch 11:5-7 → Called thereafter the city of David, 2Sa 5:7,9; 6:12,16; 1Ki 8:1; 1Ch 11:5,7; 15:1,29; 2Ch 5:2 → The ark of the covenant
* Placed in 2Sa 6:12,16; 1Ki 8:1; 1Ch 15:1,29; 2Ch 5:2
* Removed from, to Solomon' s temple on Mount Moriah 1Ki 8:1; 2Ch 5:2; with 3:1

→ Collectively, the place, the forms, and the assemblies of Israelite worship 2Ki 19:21,31; Ps 9:11; 48:2,11,12; 74:2; 132:13; 137:1; Isa 35:10; 40:9; 49:14; 51:16; 52:1,2,7,8; 60:14; 62:1,11; Jer 31:6; 50:5; La 1:4; Joe 2:1,15; Mt 21:5; Joh 12:15; Ro 9:33; 11:26; 1Pe 2:6 → Name of, applied to Jerusalem Ps 87:2,5; 149:2; So 3:11; Isa 33:14,20; Jer 9:19; 30:17; Zec 9:13 → Called the city of God Ps 87:2,3; Isa 60:14 → Restoration of, promised Isa 51:3,11,16; 52:1,2,7,8; 59:20; 60:14; Ob 1:17-21; Zep 3:14,16; Zec 1:14,17; 2:7,10; 8:2,3; 9:9,13 → Name of, applied to the city of the redeemed Heb 12:22; Re 14:1 → See CHURCH → See JERUSALEM

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Zi″on (?), n. [[Heb. tsīy�n, originally, a hill.]] 1. 1. (Jewish Antiq.) A hill in Jerusalem, which, after the capture of that city by the Israelites, became the royal residence of David and his successors.
2. 2. Hence, the theocracy, or church of God.
3. 3. The heavenly Jerusalem; heaven.