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Lexicon :: Strong's H6726 - ṣîyôn

Aa
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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Strong's Number H6726 matches the Hebrew צִיּוֹן (ṣîyôn),
which occurs 153 times in 153 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 4 (Isa 4:3–Jer 26:18)

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:3 - And it shall come to pass that he who is left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem will be called holy—everyone who is recorded among the living in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:4 - When the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and purged the blood of Jerusalem from her midst, by the spirit of judgment and by the spirit of burning,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:5 - then the LORD will create above every dwelling place of Mount Zion, and above her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day and the shining of a flaming fire by night. For over all the glory there will be a covering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:18 - Here am I and the children whom the LORD has given me!
We are for signs and wonders in Israel
From the LORD of hosts,
Who dwells in Mount Zion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:12 - Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Lord has performed all His work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, that He will say, “I will punish the fruit of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his haughty looks.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:24 - Therefore thus says the Lord GOD of hosts: “O My people, who dwell in Zion, do not be afraid of the Assyrian. He shall strike you with a rod and lift up his staff against you, in the manner of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 12:6 - Cry out and shout, O inhabitant of Zion,
For great is the Holy One of Israel in your midst!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:32

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:32 - What will they answer the messengers of the nation?
That the LORD has founded Zion,
And the poor of His people shall take refuge in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:1 - Send the lamb to the ruler of the land,
From Sela to the wilderness,
To the mount of the daughter of Zion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:7 - In that time a present will be brought to the LORD of hosts
From[fn] a people tall and smooth of skin,
And from a people terrible from their beginning onward,
A nation powerful and treading down,
Whose land the rivers divide—
To the place of the name of the LORD of hosts,
To Mount Zion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:23 - Then the moon will be disgraced
And the sun ashamed;
For the LORD of hosts will reign
On Mount Zion and in Jerusalem
And before His elders, gloriously.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:16 - Therefore thus says the Lord GOD:

“Behold, I lay in Zion a stone for a foundation,
A tried stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation;
Whoever believes will not act hastily.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:8 - It shall even be as when a hungry man dreams,
And look—he eats;
But he awakes, and his soul is still empty;
Or as when a thirsty man dreams,
And look—he drinks;
But he awakes, and indeed he is faint,
And his soul still craves:
So the multitude of all the nations shall be,
Who fight against Mount Zion.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:19 - For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem;
You shall weep no more.
He will be very gracious to you at the sound of your cry;
When He hears it, He will answer you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:4 - For thus the LORD has spoken to me:

“As a lion roars,
And a young lion over his prey
(When a multitude of shepherds is summoned against him,
He will not be afraid of their voice
Nor be disturbed by their noise),
So the LORD of hosts will come down
To fight for Mount Zion and for its hill.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:9 - He shall cross over to his stronghold for fear,
And his princes shall be afraid of the banner,”
Says the LORD,
Whose fire is in Zion
And whose furnace is in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:5 - The LORD is exalted, for He dwells on high;
He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:14 - The sinners in Zion are afraid;
Fearfulness has seized the hypocrites:
“Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire?
Who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:20 - Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts;
Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a quiet home,
A tabernacle that will not be taken down;
Not one of its stakes will ever be removed,
Nor will any of its cords be broken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:8 - For it is the day of the LORD’s vengeance,
The year of recompense for the cause of Zion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:10 - And the ransomed of the LORD shall return,
And come to Zion with singing,
With everlasting joy on their heads.
They shall obtain joy and gladness,
And sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:22 - ‘this is the word which the LORD has spoken concerning him:

“The virgin, the daughter of Zion,
Has despised you, laughed you to scorn;
The daughter of Jerusalem
Has shaken her head behind your back!

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:32

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:32 - For out of Jerusalem shall go a remnant,
And those who escape from Mount Zion.
The zeal of the LORD of hosts will do this.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:9 - O Zion,
You who bring good tidings,
Get up into the high mountain;
O Jerusalem,
You who bring good tidings,
Lift up your voice with strength,
Lift it up, be not afraid;
Say to the cities of Judah, “Behold your God!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:27

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:27 - The first time I said to Zion,
‘Look, there they are!’
And I will give to Jerusalem one who brings good tidings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:13 - I bring My righteousness near, it shall not be far off;
My salvation shall not linger.
And I will place salvation in Zion,
For Israel My glory.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:14 - But Zion said, “The LORD has forsaken me,
And my Lord has forgotten me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:3 - For the LORD will comfort Zion,
He will comfort all her waste places;
He will make her wilderness like Eden,
And her desert like the garden of the LORD;
Joy and gladness will be found in it,
Thanksgiving and the voice of melody.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:11 - So the ransomed of the LORD shall return,
And come to Zion with singing,
With everlasting joy on their heads.
They shall obtain joy and gladness;
Sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:16 - And I have put My words in your mouth;
I have covered you with the shadow of My hand,
That I may plant the heavens,
Lay the foundations of the earth,
And say to Zion, ‘You are My people.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:1 - Awake, awake!
Put on your strength, O Zion;
Put on your beautiful garments,
O Jerusalem, the holy city!
For the uncircumcised and the unclean
Shall no longer come to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:2 - Shake yourself from the dust, arise;
Sit down, O Jerusalem!
Loose yourself from the bonds of your neck,
O captive daughter of Zion!

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:7 - How beautiful upon the mountains
Are the feet of him who brings good news,
Who proclaims peace,
Who brings glad tidings of good things,
Who proclaims salvation,
Who says to Zion,
“Your God reigns!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:8 - Your watchmen shall lift up their voices,
With their voices they shall sing together;
For they shall see eye to eye
When the LORD brings back Zion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:20 - “The Redeemer will come to Zion,
And to those who turn from transgression in Jacob,”
Says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:14 - Also the sons of those who afflicted you
Shall come bowing to you,
And all those who despised you shall fall prostrate at the soles of your feet;
And they shall 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 console those who mourn in Zion,
To give them beauty for ashes,
The oil of joy for mourning,
The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness;
That they may be called trees of righteousness,
The planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:1 - For Zion’s sake I will not hold My peace,
And for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest,
Until her righteousness goes forth as brightness,
And her salvation as a lamp that burns.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:11 - Indeed the LORD has proclaimed
To the end of the world:
“Say to the daughter of Zion,
‘Surely your salvation is coming;
Behold, His reward is with Him,
And His work before Him.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 64:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 64:10 - Your holy cities are a wilderness,
Zion is a wilderness,
Jerusalem a desolation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:8 - Who has heard such a thing?
Who has seen such things?
Shall the earth be made to give birth in one day?
Or shall a nation be born at once?
For as soon as Zion was in labor,
She gave birth to her children.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:14 - “Return, O backsliding children,” says the LORD; “for I am married to you. I will take you, one from a city and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:6 - Set up the standard toward Zion.
Take refuge! Do not delay!
For I will bring disaster from the north,
And great destruction.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:31 - “For I have heard a voice as of a woman in labor,
The anguish as of her who brings forth her first child,
The voice of the daughter of Zion bewailing herself;
She spreads her hands, saying,
‘Woe is me now, for my soul is weary
Because of murderers!’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:2 - I have likened the daughter of Zion
To a lovely and delicate woman.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:23 - They will lay hold on bow and spear;
They are cruel and have no mercy;
Their voice roars like the sea;
And they ride on horses,
As men of war set in array against you, O daughter of Zion.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:19 - Listen! The voice,
The cry of the daughter of my people
From a far country:
“Is not the LORD in Zion?
Is not her King in her?”

“Why have they provoked Me to anger
With their carved images—
With foreign idols?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:19 - For a voice of wailing is heard from Zion:
‘How we are plundered!
We are greatly ashamed,
Because we have forsaken the land,
Because we have been cast out of our dwellings.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:19 - Have You utterly rejected Judah?
Has Your soul loathed Zion?
Why have You stricken us so that there is no healing for us?
We looked for peace, but there was no good;
And for the time of healing, and there was trouble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:18 - “Micah of Moresheth prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spoke to all the people of Judah, saying, ‘Thus says the LORD of hosts:

“Zion shall be plowed like a field,
Jerusalem shall become heaps of ruins,
And the mountain of the temple[fn]
Like the bare hills of the forest.” ’[fn]

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