Definition of: Zion

(zī′ən)
1. A hill in Jerusalem, the site of the Temple and the royal residence of David and his successors: regarded by the Jews as a symbol for the center of Jewish national culture, government, and religion.
2. The Jewish people.
3. Any place or community considered to be especially under God's rule, as ancient Israel or the Christian church.
4. The heavenly Jerusalem; heaven. Also spelled Sion. [OE Sion <LL <Gk. Seōn, Seiōn <Hebrew tsīyōn a hill]