Zion : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Zion	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Zion n 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'" Synonym(s): Zion, Sion Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine Synonym(s): Israel, State of Israel, Yisrael, Zion, Sion an imaginary place considered to be perfect or ideal Synonym(s): Utopia, Zion, Sion
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Zion \Zi"on\, n. [Heb. ts[c6]y[?]n, originally, a hill.] 1. (Jewish Antiq.) A hill in Jerusalem, which, after the capture of that city by the Israelites, became the royal residence of David and his successors. 2. Hence, the theocracy, or church of God. 3. The heavenly Jerusalem; heaven.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Zion, AR Zip code(s): 72556 Zion, IL (city, FIPS 84220) Location: 42.45665 N, 87.84307 W Population (1990): 19775 (6845 housing units) Area: 19.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 60099 Zion, PA (CDP, FIPS 87320) Location: 40.92141 N, 77.66788 W Population (1990): 1573 (544 housing units) Area: 33.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Zion 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).
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Zion, monument; raised up; sepulcher