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BIBLE DICTIONARY
Zion
The word
Zion
is used repeatedly in all the standard works of the Church, and is defined in latter-day revelation as “the pure in heart” (
D&C 97: 21
). Other usages of Zion have to do with a geographical location. For example, Enoch built a city that was called Zion (
Moses 7: 18-19
). Solomon built his temple on Mount Zion (
1 Kgs. 8: 1
; cf.
2 Sam. 5: 6-7
); and Jackson Country. Missouri, is called Zion in many of the revelations in the D&C, such as
D&C 58: 49-50
;
D&C 62: 4
;
D&C 63: 48
;
D&C 72: 13
;
D&C 84: 76
;
D&C 104: 47
. The city of New Jerusalem, to be built in Jackson County, Missouri, is to be called Zion (
D&C 45: 66-67
). The revelations also speak of “the cause of Zion” (
D&C 6: 6
;
D&C 11: 6
). In a wider sense all of North and South America are Zion (HC 6: 318-19). For further references see
1 Chr. 11: 5
;
Ps. 2: 6
;
Ps. 99: 2
;
Ps. 102: 16
;
Isa. 1: 27
;
Isa. 2: 3
;
Isa. 4: 3-5
;
Isa. 33: 20
;
Isa. 52: 1-8
;
Isa. 59: 20
;
Jer. 3: 14
;
Jer. 31: 6
;
Joel 2: 1-32
;
Amos 6: 1
;
Obad. 1: 17, 21
;
Heb. 12: 22-24
;
Rev. 14: 1-5
; and many others. (In the N.T.,
Zion
is spelled
Sion
.)
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