Zion
צִיּוֹןStrong’s H6726tsiyyon (tsiy-yon)
Appears in 154 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Tsiyyon is the Hebrew word usually translated “zion”, “from zion” and “o zion”. It appears in 154 verses of the Old Testament.
“So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy.”
Meaning
- Zion = "parched place"
How it's translated
- zion 103
- in zion 23
- from zion 12
- o zion 6
- to zion 4
- and from zion 1
- and of zion 1
- zion towards 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 47
- Psalms 38
- Jeremiah 17
- Lamentations 15
- Micah 9
- Zechariah 8
16 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Zechariah 1:17In contextCry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.
- Zechariah 2:7In contextDeliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.
- Zechariah 2:10In contextSing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the LORD.
- Zechariah 8:2In contextThus saith the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury.
- Zechariah 8:3In contextThus saith the LORD; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the LORD of hosts the holy mountain.
- Zechariah 9:9In contextRejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.
All 154 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
צִיּוֹן tsiyyon · Zion
Zion = "parched place" another name for Jerusalem especially in the prophetic books Another name of ye.ru.sha.laim (יְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵם "Jerusalem" H3389)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.