Zion
Zion Is often defined as a location or alternate name for Jerusalem. Zion is clearly not just a place or location but is describing the condition or state of a place or institution.[1] It is said also to be a synonym for Jerusalem as well as for the Land of Israel as a whole.
It is often composed of the letters TzadikYodVavNun. In Amos 6:1 we see בְּצִיּ֔וֹן BeitTzadikYodVavNun
- ↑ 06726 צִיּוֹן TzadikYodVavNun Tsiyown [tsee-yone’] the same (regularly) as 06725, Greek 4622 σιων; n pr loc; [BDB-851a] [{See TWOT on 1910 }] AV-Zion 153, Sion 1; 154
- Zion= "parched place"
- 1) another name for Jerusalem especially in the prophetic books
- Zion is clearly not just a place or location but is describing the condition or state of a place or institution.