<P> Zion ( Hebrew : צִיּוֹן ‎ ‎ Tsiyyon ) , also transliterated Sion , Sayon , Syon , Tzion or Tsion , is a placename often used as a synonym for Jerusalem . The word is first found in 2 Samuel 5 : 7 which dates from c. 630 -- 540 BC according to modern scholarship . It commonly referred to a specific hill in Jerusalem , ( Mount Zion ) located to the south of Mount Moriah or the Temple Mount , on which stood a Jebusite fortress of the same name that was conquered by David and was named the City of David . The hill ( `` mount '' ) is one of the many squat hills that form Jerusalem , to include the Mount of Olives etc . In the past many centuries , that was the only section of Jerusalem inside city wall that was the Jewish quarter . </P>
<P> Zion ( Hebrew : צִיּוֹן ‎ ‎ Tsiyyon ) , also transliterated Sion , Sayon , Syon , Tzion or Tsion , is a placename often used as a synonym for Jerusalem . The word is first found in 2 Samuel 5 : 7 which dates from c. 630 -- 540 BC according to modern scholarship . It commonly referred to a specific hill in Jerusalem , ( Mount Zion ) located to the south of Mount Moriah or the Temple Mount , on which stood a Jebusite fortress of the same name that was conquered by David and was named the City of David . The hill ( `` mount '' ) is one of the many squat hills that form Jerusalem , to include the Mount of Olives etc . In the past many centuries , that was the only section of Jerusalem inside city wall that was the Jewish quarter . </P>
the word zion is an ancient biblical term that referred to what city
the word zion is an ancient biblical term that referred to what city
Jerusalem
Jerusalem