HebrewH6726Noun

צִיּוֹן

tsiy.yon

131Occurrences
H6726Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of Jerusalem

the same (regularly) as H6725 (צִיּוּן)lemma צִיוּן missing dagesh, corrected to צִיּוּן;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
Zion = "parched place" another name for Jerusalem especially in the prophetic books Another name of ye.ru.sha.laim (יְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, *יְרוּשְׁלֵם *"Jerusalem" H3389)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

N:N--L

Full Description

N:N--L

Occurrences

צִיּוֹן appears 131 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Isaiah
46
Psalms
23
Jeremiah
16
Lamentations
15
Micah
9
Zechariah
6
Jol
3
2 Kings
2

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 11:5BSB

The people of Jebus said to David, “You will never get in here.”Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the City of David).

Isaiah 33:5BSB

The LORD is exalted, for He dwells on high;He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.

Isaiah 66:8BSB

Who has heard of such as this?Who has seen such things?Can a country be born in a dayor a nation be delivered in an instant?Yet as soon as Zion was in labor,she gave birth to her children.

Lamentations 2:6BSB

He has laid waste His tabernacle like a garden booth;He has destroyed His place of meeting.The LORD has made Zion forgether appointed feasts and Sabbaths.In His fierce angerHe has despised both king and priest.

Psalms 132:13BSB

For the LORD has chosen Zion;He has desired it for His home:

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