Place · Mountain
Zion
Named in 140 verses across 19 books, first in Psalms 2:6.
The dataset treats this record as another name for, or a duplicate of, Mount Zion.
In the Bible
All 33 verses in Psalms, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.
Psalms
- Psalms 2:6
“I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain.”
- Psalms 9:11
Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion; proclaim His deeds among the nations.
- Psalms 9:14
that I may declare all Your praises— that within the gates of Daughter Zion I may rejoice in Your salvation.
- Psalms 14:7
Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come from Zion! When the LORD restores His captive people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad!
- Psalms 20:2
May He send you help from the sanctuary and sustain you from Zion.
- Psalms 48:12
March around Zion, encircle her, count her towers,
- Psalms 50:2
From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth.
- Psalms 51:18
In Your good pleasure, cause Zion to prosper; build up the walls of Jerusalem.
- Psalms 53:6
Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come from Zion! When God restores His captive people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad!
- Psalms 65:1
Praise awaits You, O God, in Zion; to You our vows will be fulfilled.
- Psalms 69:35
For God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah, that they may dwell there and possess it.
- Psalms 76:2
His tent is in Salem, His dwelling place in Zion.
- Psalms 84:7
They go from strength to strength, until each appears before God in Zion.
- Psalms 87:2
The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
- Psalms 87:5
And it will be said of Zion: “This one and that one were born in her, and the Most High Himself will establish her.”
- Psalms 97:8
Zion hears and rejoices, and the towns of Judah exult because of Your judgments, O LORD.
- Psalms 99:2
Great is the LORD in Zion; He is exalted above all the peoples.
- Psalms 102:13
You will rise up and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show her favor— the appointed time has come.
- Psalms 102:16
For the LORD will rebuild Zion; He has appeared in His glory.
- Psalms 102:21
that they may proclaim the name of the LORD in Zion and praise Him in Jerusalem,
- Psalms 110:2
The LORD extends Your mighty scepter from Zion: “Rule in the midst of Your enemies.”
- Psalms 126:1
When the LORD restored the captives of Zion, we were like dreamers.
- Psalms 128:5
May the LORD bless you from Zion, that you may see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life,
- Psalms 129:5
May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.
- Psalms 132:13
For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His home:
- Psalms 133:3
It is like the dew of Hermon falling on the mountains of Zion. For there the LORD has bestowed the blessing of life forevermore.
- Psalms 134:3
May the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth, bless you from Zion.
- Psalms 135:21
Blessed be the LORD from Zion— He who dwells in Jerusalem. Hallelujah!
- Psalms 137:1
By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.
- Psalms 137:3
for there our captors requested a song; our tormentors demanded songs of joy: “Sing us a song of Zion.”
- Psalms 146:10
The LORD reigns forever, your God, O Zion, for all generations. Hallelujah!
- Psalms 147:12
Exalt the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Zion!
- Psalms 149:2
Let Israel rejoice in their Maker; let the children of Zion rejoice in their King.
Dictionary
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. Its geography and “modern” descriptions date from the 1890s. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.
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Sunny; height, one of the eminences on which Jerusalem was built. It was surrounded on all sides, except the north, by deep valleys, that of the Tyropoeon (q.v.) separating it from Moriah (q.v.), which it surpasses in height by 105 feet. It was the south-eastern hill of Jerusalem.
When David took it from the Jebusites (Josh. 15:63; 2 Sam. 5:7) he built on it a citadel and a palace, and it became “the city of David” (1 Kings 8:1; 2 Kings 19:21, 31; 1 Chr. 11:5). In the later books of the Old Testament this name was sometimes used (Ps. 87:2; 149:2; Isa. 33:14; Joel 2:1) to denote Jerusalem in general, and sometimes God’s chosen Israel (Ps. 51:18; 87:5).
In the New Testament it is used sometimes to denote the Church of God (Heb. 12:22), and sometimes the heavenly city (Rev. 14:1).