Strong's Number G4622
Σιών
Sion · see-own'
Transliteration:
Sion{see-own'}
Word Origin:
of Hebrew origin 6726
TDNT:
7:292,1028
Part of Speech:
proper name location
Strong's Definition:
Sion (i.e. Tsijon), a hill of Jerusalem; figuratively, the Church (militant or triumphant)
Usage in the KJV:
Definition:
Sion or Zion = "a parched place"
- the hill on which the higher and more ancient part of Jerusalem was built
- the southwestern most and highest of the hills on which the city was built
- often used of the entire city of Jerusalem
- since Jerusalem because the temple stood there, was called the dwelling place of God
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