Zion (disambiguation)
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Zion
is a hill in Jerusalem just outside the walls of the Old City. Most often, Zion is used as a synecdoche
for Jerusalem and the Biblical land of Israel
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Zion is another word for an idealized, harmonious community; utopia
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Zion may also refer to:
United States of America
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Zion
Zion is a place name often used as a synonym for Jerusalem. The word is first found in Samuel II, 5:7 dating to c.630-540 BCE...
is a hill in Jerusalem just outside the walls of the Old City. Most often, Zion is used as a synecdoche
Synecdoche
Synecdoche , meaning "simultaneous understanding") is a figure of speech in which a term is used in one of the following ways:* Part of something is used to refer to the whole thing , or...
for Jerusalem and the Biblical land of Israel
Land of Israel
The Land of Israel is the Biblical name for the territory roughly corresponding to the area encompassed by the Southern Levant, also known as Canaan and Palestine, Promised Land and Holy Land. The belief that the area is a God-given homeland of the Jewish people is based on the narrative of the...
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Zion is another word for an idealized, harmonious community; utopia
Utopia
Utopia is an ideal community or society possessing a perfect socio-politico-legal system. The word was imported from Greek by Sir Thomas More for his 1516 book Utopia, describing a fictional island in the Atlantic Ocean. The term has been used to describe both intentional communities that attempt...
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Zion may also refer to:
In politics and religion
- ZionismZionismZionism is a Jewish political movement that, in its broadest sense, has supported the self-determination of the Jewish people in a sovereign Jewish national homeland. Since the establishment of the State of Israel, the Zionist movement continues primarily to advocate on behalf of the Jewish state...
, various ideologies supporting a Jewish home in Biblical IsraelLand of IsraelThe Land of Israel is the Biblical name for the territory roughly corresponding to the area encompassed by the Southern Levant, also known as Canaan and Palestine, Promised Land and Holy Land. The belief that the area is a God-given homeland of the Jewish people is based on the narrative of the...
, and now, the State of Israel - World Zionist OrganizationWorld Zionist OrganizationThe World Zionist Organization , or WZO, was founded as the Zionist Organization , or ZO, in 1897 at the First Zionist Congress, held from August 29 to August 31 in Basel, Switzerland...
, the group founded at the First Zionist Congress in 1897 and dedicated to implementing Zionist ideology - Zionist ChurchesZionist ChurchesZionist Churches are a group of Christian denominations that sprang from the Christian Catholic Apostolic Church in Zion, Illinois. Missionaries from the church came to South Africa in 1904 and among their first recruits were Pieter Louis le Roux of Wakkerstroom and Daniel Nkonyane of Charlestown,...
, a group of Christian denominations in Southern Africa that stem from the Christian Catholic Apostolic Church in Zion (see below) with an emphasis on spiritual healing - Zion Christian ChurchZion Christian ChurchThe Zion Christian Church is one of the largest African initiated churches in southern Africa, with members belonging to ZCC star and members belonging to the saint Engenas ZCC...
, a large denomination among African Zionists - Zion (Latter Day Saints)Zion (Latter Day Saints)Within the Latter Day Saint movement, Zion is often used to connote a utopian association of the righteous. This association would practice a form of communitarian economics called the United Order meant to ensure that all members maintained an acceptable quality of life, class distinctions were...
, In LDS theology, Zion can can refer to The Lord's people ("the pure in heart"), a specific place (Jerusalem, New Jerusalem, etc.), or both. - Zionites (Germany)Zionites (Germany)The Zionites were a sect of visionary fanatics which flourished in the eighteenth century at Ronsdorf in the Duchy of Berg. The sect sprang from a Philadelphian society founded at Elberfeld in 1726 by Elias Eller and the pastor Daniel Schleiermacher. Eller was the foreman of a factory owned by a...
, a religious sect from the 18th century based in Western Germany - Christian Catholic Apostolic ChurchChristian Catholic Apostolic ChurchChrist Community Church in Zion, Illinois, formerly the Christian Catholic Church or Christian Catholic Apostolic Church, is an evangelical Protestant church founded in 1896 by John Alexander Dowie. The city of Zion was founded by Dowie as a religious community to establish a society on the...
, also known as the Zionites, a fringe church founded in 1896 by John Alexander Dowie in Zion, Illinois that believed in a flat Earth - Christian ZionismChristian ZionismChristian Zionism is a belief among some Christians that the return of the Jews to the Holy Land, and the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, is in accordance with Biblical prophecy. It overlaps with, but is distinct from, the nineteenth century movement for the Restoration of the Jews...
, belief among some Christians that the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948 was a significant fulfilment of Biblical prophecy - Zion Bible CollegeZion Bible CollegeZion Bible College is a Bible college in Haverhill, Massachusetts. ZBC's sole purpose is to teach and train students for excellent Pentecostal ministry in fulfillment of the Great Commission.-History:...
, a Pentecostal Bible college in Barrington, RI - Zion CollegeZion CollegeZion College was a Bible institute in Chattanooga, Tennessee. It was founded in 1949 by Highland Park Baptist Church to train African American ministers and church workers.In 1964, the Zion College was renamed Chattanooga City College...
, a former Bible institute in Chattanooga, Tennessee - Zion, Rastafarian goal of heaven upon earth; also used to refer to either Ethiopia or Africa, e.g. "the land of Zion"
In geography
Jerusalem- Mount ZionMount ZionMount Zion is a place name for a site in Jerusalem, the location of which has shifted several times in history. According to the Hebrew Bible's Book of Samuel, it was the site of the Jebusite fortress called the "stronghold of Zion" that was conquered by King David, becoming his palace in the City...
- Zion SquareZion SquareZion Square is a public square at the east end of the Ben Yehuda Street Pedestrian Mall in downtown Jerusalem. It abuts Jaffa Road, Herbert Samuel Street and Yoel Moshe Salomon Street as well....
United States of America
- Zion National ParkZion National ParkZion National Park is located in the Southwestern United States, near Springdale, Utah. A prominent feature of the park is Zion Canyon, which is 15 miles long and up to half a mile deep, cut through the reddish and tan-colored Navajo Sandstone by the North Fork of the Virgin River...
, a park in southwestern Utah, notable for Zion Canyon sweeping through the reddish desert - Zion, IllinoisZion, IllinoisZion is a city in Lake County, Illinois, United States. The population was 22,866 at the 2000 census, and estimated at 24,303 as of 2005. The city was founded in July 1901 by John Alexander Dowie. He also started the Zion Tabernacle of the Christian Catholic Apostolic Church, which was the only...
, a city just north of Chicago founded by John Alexander Dowie - Zion, MarylandZion, MarylandZion is an unincorporated community in Cecil County, Maryland, United States. The Isaac England House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980....
, a village - Zion, MissouriZion, MissouriZion is an unincorporated community in southern Madison County, Missouri, United States. It is located on U.S. Route 67 about ten miles south of Fredericktown, from which its mail comes. The community was founded in 1886 and is named after Zion in Israel....
, a village - Zion, OklahomaZion, OklahomaZion is a census-designated place in Adair County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 48 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Zion is located at ....
, a village - Zion, PennsylvaniaZion, PennsylvaniaZion is a census-designated place in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the State College, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area...
, a town - Zion, WisconsinZion, WisconsinZion is an unincorporated community located in the town of Omro, Winnebago County, Wisconsin, United States....
, an unincorporated community - Zion Township, Stearns County, Minnesota
New Zealand
- Zion Wildlife GardensZion Wildlife GardensZion Wildlife Gardens is a private animal sanctuary in Whangarei, New Zealand, dedicated to the preservation of big cats. The park houses many big cats, mainly lions and tigers, and also houses a black leopard, two cheetahs, two servals. It was established in 2002 by Craig Busch, who no longer...
, a sanctuary for endangered tiger and lion species
People
- Ben Zion Abba ShaulBen Zion Abba ShaulBen Zion Abba Shaul was one of the leading Sephardic rabbis, Torah scholars and halakhic arbiters of his day, and the rosh yeshiva of Porat Yosef Yeshiva in Jerusalem for the last 15 years of his life...
(1924–98), Israeli rabbi of Iranian descent - Ben-Zion Meir Hai UzielBen-Zion Meir Hai UzielBen-Zion Meir Hai Uziel was the Sephardi chief rabbi of the British Mandate of Palestine from 1939 to 1948, and of Israel from 1948 to 1954.-Biography:...
(1880–1953), Israeli rabbi and former SephardicSephardi JewsSephardi Jews is a general term referring to the descendants of the Jews who lived in the Iberian Peninsula before their expulsion in the Spanish Inquisition. It can also refer to those who use a Sephardic style of liturgy or would otherwise define themselves in terms of the Jewish customs and...
Chief RabbiChief RabbiChief Rabbi is a title given in several countries to the recognized religious leader of that country's Jewish community, or to a rabbinic leader appointed by the local secular authorities... - Meir Har-ZionMeir Har-ZionMeir Har-Zion is a former Israeli military commando.As a key member of Unit 101 he was highly praised by Chief of Staff Moshe Dayan who described him as "the finest of our commando soldiers, the best soldier ever to emerge in the IDF." His three-year military career was ended by injuries sustained...
(b. 1934), Israeli military commando fighter - Zion CohenZion CohenZion Cohen is an Israeli football striker who last played for Maccabi Tel-Aviv.The 22 year-old striker came from Hapoel Ashkelon scored 15 goals in Ashkelon and promoted the team together with Carlos Chacana to the second league....
(b. 1983), Israeli former professional association football player - Zion GolanZion GolanZion Golan , also known as Tzion Golan, is an Israeli singer of Yemeni origin.-Background:Most of Golan's songs are in Yemeni Arabic. Many songs are from Yemen and are also sung by contemporary Yemeni singers. He also sings some songs in the ancient Yemeni dialect of Hebrew.-Personal life:Golan was...
(b. 1955), Israeli singer of Yemeni descent - Zion Levy (1925–2008), Israeli rabbi who served as the Chief Rabbi of PanamaPanamaPanama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...
- Zion MeriliZion MeriliZion Merili is an Israeli former professional association footballer who was part of the 1988–89 championship squad at Maccabi Haifa and the Israel national football team.- Early life :...
(b. 1957), Israeli former professional association football player and international - Zion Zemah (b. 1990), Israeli professional association football player and youth international
Other
- Zion (The Matrix)Zion (The Matrix)Zion is a fictional city in The Matrix films. It is the last human city on the planet Earth after a cataclysmic nuclear war between humankind and sentient Machines, which resulted in artificial lifeforms dominating the world.-History:...
, a human-controlled underground city in the Matrix series - Zion, a space station in the 1984 cyberpunk novel NeuromancerNeuromancerNeuromancer is a 1984 novel by William Gibson, a seminal work in the cyberpunk genre and the first winner of the science-fiction "triple crown" — the Nebula Award, the Philip K. Dick Award, and the Hugo Award. It was Gibson's debut novel and the beginning of the Sprawl trilogy...
- Zion IZion IZion I are a hip hop duo from Oakland, California. The duo consists of producer DJ AmpLive and MC Zumbi. The group is known to its followers for Amp's futuristic production techniques, using a mix of live instrumentation and samples, and Zumbi's positive and socially conscious lyrics. Zion I...
, a hip-hop group - Zion of Zion & Lennox, a reggaeton duo from Carolina, Puerto Rico
- Zion Nuclear Power StationZion Nuclear Power StationZion Nuclear Power Station was the third dual-reactor nuclear power plant in the Commonwealth Edison network and served Chicago and the northern quarter of Illinois. The plant was built in 1973, and the first unit started producing power in December, 1973. The second unit came online in September...
, a decommissioned nuclear power plant in Zion, Illinois - "Zion" (David Bowie song)Zion (David Bowie song)Zion is a David Bowie bootleg. It is most commonly said to be from his Aladdin Sane period, recorded at Trident Studios in 1973.-Music and Lyrics:...
, a demo by David Bowie - "Iron Lion ZionIron Lion Zion"Iron Lion Zion" is a song written and recorded in April 1973 or 1974 by Jamaican singer-songwriter Bob Marley and first released posthumously in May 1992 on the Songs of Freedom box set, reaching number 5 in the UK Singles Chart, . A remixed version was released in 1995 on Natural Mystic: The...
", a song by the reggae band Bob Marley and the Wailers - "Road to ZionRoad to Zion"Road to Zion" was the 2nd US single to be taken from Damian Marley's Welcome to Jamrock, while "The Master Has Come Back" was released in Europe.It contains a sample from "Russian Lullaby" by Ella Fitzgerald....
", a song by Damian Marley - "To Zion", a song by Lauryn Hill
See also
- Sion (disambiguation)
- Sioni (disambiguation)
- SyonSyonSyon can mean:*Syon Monastery , a monastery of the Bridgettine Order founded in 1415 which stood until the 16th centiry on the north bank of the River Thames near Isleworth*Syon House, with its park, a mansion in west London, England...
- ZeonZeonIn the television anime Mobile Suit Gundam universe, Zeon can refer to the Republic of Zeon, the Principality of Zeon or Neo Zeon. It is also referred to as the Duchy of Zeon or the Zeon Dukedom...
, originally romanized as Zion 1998 in the TV anime Mobile Suit Gundam