Zion Holy Mountain

צִיּוֹן154 n.pr.loc. Σ(ε)ιων; Ṣîyyôn, Zion (Syriac ܨܶܗܝܘܿܢ, older form, according to LagBN 84, cf. 198);—צ׳ 2 S 5:7 +; צִיּו֫נָה Je 4:6;—stronghold (of Jebusites), מְצֻדַת צ׳ captured by David, and made his residence 2 S 5:7 = 1 Ch 11:5 (both + הִיא עִיר דָּוִד), on S. part of E. hill of Jerusalem, distinct from site of temple 1 K 8:1 = 2 Ch 5:2 (both מֵעִיר ד׳ הִיא צ׳), not elsewhere in narrative, but often in poets and proph.: as name of Jerus., from political point of view (sometimes = inhabitants), Am 6:7 (‖ הַר־שֹׁמְרוֹן), ‖ יְרוּשָׁלַםִ Mi 3:10, 12 = Je 26:18; Is 4:3; 30:19; 40:9; 41:27; 52:1; 62:1; 64:9 Zp 3:16; Zc 1:14, 17 ψ 51:20 and (בַּת־צ׳) Is 52:2; Mi 4:8 (‖ בַּת־יְרוּשׁ׳), La 2:13 (‖ id.), also (יוֹשֶׁבֶת צ׳) Je 51:35; = Jerus. also Is 14:32; 33:5 +, so especially in phr. בְּנוֹת צ׳ Is 3:16, 17; 4:4; Ct 3:11, בְּנֵי צ׳ La 4:2; Jo 2:23 ψ 149:2 (‖ יִשְׂרָאֵל), cf. Zc 9:13, יָֽלְדָה צ׳ אֶת־בָּנֶיהָ Is 66:8, and even הַר־צ׳ 2 K 19:31 = Is 37:32 (both ‖ יְרוּשׁ׳), Is 29:8 (‖ אֲרִיאֵל v 7), Ob 17, 21 ψ 48:12 (‖ בְּנוֹת יֶהוֹדָה), 125:1; so also הַר־בַּת צ׳ Is 16:1 and 10:32 Qr (Kt בית: ‖ גִּבְעַת־יְרוּשׁ׳); cf. מְרוֹם־צ׳ Je 31:12; in foll. הַר־צ׳ might refer to temple-hill Is 10:12 (+ יְרוּשׁ׳), 31:4 (+ גִּבְעָתָהּ = יְרוּשׁ׳ v 5), La 5:18; Jo 3:5 (+ יְרוּשׁ׳); specif. of Jerus. as abode of י׳ and place of his worship Am 1:2; Is 31:9; Zc 8:3; Mi 4:2 = Is 2:3; Jo 4:16 ψ 102:22; 135:21; 147:12 (all ‖ יְרוּשׁ׳), 76:3 (‖ שָׁלֵם); partic. of sanctuary 20:3 (‖ קֹדֶשׁ), 14:7 = 53:7 +; of Jerus. הַר־צ׳ ψ 48:3 (‖ קִרְיַת מֶלֶךְ רָ֑ב), 78:68 (‖ שֵׁבֶט יְהוּדָה), Is 24:23 (‖ יְרוּשׁ׳), etc.; הַרֲרֵי צ׳ in same sense †ψ 133:3; particularly of sanctuary Is 4:5 and (‖ הַר־קָדְשִׁי) Jo 2:1; 4:17; צ׳ הַר־קָדְשִׁי ψ 2:6 is seat of king.—Vid. also בַּת־צ׳, הַר־צ׳, ישֶׁבֶת צ׳, sub בַּת, הַר, יָשַׁב.

Σιών indecl., in NT anarth., but in LXX when used of the city of Jerusalem, ἡ Σ. (Heb. צִיּוֹן), Zion; __1. the mountain: in typical sense, of the Church, Heb.12:22; of heaven, Rev.14:1. __2. The city, i.e. Jerusalem; in poetical sense; __(a) of the inhabitants: θυγάτηρ Σ, Mat.21:5, Jhn.12:15" (LXX) ; __(b) in wider sense, of Israel: Rom.11:26; __(with) figuratively: τίθήμι ἐν Σ λίθον, Rom.9:33, 1Pe.2:6" (LXX) .† (From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)

† שִׂיאֹן n.pr.mont., i.e. Hermon, הַר שׂ׳ הוּא חֶרְמוֹן Dt 4:48 (cf. Di Dr).