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.- Hill rising to around 670 metres (2,190 feet)
- 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”“Zion”
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Mount Zion
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Latitude
31.76667° or 31° 46′ north
Longitude
35.23333° or 35° 14′ east
Open location code
8G3QQ68M+M8
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Mount Zion” goes by many names.
صهيونArabic
সিয়োনBengali
ЦионBulgarian
زایۆنCentral Kurdish
錫安Chinese
CionCroatian
SijónCzech
ZionIndonesian
SionItalian
TsiyyonJapanese
ZionJapanese
シオンJapanese
시온Korean
Sionas (Jeruzalė)Lithuanian
SionMalay
ZionMalay
SionNorwegian
SionNorwegian Bokmål
SionNorwegian Nynorsk
SayọnObolo
ਸੀਯੋਨPanjabi
صهیونPersian
SyjonPolish
IerusalimRomanian
SionRomanian
СионRussian
Сион (Библия)Russian
ศิโยนThai
SiyonTurkish
СіонUkrainian
SiyonVietnamese
ZionVietnamese
SeionWelsh
錫安Yue Chinese
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