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zion
/ˈzaɪ.ən/
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What does zion mean?
noun
- zayin, Hebrew letter ז.
proper noun
- A hill in West Jerusalem, in Israel, on which ancient Jerusalem was partly built; a centrepiece to Biblical accounts of old days and future eschatological events.
- Jerusalem city proper; or more strictly speaking, the Temple Mount.
More meanings (6)
proper noun
- The whole nation of Israel.
- A male given name from Hebrew.
- A female given name.
- An association of the righteous.
- A city and township in Lake County, Illinois, United States.
- A national park of the United States, located in Utah.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈzaɪ.ən/
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Wherefore, if they should have charity they would not suffer the laborer in Zion to perish.
Then said Christian to his fellow, Yonder is a man with his back towards Zion, and he is coming to meet us.
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The mountains rise grandly round about this curious city, the Zion of the new Saints, so grandly that the city itself is hardly visible.
I tried other churches in New Bedford, with the same result, and finally, I attached myself to a small body of colored Methodists, known as the Zion Methodists.
Although Vatke wrapped this statement in a mist of Hegelian metaphysics, a sufficient number of watchmen on the walls of the Prussian Zion saw its meaning, and an alarm was given.