צִיּוֹן
Zion
BDB lists 2 entries for ‘Zion’ fuller range ↓
Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
Where this word appears
Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Proper
- A name of a specific person, place, or people (e.g. Abraham, Zion, Israel).
Every verse where H6726 appears in the Book of Isaiah — 46 distinct verses. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 1:8 צִיּ֖וֹן n Proper The daughter of Zion is left like a shelter in a vineyard, Like a hut in a field of melons, Like a besieged city.
- Isaiah 1:27 צִיּ֖וֹן n Proper Zion shall be redeemed with justice, And her converts with righteousness.
- Isaiah 2:3 מִ/צִּיּוֹן֙ prep + n Proper Many peoples shall go and say, "Come, let's go up to the mountain of Yahweh, To the house of the God of Jacob; And he will teach us of his ways, And we will walk in his paths. For out of Zion the law shall go forth, And the word of Yahweh from Jerusalem.
- Isaiah 3:16 צִיּ֔וֹן n Proper Moreover Yahweh said, "Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, And walk with outstretched necks and flirting eyes, Walking to trip as they go, Jingling ornaments on their feet;
- Isaiah 3:17 צִיּ֑וֹן n Proper Therefore the Lord brings sores on the crown of the head of the women of Zion, And Yahweh will make their scalps bald."
- Isaiah 4:3 בְּ/צִיּ֗וֹן prep + n Proper It will happen, that he who is left in Zion, and he who remains in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even everyone who is written among the living in Jerusalem;
- Isaiah 4:4 צִיּ֔וֹן n Proper when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from its midst, by the spirit of justice, and by the spirit of burning.
- Isaiah 4:5 צִיּ֜וֹן n Proper Yahweh will create over the whole habitation of Mount Zion, and over her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory will be a canopy.
- Isaiah 8:18 צִיּֽוֹן n Proper Behold, I and the children whom Yahweh has given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from Yahweh of Hosts, who dwells in Mount Zion.
- Isaiah 10:12 צִיּ֖וֹן n Proper Therefore it shall happen that, when the Lord has performed his whole work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.
- Isaiah 10:24 צִיּ֖וֹן n Proper Therefore thus says the Lord, Yahweh of Hosts, my people who dwell in Zion, don't be afraid of the Assyrian, though he strike you with the rod, and lift up his staff against you, after the manner of Egypt.
- Isaiah 12:6 צִיּ֑וֹן n Proper Cry aloud and shout, you inhabitant of Zion; for great in the midst of you is the Holy One of Israel!"
- Isaiah 14:32 צִיּ֔וֹן n Proper What then shall one answer the messengers of the nation? That Yahweh has founded Zion, and in her shall the afflicted of his people take refuge.
- Isaiah 16:1 צִיּֽוֹן n Proper Send you the lambs for the ruler of the land from Selah to the wilderness, to the mountain of the daughter of Zion.
- Isaiah 18:7 צִיּֽוֹן n Proper In that time shall a present be brought to Yahweh of Hosts [from] a people tall and smooth, even from a people awesome from their beginning onward, a nation that measures out and treads down, whose land the rivers divide, to the place of the name of Yahweh of Hosts, Mount Zion.
- Isaiah 24:23 צִיּוֹן֙ n Proper Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for Yahweh of Hosts will reign on Mount Zion, and in Jerusalem; and before his elders shall be glory.
- Isaiah 28:16 בְּ/צִיּ֖וֹן prep + n Proper therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner -[stone] of sure foundation: he who believes shall not be in haste.
- Isaiah 29:8 צִיּֽוֹן n Proper It shall be as when a hungry man dreams, and, behold, he eats; but he awakes, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreams, and, behold, he drinks; but he awakes, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul has appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against Mount Zion.
- Isaiah 30:19 בְּ/צִיּ֥וֹן prep + n Proper For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem; you shall weep no more; he will surely be gracious to you at the voice of your cry; when he shall hear, he will answer you.
- Isaiah 31:4 צִיּ֖וֹן n Proper For thus says Yahweh to me, As the lion and the young lion growling over his prey, if a multitude of shepherds are called forth against him, will not be dismayed at their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so will Yahweh of Hosts come down to fight on Mount Zion, and on the hill of it.
- Isaiah 31:9 בְּ/צִיּ֔וֹן prep + n Proper His rock shall pass away by reason of terror, and his princes shall be dismayed at the ensign, says Yahweh, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.
- Isaiah 33:5 צִיּ֔וֹן n Proper Yahweh is exalted; for he dwells on high: he has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.
- Isaiah 33:14 בְ/צִיּוֹן֙ prep + n Proper The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling has seized the godless ones: Who among us can dwell with the devouring fire? who among us can dwell with everlasting burning?
- Isaiah 33:20 צִיּ֔וֹן n Proper Look on Zion, the city of our solemnities: your eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tent that shall not be removed, the stakes of it shall never be plucked up, neither shall any of the cords of it be broken.
- Isaiah 34:8 צִיּֽוֹן n Proper For Yahweh has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.
- Isaiah 35:10 צִיּוֹן֙ n Proper and the ransomed of Yahweh shall return, and come with singing to Zion; and everlasting joy shall be on their heads: they shall obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
- Isaiah 37:22 צִיּ֔וֹן n Proper this is the word which Yahweh has spoken concerning him: The virgin daughter of Zion has despised you and ridiculed you; the daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at you.
- Isaiah 37:32 צִיּ֑וֹן n Proper For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and out of Mount Zion those who shall escape. The zeal of Yahweh of Hosts will perform this.
- Isaiah 40:9 צִיּ֔וֹן n Proper You who tell good news to Zion, go up on a high mountain; you who tell good news to Jerusalem, lift up your voice with strength; lift it up, don't be afraid; say to the cities of Judah, Behold, your God!
- Isaiah 41:27 לְ/צִיּ֖וֹן prep + n Proper [I am the] first [who says] to Zion, Behold, behold them; and I will give to Jerusalem one who brings good news.
- Isaiah 46:13 בְ/צִיּוֹן֙ prep + n Proper I bring near my righteousness, it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not wait; and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.
- Isaiah 49:14 צִיּ֖וֹן n Proper But Zion said, Yahweh has forsaken me, and the Lord has forgotten me.
- Isaiah 51:3 צִיּ֗וֹן n Proper For Yahweh has comforted Zion; he has comforted all her waste places, and has made her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of Yahweh; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
- Isaiah 51:11 צִיּוֹן֙ n Proper The ransomed of Yahweh shall return, and come with singing to Zion; and everlasting joy shall be on their heads: they shall obtain gladness and joy; [and] sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
- Isaiah 51:16 לְ/צִיּ֖וֹן prep + n Proper I have put my words in your mouth, and have covered you in the shadow of my hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and tell Zion, You are my people.
- Isaiah 52:1 צִיּ֑וֹן n Proper Awake, awake, put on your strength, Zion; put on your beautiful garments, Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into you the uncircumcised and the unclean.
- Isaiah 52:2 צִיּֽוֹן n Proper Shake yourself from the dust; arise, sit [on your throne], Jerusalem: loose yourself from the bonds of your neck, captive daughter of Zion.
- Isaiah 52:7 לְ/צִיּ֖וֹן prep + n Proper How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of good, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, Your God reigns!
- Isaiah 52:8 צִיּֽוֹן n Proper The voice of your watchmen! they lift up the voice, together do they sing; for they shall see eye to eye, when Yahweh returns to Zion.
- Isaiah 59:20 לְ/צִיּוֹן֙ prep + n Proper A Redeemer will come to Zion, and to those who turn from disobedience in Jacob, says Yahweh.
- Isaiah 60:14 צִיּ֖וֹן n Proper The sons of those who afflicted you shall come bending to you; and all those who despised you shall bow themselves down at the soles of your feet; and they shall call you The city of Yahweh, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
- Isaiah 61:3 צִיּ֗וֹן n Proper to appoint to those who mourn in Zion, to give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Yahweh, that he may be glorified.
- Isaiah 62:1 צִיּוֹן֙ n Proper For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until her righteousness go forth as brightness, and her salvation as a lamp that burns.
- Isaiah 62:11 צִיּ֔וֹן n Proper Behold, Yahweh has proclaimed to the end of the earth, Say you to the daughter of Zion, Behold, your salvation comes; behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.
- Isaiah 64:10 צִיּוֹן֙ n Proper Your holy cities are become a wilderness, Zion is become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
- Isaiah 66:8 צִיּ֖וֹן n Proper Who has heard such a thing? who has seen such things? Shall a land be born in one day? shall a nation be brought forth at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
At its core, ציון (Tsîyôwn) means “Zion.” First canonically at 2 Samuel 5:7, it enters the text early. It appears 153 verses across 16 books of the Hebrew Bible, among its common vocabulary. The word gravitates to Isaiah (30%), then Psalms and Jeremiah. Each statement above links to its evidence; the full detail follows below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H6726 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 153
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 153 distinct verses.
- 16 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 16 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #294
- by frequency
- Top 500 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 294 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 153 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 153 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 97 verses · 63%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 56 verses · 37%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Zion 137×, Thee out of zion 3×, Is zion 2×
- American Standard Version: Zion 129×, Thee out of zion 3×, Daughter of zion 2×
- Berean Standard Bible: Zion 147×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Zion 141×, Is in zion 2×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H6726 across 154 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 10 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H6726 across 154 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 16 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H6726 across 153 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 6 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 1 further occurrence.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H6726 across 148 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 5 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in BDB
The 2 senses BDB distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency or importance). The full entry — with sub-senses — is in the Lexicon Entry tab.
- Zion = "parched place"
- another name for Jerusalem especially in the prophetic books
Word origin
n.pr.loc. Σ(ε)ιων; Ṣîyyôn, Zion (Syriac ܨܶܗܝܘܿܢ, older form, according to LagBN 84, cf. 198);—צ׳ 2 S 5:7 +; צִיּו֫נָה Je 4:6;—stronghold (of Jebusites), מְצֻדַת צ׳ captured by David, and made his residence 2 S 5:7 = 1 Ch 11:5 (both + הִיא עִיר דָּוִד), on S. part of E. hill of Jerusalem, distinct from site of temple 1 K 8:1 = 2 Ch 5:2 (both מֵעִיר ד׳ הִיא צ׳), not elsewhere in narrative, but often in poets and proph.: as name of Jerus., from political point of view (sometimes = inhabitants), Am 6:7 (‖ הַר־שֹׁמְרוֹן), ‖ יְרוּשָׁלַםִ Mi 3:10, 12 = Je 26:18; Is 4:3; 30:19; 40:9; 41:27; 52:1; 62:1; 64:9 Zp 3:16; Zc 1:14, 17 ψ 51:20 and (בַּת־צ׳) Is 52:2; Mi 4:8 (‖ בַּת־יְרוּשׁ׳), La 2:13 (‖ id.), also (יוֹשֶׁבֶת צ׳) Je 51:35; = Jerus. also Is 14:32; 33:5 +, so especially in phr. בְּנוֹת צ׳ Is 3:16, 17; 4:4; Ct 3:11, בְּנֵי צ׳ La 4:2; Jo 2:23 ψ 149:2 (‖ יִשְׂרָאֵל), cf. Zc 9:13, יָֽלְדָה צ׳ אֶת־בָּנֶיהָ Is 66:8, and even הַר־צ׳ 2 K 19:31 = Is 37:32 (both ‖ יְרוּשׁ׳), Is 29:8 (‖ אֲרִיאֵל v 7), Ob 17, 21 ψ 48:12 (‖ בְּנוֹת יֶהוֹדָה), 125:1; so also הַר־בַּת צ׳ Is 16:1 and 10:32 Qr (Kt בית: ‖ גִּבְעַת־יְרוּשׁ׳); cf. מְרוֹם־צ׳ Je 31:12; in foll. הַר־צ׳ might refer to temple-hill Is 10:12 (+ יְרוּשׁ׳), 31:4 (+ גִּבְעָתָהּ = יְרוּשׁ׳ v 5), La 5:18; Jo 3:5 (+ יְרוּשׁ׳); specif. of Jerus. as abode of י׳ and place of his worship Am 1:2; Is 31:9; Zc 8:3; Mi 4:2 = Is 2:3; Jo 4:16 ψ 102:22; 135:21; 147:12 (all ‖ יְרוּשׁ׳), 76:3 (‖ שָׁלֵם); partic. of sanctuary 20:3 (‖ קֹדֶשׁ), 14:7 = 53:7 +; of Jerus. הַר־צ׳ ψ 48:3 (‖ קִרְיַת מֶלֶךְ רָ֑ב), 78:68 (‖ שֵׁבֶט יְהוּדָה), Is 24:23 (‖ יְרוּשׁ׳), etc.; הַרֲרֵי צ׳ in same sense †ψ 133:3; particularly of sanctuary Is 4:5 and (‖ הַר־קָדְשִׁי) Jo 2:1; 4:17; צ׳ הַר־קָדְשִׁי ψ 2:6 is seat of king.—Vid. also בַּת־צ׳, הַר־צ׳, ישֶׁבֶת צ׳, sub בַּת, הַר, יָשַׁב.
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from ציון (tsîyûwn) (H6725) — signpost.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
צִיּוֹן
- (b. h.) pr. n. Mount Zion, Zion (= Jerusalem). Midr. Till. to Ps. XLVIII אבל בצ׳ אינו כן but this is not the case with the city of Zion. Midr. Till. to Ps. LXXXVII צ׳ שהוא פלטין שלי Zion which is my (the Lord’s) palace; a. fr.
צִיּוּן
- heap of stones, mark, esp. the mark put up to indicate the neighborhood of an unclean place. Erub. 54ᵇ מאי … צ׳ לישנא דסימנא הוא what evidence is there that this tsiyyun (Jer. XXXI, 20) means sign? Answ. ref. to Ez. XXXIX, 15. Y. Shek. I, 46ᵃ מיכן לצ׳ from here (Ez. l. c.) we have an evidence for the custom of marking sunken graves; M. Kat. 5ᵃ. Ib. 5ᵇ אין מעמידין צ׳ במקום וכ׳ we must not put up a mark on the very spot of uncleanness. Ex. R. s. 52 (play on צִיוֹן, Cant. III, 11) מה הצ׳ הזה נראה באצבע וכ׳ as a mark is seen (pointed at) with the finger, so is Israel (distinguishable by his features); a. e.—Pl. צִיּוּנִים, צִיּוּנִין. Erub. l. c. (ref. to Jer. l. c.) עשו צ׳ לתורה make marks (mnemonical notes) for the study of the Law, v. סִימָן; Yalk. Jer. 315.—Denom. צִיֵּן. e.g. Jeremiah 31:20
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 45 distinct written forms H6726 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| צִיּ֔וֹן | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 11:5 | 23 |
| צִיּ֑וֹן | Noun, Proper | 2 Kings 19:31 | 16 |
| צִיּ֖וֹן | Noun, Proper | Isaiah 1:8 | 16 |
| צִיּֽוֹן | Noun, Proper | 1 Kings 8:1 | 16 |
| צִיּ֗וֹן | Noun, Proper | Isaiah 51:3 | 8 |
| צִיּוֹן֙ | Noun, Proper | Isaiah 24:23 | 7 |
| בְּ/צִיּ֔וֹן | Noun, Proper | Amos 6:1 | 4 |
| לְ/צִיּ֖וֹן | Noun, Proper | Isaiah 41:27 | 4 |
| צִ֝יּ֗וֹן | Noun, Proper | Psalms 2:6 | 4 |
| בְּ/צִיּ֑וֹן | Noun, Proper | Joel 2:15 | 3 |
| בְּ/צִיּ֗וֹן | Noun, Proper | Isaiah 4:3 | 3 |
| בְּ/צִיּ֣וֹן | Noun, Proper | Joel 3:17 | 3 |
| צִ֭יּוֹן | Noun, Proper | Psalms 48:2 | 3 |
| צִיּ֜וֹן | Noun, Proper | Isaiah 4:5 | 3 |
| בְ/צִיּוֹן֙ | Noun, Proper | Isaiah 33:14 | 2 |
| בְּ/צִיּ֖וֹן | Noun, Proper | Isaiah 28:16 | 2 |
| בְּ/צִיּֽוֹן | Noun, Proper | Joel 3:21 | 2 |
| בְּ/צִיּוֹן֙ | Noun, Proper | Jeremiah 14:19 | 2 |
| מִ/צִּיּ֑וֹן | Noun, Proper | Psalms 110:2 | 2 |
| מִ/צִּיּוֹן֙ | Noun, Proper | Isaiah 2:3 | 2 |
| מִ/צִּיּוֹן֮ | Noun, Proper | Psalms 14:7 | 2 |
| צִיּ֛וֹן | Noun, Proper | Jeremiah 4:31 | 2 |
| צִיּ֣וֹן | Noun, Proper | Jeremiah 30:17 | 2 |
| בְ/צִיּ֔וֹן | Noun, Proper | Jeremiah 51:10 | 1 |
| בְ/צִיּ֖וֹן | Noun, Proper | Jeremiah 51:24 | 1 |
| בְ/צִיּֽוֹן | Noun, Proper | Psalms 76:2 | 1 |
| בְּ/צִיּ֥וֹן | Noun, Proper | Isaiah 30:19 | 1 |
| בְּ֭/צִיּוֹן | Noun, Proper | Psalms 102:21 | 1 |
| וּ/לְ/צִיּ֖וֹן | Noun, Proper | Zechariah 1:14 | 1 |
| וּ֝/מִ/צִּיּ֗וֹן | Noun, Proper | Psalms 20:2 | 1 |
| וּֽ/לֲ/צִיּ֨וֹן | Noun, Proper | Psalms 87:5 | 1 |
| לְ/צִיּוֹן֙ | Noun, Proper | Isaiah 59:20 | 1 |
| מִ/צִיּ֣וֹן | Noun, Proper | Amos 1:2 | 1 |
| מִ/צִּ֫יּ֥וֹן | Noun, Proper | Psalms 128:5 | 1 |
| מִ/צִּיּ֖וֹן | Noun, Proper | Jeremiah 9:19 | 1 |
| מִ/צִּיּ֗וֹן | Noun, Proper | Psalms 135:21 | 1 |
| מִ/צִּיּ֣וֹן | Noun, Proper | Joel 3:16 | 1 |
| מִ/צִּיּ֥וֹן | Noun, Proper | Psalms 50:2 | 1 |
| צִ֠יּוֹן | Noun, Proper | Lamentations 2:18 | 1 |
| צִ֫יּ֥וֹן | Noun, Proper | Psalms 133:3 | 1 |
| צִיּ֔וֹנָ/ה | Noun, Proper | Jeremiah 4:6 | 1 |
| צִיּ֞וֹן | Noun, Proper | Jeremiah 26:18 | 1 |
| צִיּ֥וֹן | Noun, Proper | Psalms 125:1 | 1 |
| צִיּ֨וֹן | Noun, Proper | Joel 2:32 | 1 |
| צִיּוֹן֒ | Noun, Proper | Jeremiah 31:12 | 1 |
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H6726, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
Compare all same-root words → 1 of the same-root words is a proper name (a person or place). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Bible dictionary
Public-domain dictionary articles matched to this entry by name (Zion). A biblical name can be shared by more than one person or place, so an article may treat several.
Easton's Bible Dictionary · M. G. Easton, 1897
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).
Smith's Bible Dictionary · William Smith, 1863
[Jerusalem]
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · Roswell D. Hitchcock, 1869
monument; raised up; sepulcher
Classic public-domain reference works; full attribution on Sources.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 142 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 153 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- 2 Samuel 5:7
- 1 Kings 8:1
- 2 Kings 19:21
- 1 Chronicles 11:5
- 2 Chronicles 5:2
- Psalms 2:6
- Song of Solomon 3:11
- Isaiah 1:8
- Jeremiah 3:14
- Lamentations 1:4
- Joel 2:1
- Amos 1:2
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.