Easternmost of the two hills of ancient Jerusalem, where David established his royal capital. In the Old Testament, the name Zion frequently refers to Jerusalem as a whole; it is overwhelmingly a poetic and prophetic designation. Mount Zion is the place where Yahweh (God) dwells and is the scene of his messianic salvation. The name came to mean the Jewish homeland, symbolic of Judaism or Jewish national aspirations, and thus was the source of the term Zionism. Though the name is rare in the New Testament, it has been frequently used in Christian literature and hymns as a designation for the heavenly city or for the earthly city of Christian faith and fraternity
A hill in Jerusalem, which, after the capture of that city by the Israelites, became the royal residence of David and his successors
(also called Mount Zion) The hill on which the city of Jerusalem first stood; David's royal palace and the temple of Yahweh were both located on Mount Zion; later Zion was used to refer to the entire city of Jerusalem; already in biblical times it began to symbolize the national homeland (see, for example, Psalm 137: 1-6); in this latter sense it served as a focus for Jewish national-religious hopes of renewal over the centuries See Chapter 10
original meaning uncertain It is sometimes spelled according to its Greek form, Sion The name refers to the fortification within ancient Jerusalem conquered by David or to the entire city (2 Samuel 5,6 - 10) Still later Zion designated the area immediately north of this original city where Solomon built the Temple (Psalms 2,6; 48,2), and in some prophetical writings it stood for the heavenly Jerusalem (Isaiah 60, 14; see Hebrews 12,22) From the fourth century A D the name has been attached to the southwest part of Jerusalem, where the tomb of David was relocated and the upper room of the Last Supper is pointed out At the present time it is outside the medieval walls of Jerusalem
Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine
Originally another name for Mt Moriah, the hill just north of David's Jerusalem which he purchased from Araunah the Jebusite as the site for the first Temple as built by Solomon By extension, the name is used of Jerusalem, and by further extension, the Land of Israel
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
originally a stronghold captured by David (the 2nd king of the Israelites); above it was built a temple and later the name extended to the whole hill; finally it became a synonym for the city of Jerusalem; "the inhabitants of Jerusalem are personified as `the daughter of Zion'"
Originally a designation for "David's City," the Jebusite stronghold captured by King David's forces The term "Zion" was later extended in meaning to refer to the hill on which the Temple stood
  original meaning uncertain It is sometimes spelled according to its Greek form, Sion The name refers to the fortification within ancient Jerusalem conquered by David or to the entire city (2 Samuel 5,6 - 10) Still later Zion designated the area immediately north of this original city where Solomon built the Temple (Psalms 2,6; 48,2), and in some prophetical writings it stood for the heavenly Jerusalem (Isaiah 60, 14; see Hebrews 12,22) From the fourth century A D the name has been attached to the southwest part of Jerusalem, where the tomb of David was relocated and the upper room of the Last Supper is pointed out At the present time it is outside the medieval walls of Jerusalem
The name, probably meaning "citadel," for a rocky hill in old Jerusalem, it was originally a Jebusite acropolis that David captured and on which he built his palace and housed the Ark of the Covenant (Judg 19: 11-12; 2 Sam 5: 6-12; 6: 12-17; 1 Chron 11: 5-8) David purchased a threshing floor in Zion (2 Sam 24: 18-25) on which Solomon later built the Temple In time, the term referred either to the hill on which the Temple stood or to the surrounding city of Jerusalem (Pss 2: 6; 9: 11; 76: 2; 127: 3; Isa 1: 26-27; 10: 24; 30: 19; 64: 10; Jer 31: 6; Amos 1: 2; Mic 3: 12)
National park, southwestern Utah, U.S. It covers an area of 229 sq mi (593 sq km); its principal feature is Zion Canyon, which was named by the Mormons who discovered it in 1858. Part of the area was first set aside as the Mukuntuweap National Monument in 1909. Enlarged and renamed Zion National Monument in 1918, it was established as a national park in 1919. Zion Canyon was carved by the Virgin River and is about 15 mi (24 km) long and 0.5 mi (0.8 km) deep. Rocky domes dot the canyon walls, which contain an abundant fossil record. Excavation has yielded evidence that prehistoric peoples once inhabited the area