Zion

Definitions

1. A hill in Jerusalem, Israel, on which ancient Jerusalem was partly built; a centrepiece to Biblical accounts of old days and future eschatological events.
2. zayin, Hebrew letter ז.
3. Jerusalem city proper; or more strictly speaking, the Temple Mount.
   poetic
4. The whole nation of Israel.
   broadly
5. A male given name from Hebrew.
6. A female given name.
7. An association of the righteous.
   Mormonism
8. A city and township in Lake County, Illinois, United States.

Equivalents

Examples

“Neuertheleſſe, Dauid tooke the ſtrong hold⟳ of Zion: the ſame is the citie of Dauid.”

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