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Lexicon :: Strong's H6726 - ṣîyôn

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צִיּוֹן
Transliteration
ṣîyôn
Pronunciation
tsee-yone'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
The same (regularly) as צִיּוּן (H6725)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1910

Strong’s Definitions

צִיּוֹן Tsîyôwn, tsee-yone'; the same (regularly) as H6725; Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of Jerusalem:—Zion.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 154x

The KJV translates Strong's H6726 in the following manner: Zion (153x), Sion (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 154x
The KJV translates Strong's H6726 in the following manner: Zion (153x), Sion (1x).

  1. Zion = "parched place"

    1. another name for Jerusalem especially in the prophetic books

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
צִיּוֹן Tsîyôwn, tsee-yone'; the same (regularly) as H6725; Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of Jerusalem:—Zion.
STRONGS H6726: Abbreviations
צִיּוֺן 154 proper name, of a location Σ(ε)ιων; Ṣîyyôn, Zion (Syriac bdb085103, older form, according to LagBn 84, compare 198); — צ׳ 2 Samuel 5:7 +; צִיּוֺ֫נָה Jeremiah 4:6; — stronghold (of Jebusiteas), מְצֻדַת צ׳ captured by David, and made his residence 2 Samuel 5:7 = 1 Chronicles 11:5 (both + הִיא עִיר דָּוִד), on southern part of east hill of Jerusalem, distinct from site of temple 1 Kings 8:1 2 Chronicles 5:2 (both הִיא צ׳ מֵעִיר ד׳), not elsewhere in narrative, but often in poets and prophets: as name of Jerusalem, from political point of view (sometimes = inhabitants), Amos 6:7 (|| הַרשֹֿׁמְרוֺן), || יְרוּשָׁלַםִ Micah 3:10, 12 = Jeremiah 26:18; Isaiah 4:3; Isaiah 30:19; Isaiah 40:9; Isaiah 41:27; Isaiah 52:1; Isaiah 62:1; Isaiah 64:9; Zephaniah 3:16; Zechariah 1:14, 17; Psalm 51:20 and (בַּתצֿ׳) Isaiah 52:2; Micah 4:8 (|| בַּתיְֿרוּשׁ׳), Lamentations 2:13 (|| id.), also (יוֺשֶׁבֶת צ׳) Jeremiah 51:35; = Jerusalem also Isaiah 14:32; Isaiah 33:5+, so especially in phrase בְּנוֺת צ׳ Isaiah 3:16, 17; Isaiah 4:4; Songs 3:11, בְּנֵי צ׳ Lamentations 4:2; Joel 2:23; Psalm 149:2 (|| יִשְׂרָזֵל), cf. Zechariah 9:13, אֶתבָּֿנֶיהָ יָלְדָה צ׳ Isaiah 66:8, and even הַרצֿ׳ 2 Kings 19:31 = Isaiah 37:32 (both || יְרוּשׁ׳), Isaiah 29:8 (|| אַרִיאֵל Isaiah 29:7), Obadiah 17,21; Psalm 48:12 (|| יְהוֺדָה בְּנוֺת Psalm 125:1; so also הַרבַּֿת צ׳ Isaiah 16:1; and Isaiah 10:32 Qr (Kt ׃ בית || נִּבְעַתיְֿרוּשׁ׳); compare מְרוֺםצֿ׳ Jeremiah 31:12; in following הַרצֿ׳ might refer to temple-hill Isaiah 10:12 (+יְרוּשׁ׳), Isaiah 31:4 (+נִּבְעָתָהּ = יְרוּשׁ׳ Isaiah 31:5), Lamentations 5:18; Joel 3:5 (+ יְרוּשׁ׳); specifically of Jerusalem as abode of י׳ and place of his worship Amos 1:2; Isaiah 31:9; Zechariah 8:3; Micah 4:2 = Isaiah 2:3, Joel 4:16; Psalm 102:22; Psalm 135:21; Psalm 147:12 (all || יְרוּשׁ׳), Psalm 76:8 (|| שָׁלֵם); particular of sanctuary Psalm 20:3 (|| קֹדֶשׁ), Psalm 14:7 = Psalm 53:7+; of Jerusalem הַרצֿ׳ Psalm 48:3 (|| רָב֑ קִרְיַת מֶלֶח), Psalm 78:68 (|| שֵׁבֶט יְהוּדָה), Isaiah 24:23 (|| יְרוּשׁ׳), etc.; הַרֲרֵי צ׳ in same sence Psalm 133:3; particularly of sanctuary Isaiah 4:5 and (|| הַרקָֿדְשִׁי) Joel 2:1; Joel 4:17; הַרֿ קָדְשִׁי צ׳ Psalm 2:6 is seat of king. — See also בַּתצֿ׳, הַהרצֿ׳, ישֶׁבֶת צ׳, below בַּת,הַר, יָשַׁב.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Samuel

5:7; 5:7

1 Kings

8:1

2 Kings

19:31

1 Chronicles

11:5

2 Chronicles

5:2

Psalms

2:6; 14:7; 20:3; 48:3; 48:12; 76:8; 78:68; 102:22; 125:1; 133:3; 135:21; 147:12; 149:2

Song of Songs

3:11

Isaiah

2:3; 3:16; 3:17; 4:3; 4:4; 4:5; 10:12; 10:32; 14:32; 16:1; 24:23; 29:7; 29:8; 30:19; 31:4; 31:5; 31:9; 33:5; 37:32; 40:9; 41:27; 52:1; 52:2; 62:1; 64:9; 66:8

Jeremiah

4:6; 26:18; 31:12; 51:35

Lamentations

2:13; 4:2; 5:18

Joel

2:1; 2:23; 3:5

Amos

1:2; 6:7

Obadiah

1:17

Micah

3:10; 3:12; 4:2; 4:8

Zephaniah

3:16

Zechariah

1:14; 1:17; 8:3; 9:13

H6726

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6726 matches the Hebrew צִיּוֹן (ṣîyôn),
which occurs 46 times in 46 verses in 'Isa' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:8 - Daughter Zion is left isolated, like a hut in a vineyard, or a shelter in a cucumber field; she is a besieged city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:27 - Zion will be freed by justice, and her returnees by righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:3 - many peoples will come and say, "Come, let us go up to the LORD's mountain, to the temple of the God of Jacob, so he can teach us his requirements, and we can follow his standards." For Zion will be the center for moral instruction; the LORD will issue edicts from Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:16 - The LORD says, "The women of Zion are proud. They walk with their heads high and flirt with their eyes. They skip along and the jewelry on their ankles jingles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:17 - So the sovereign master will afflict the foreheads of Zion's women with skin diseases, the LORD will make the front of their heads bald."

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:3 - Those remaining in Zion, those left in Jerusalem, will be called "holy," all in Jerusalem who are destined to live.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:4 - At that time the sovereign master will wash the excrement from Zion's women, he will rinse the bloodstains from Jerusalem's midst, as he comes to judge and to bring devastation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:5 - Then the LORD will create over all of Mount Zion and over its convocations a cloud and smoke by day and a bright flame of fire by night; indeed a canopy will accompany the LORD's glorious presence.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:18 - Look, I and the sons whom the LORD has given me are reminders and object lessons in Israel, sent from the LORD who commands armies, who lives on Mount Zion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:12 - But when the sovereign master finishes judging Mount Zion and Jerusalem, then I will punish the king of Assyria for what he has proudly planned and for the arrogant attitude he displays.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:24 - So here is what the sovereign master, the LORD who commands armies, says: "My people who live in Zion, do not be afraid of Assyria, even though they beat you with a club and lift their cudgel against you as Egypt did.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 12:6 - Cry out and shout for joy, O citizens of Zion, for the Holy One of Israel acts mightily among you!"

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:32

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:32 - How will they respond to the messengers of this nation? Indeed, the LORD has made Zion secure; the oppressed among his people will find safety in her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:1 - Send rams as tribute to the ruler of the land, from Sela in the desert to the hill of Daughter Zion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:7 - At that time tribute will be brought to the LORD who commands armies, by a people that are tall and smooth-skinned, a people that are feared far and wide, a nation strong and victorious, whose land rivers divide. The tribute will be brought to the place where the LORD who commands armies has chosen to reside, on Mount Zion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:23 - The full moon will be covered up, the bright sun will be darkened; for the LORD who commands armies will rule on Mount Zion in Jerusalem in the presence of his assembly, in majestic splendor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:16 - Therefore, this is what the sovereign master, the LORD, says: "Look, I am laying a stone in Zion, an approved stone, set in place as a precious cornerstone for the foundation. The one who maintains his faith will not panic.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:8 - It will be like a hungry man dreaming that he is eating, only to awaken and find that his stomach is empty. It will be like a thirsty man dreaming that he is drinking, only to awaken and find that he is still weak and his thirst unquenched. So it will be for the horde from all the nations that fight against Mount Zion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:19 - For people will live in Zion; in Jerusalem you will weep no more. When he hears your cry of despair, he will indeed show you mercy; when he hears it, he will respond to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:4 - Indeed, this is what the LORD says to me: "The LORD will be like a growling lion, like a young lion growling over its prey. Though a whole group of shepherds gathers against it, it is not afraid of their shouts or intimidated by their yelling. In this same way the LORD who commands armies will descend to do battle on Mount Zion and on its hill.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:9 - They will surrender their stronghold because of fear; their officers will be afraid of the LORD's battle flag." This is what the LORD says - the one whose fire is in Zion, whose firepot is in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:5 - The LORD is exalted, indeed, he lives in heaven; he fills Zion with justice and fairness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:14 - Sinners are afraid in Zion; panic grips the godless. They say, 'Who among us can coexist with destructive fire? Who among us can coexist with unquenchable fire?'

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:20 - Look at Zion, the city where we hold religious festivals! You will see Jerusalem, a peaceful settlement, a tent that stays put; its stakes will never be pulled up; none of its ropes will snap in two.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:8 - For the LORD has planned a day of revenge, a time when he will repay Edom for her hostility toward Zion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:10 - those whom the LORD has ransomed will return that way. They will enter Zion with a happy shout. Unending joy will crown them, happiness and joy will overwhelm them; grief and suffering will disappear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:22 - this is what the LORD says about him: "The virgin daughter Zion despises you - she makes fun of you; daughter Jerusalem shakes her head after you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:32

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:32 - "For a remnant will leave Jerusalem; survivors will come out of Mount Zion. The intense devotion of the LORD who commands armies will accomplish this.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:9 - Go up on a high mountain, O herald Zion! Shout out loudly, O herald Jerusalem! Shout, don't be afraid! Say to the towns of Judah, "Here is your God!"

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:27

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:27 - I first decreed to Zion, 'Look, here's what will happen!' I sent a herald to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:13 - I am bringing my deliverance near, it is not far away; I am bringing my salvation near, it does not wait. I will save Zion; I will adorn Israel with my splendor."

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:14 - "Zion said, 'The LORD has abandoned me, the sovereign master has forgotten me.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:3 - Certainly the LORD will console Zion; he will console all her ruins. He will make her wilderness like Eden, her desert like the Garden of the LORD. Happiness and joy will be restored to her, thanksgiving and the sound of music.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:11 - Those whom the LORD has ransomed will return; they will enter Zion with a happy shout. Unending joy will crown them, happiness and joy will overwhelm them; grief and suffering will disappear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:16 - I commission you as my spokesman; I cover you with the palm of my hand, to establish the sky and to found the earth, to say to Zion, 'You are my people.'"

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:1 - Wake up! Wake up! Clothe yourself with strength, O Zion! Put on your beautiful clothes, O Jerusalem, holy city! For uncircumcised and unclean pagans will no longer invade you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:2 - Shake off the dirt! Get up, captive Jerusalem! Take off the iron chains around your neck, O captive daughter Zion!

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:7 - How delightful it is to see approaching over the mountains the feet of a messenger who announces peace, a messenger who brings good news, who announces deliverance, who says to Zion, "Your God reigns!"

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:8 - Listen, your watchmen shout; in unison they shout for joy, for they see with their very own eyes the LORD's return to Zion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:20 - "A protector comes to Zion, to those in Jacob who repent of their rebellious deeds," says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:14 - The children of your oppressors will come bowing to you; all who treated you with disrespect will bow down at your feet. They will call you, 'The City of the LORD, Zion of the Holy One of Israel.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:3 - to strengthen those who mourn in Zion, by giving them a turban, instead of ashes, oil symbolizing joy, instead of mourning, a garment symbolizing praise, instead of discouragement. They will be called oaks of righteousness, trees planted by the LORD to reveal his splendor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:1 - "For the sake of Zion I will not be silent; for the sake of Jerusalem I will not be quiet, until her vindication shines brightly and her deliverance burns like a torch."

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:11 - Look, the LORD announces to the entire earth: "Say to Daughter Zion, 'Look, your deliverer comes! Look, his reward is with him and his reward goes before him!'"

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 64:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 64:10 - Your chosen cities have become a desert; Zion has become a desert, Jerusalem is a desolate ruin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:8 - Who has ever heard of such a thing? Who has ever seen this? Can a country be brought forth in one day? Can a nation be born in a single moment? Yet as soon as Zion goes into labor she gives birth to sons!
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