Mount Zion
Zion is a placename in the Tanakh, often used as a synonym for Jerusalem as well as for the Land of Israel as a whole. The name is found in 2 Samuel, one of the books of the Tanakh dated to approximately the mid-6th century BCE.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hill with an elevation of 669 metres
- Description: place name often used as a synonym for Jerusalem
- Also known as: “An Nabī Dāwūd”, “An Nasbī Dāwūd”, “Har Tsiyyon”, “Har Ẕiyyon”, “Jabal Şahyūn”, “Mount Moriya”, “Nabi Dāwūd”, “Tsiyyon”, and “Zion”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Al-Aqsa Mosque and Aceldama (Field of blood).
Al-Aqsa Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Aqsa Mosque, also known as the Qibli Mosque or Qibli Chapel, is the main congregational mosque or prayer hall in the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem.
Aceldama (Field of blood)
Monastery
Photo: Bounty24, Public domain.
Akeldama is the Aramaic name for a place in Jerusalem associated with Judas Iscariot, one of the original twelve apostles of Jesus.
Gehenna
Meadow
Photo: Michal.lvn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gehenna or Gehinnom is a Biblical toponym that has acquired various theological connotations, including as a place of divine punishment, in Jewish eschatology.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Abu Tor and Silwan.
Abu Tor
Suburb
Photo: Agmonsnir, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Abu Tor, also Abu Thor or ath-Thori, is a mixed Jewish and Arab neighborhood in East Jerusalem, built on a prominence south of the Old City.
Silwan
Suburb
Photo: Agmonsnir, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Silwan or Siloam is a predominantly Palestinian district in East Jerusalem, on the southeastern outskirts of the current Old City of Jerusalem. It is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament; in the latter it is the location of Jesus' healing the man blind from birth.
Mount Zion
Suburb
Jerusalem is the largest city of Israel. Israel claim it is their capital and a few countries including the United States recognize that claim, but most other countries and the United Nations do not.
Mount Zion
- Categories: geographic location, poetic country name, and landform
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Mount Zion” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “صهيون”
- Bengali: “সিয়োন”
- Bulgarian: “Цион”
- Central Kurdish: “زایۆن”
- Chinese: “錫安”
- Croatian: “Cion”
- Czech: “Sijón”
- Danish: “Sion”
- Danish: “Zion”
- Dutch: “Sion”
- Egyptian Arabic: “صهيون”
- Esperanto: “Ciono”
- Finnish: “Siion”
- French: “Sion”
- Galician: “Sión”
- German: “Berg Zion”
- German: “Zion”
- Greek: “Σιών”
- Haitian: “Zion”
- Hebrew: “הר ציון”
- Hebrew: “ציון”
- Hungarian: “Sion”
- Indonesian: “Zion”
- Italian: “Sion”
- Japanese: “シオン”
- Korean: “시온”
- Lithuanian: “Sionas (Jeruzalė)”
- Malay: “Sion”
- Malay: “Zion”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sion”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sion”
- Norwegian: “Sion”
- Obolo: “Sayọn”
- Panjabi: “ਸੀਯੋਨ”
- Persian: “صهیون”
- Polish: “Syjon”
- Portuguese: “Sião”
- Romanian: “Sion”
- Russian: “Сион (Библия)”
- Russian: “Сион”
- Slovak: “Sion”
- Slovenian: “Cion”
- Slovenian: “Sion”
- Spanish: “Sion”
- Spanish: “Sión”
- Swedish: “Sion”
- Tagalog: “Sion”
- Tamil: “சீயோன்”
- Thai: “ศิโยน”
- Turkish: “Siyon”
- Ukrainian: “Сіон”
- Vietnamese: “Siyon”
- Vietnamese: “Zion”
- Welsh: “Seion”
- Yue Chinese: “錫安”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Dayr Abū Ţūr and Ir David.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pool of Siloam and Mount Zion Hotel.
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