Strong's Number G4622

Transliteration:

Sion{see-own'}

Word Origin:

of Hebrew origin 6726

TDNT:

7:292,1028

Part of Speech:

proper name location

Usage in the KJV:

Sion 7

Total: 7

Definition:

Sion or Zion = "a parched place"

the hill on which the higher and more ancient part of Jerusalem was built
1. the southwestern most and highest of the hills on which the city was built
often used of the entire city of Jerusalem
since Jerusalem because the temple stood there, was called the dwelling place of God