göksel kudüs

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zion
A hill in Jerusalem, which, after the capture of that city by the Israelites, became the royal residence of David and his successors
(also called Mount Zion) The hill on which the city of Jerusalem first stood; David's royal palace and the temple of Yahweh were both located on Mount Zion; later Zion was used to refer to the entire city of Jerusalem; already in biblical times it began to symbolize the national homeland (see, for example, Psalm 137: 1-6); in this latter sense it served as a focus for Jewish national-religious hopes of renewal over the centuries See Chapter 10
   original meaning uncertain It is sometimes spelled according to its Greek form, Sion The name refers to the fortification within ancient Jerusalem conquered by David or to the entire city (2 Samuel 5,6 - 10) Still later Zion designated the area immediately north of this original city where Solomon built the Temple (Psalms 2,6; 48,2), and in some prophetical writings it stood for the heavenly Jerusalem (Isaiah 60, 14; see Hebrews 12,22) From the fourth century A D the name has been attached to the southwest part of Jerusalem, where the tomb of David was relocated and the upper room of the Last Supper is pointed out At the present time it is outside the medieval walls of Jerusalem
Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine
Hence, the theocracy, or church of God
The heavenly Jerusalem; heaven
an imaginary place considered to be perfect or ideal
Originally another name for Mt Moriah, the hill just north of David's Jerusalem which he purchased from Araunah the Jebusite as the site for the first Temple as built by Solomon By extension, the name is used of Jerusalem, and by further extension, the Land of Israel
sunny; height, one of the eminences on which Jerusalem was built It was surrounded on all sides, except the north, by deep valleys, that of the Tyropoeon (q v ) separating it from Moriah (q v ), which it surpasses in height by 105 feet It was the south-eastern hill of Jerusalem
Another name for Israel
originally a stronghold captured by David (the 2nd king of the Israelites); above it was built a temple and later the name extended to the whole hill; finally it became a synonym for the city of Jerusalem; "the inhabitants of Jerusalem are personified as `the daughter of Zion'"
Originally a designation for "David's City," the Jebusite stronghold captured by King David's forces The term "Zion" was later extended in meaning to refer to the hill on which the Temple stood
   original meaning uncertain It is sometimes spelled according to its Greek form, Sion The name refers to the fortification within ancient Jerusalem conquered by David or to the entire city (2 Samuel 5,6 - 10) Still later Zion designated the area immediately north of this original city where Solomon built the Temple (Psalms 2,6; 48,2), and in some prophetical writings it stood for the heavenly Jerusalem (Isaiah 60, 14; see Hebrews 12,22) From the fourth century A D the name has been attached to the southwest part of Jerusalem, where the tomb of David was relocated and the upper room of the Last Supper is pointed out At the present time it is outside the medieval walls of Jerusalem
The name, probably meaning "citadel," for a rocky hill in old Jerusalem, it was originally a Jebusite acropolis that David captured and on which he built his palace and housed the Ark of the Covenant (Judg 19: 11-12; 2 Sam 5: 6-12; 6: 12-17; 1 Chron 11: 5-8) David purchased a threshing floor in Zion (2 Sam 24: 18-25) on which Solomon later built the Temple In time, the term referred either to the hill on which the Temple stood or to the surrounding city of Jerusalem (Pss 2: 6; 9: 11; 76: 2; 127: 3; Isa 1: 26-27; 10: 24; 30: 19; 64: 10; Jer 31: 6; Amos 1: 2; Mic 3: 12)
Jerusalem, often used in prophecy and psalms
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