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  Station Information - Zion
Beyond that, Zion is used to symbolize Jerusalem and the Promised Land of God to come, in which God dwells among his chosen people.
Zion is a city that Mormons believe will be built in Jackson County Missouri, and a common reference to both North and South America.
In a spiritual sense, Zion is regarded by Mormons as an utopian society of "pure in heart" believers where all citizens have all things in common.
www.stationinformation.com /encyclopedia/z/zi/zion.html   (255 words)

  
  Zion - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Zion or Tzion (צִיּוֹן "Height", Standard Hebrew Ẓiyyon, Tiberian Hebrew Ṣiyyôn; Arabic صهيون Ṣuhyūn) originally was the specific name given to a Jebusite fortress near modern-day Jerusalem that was conquered by David.
Beyond that, Zion is used to symbolize Jerusalem and the Promised Land of God to come, in which God dwells among his chosen people.
In a spiritual sense, Zion is regarded by LDS and Mormons as a perfect social state of being of "pure in heart" (http://scriptures.lds.org/moses/7/18#18) believers, where all people have all things in common, and there is no suffering nor impoverished among them.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Mount_Zion   (838 words)

  
 The Ultimate Zion - American History Information Guide and Reference
Zion or Tzion (צִיּוֹן "Height", Standard Hebrew Ẓiyyon, Tiberian Hebrew Ṣiyyôn; Arabic صهيون Ṣuhyūn) originally was the specific name given to a Jebusite fortress near modern-day Jerusalem that was conquered by David.
In a spiritual sense, Zion is regarded by LDS and Mormons as a perfect social state of being of "pure in heart" believers, where all people have all things in common, and there is no suffering nor impoverished among them.
In a literal sense, Zion (the New Jerusalem) is a city that Latter-day Saints believe will be built in Jackson County, Missouri, and a common reference to both North and South America as the "Promised Land".
www.historymania.com /american_history/Zion   (835 words)

  
 Zion -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Zion (Hebrew: צִיּוֹן, tziyyon; Tiberian vocalization: tsiyyôn; transliterated Zion or Sion) is a term that most often designates the land of Israel and its capital Jerusalem.
Mount Zion is also the modern name of a hill south of the Old City's Armenian Quarter — the result of a misnomer dating from the Middle Ages when pilgrims mistook the relatively large, flat summit for the original site of the City of David.
Zion is a term with broad significance in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
en.wikipedia.2es.com.pl /wiki/Zion   (1178 words)

  
 Zechariah - LoveToKnow 1911
Seventy years have passed, and Zion and the cities of Judah still mourn.
The catastrophe of " the land of the north " is near to come; then the exiles of Zion shall stream back from all quarters, the converted heathen shall join them, Yahweh Himself will dwell in the midst of them, and even now He stirs Himself from His holy habitation.
The high priest Joshua is accused before Yahweh by Satan, but is acquitted and given rule in Yahweh's house and courts, with the right of access to Yahweh in priestly intercession.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Zechariah   (2729 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Zion (disambiguation)
Zion (צִיּוֹן, Tziyyon) is a mountain near Jerusalem.
Most often Zion is used as a synecdoche for Jerusalem and the Land of Israel.
Zion (Taiwan), a mountain in Sanming County, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Zion_(disambiguation)   (488 words)

  
 US Bazaar.com : Encyclopedia Pages : Zion, Illinois
The population was 22,866 at the 2000 census, and estimated at 24,303 as of 2005.
Zion is the home of the Illinois Beach State Park: South Beach.
Rock band Local H was formed in Zion and the band's album art and songs often references the city and strongly references the local tavern, "Fritz's Corner".
encyclopedia.us-bazaar.com /?title=Zion,_Illinois   (982 words)

  
 day trips from las vegas to zion national park, Zion National Park, Las Vegas, national park, zion national park ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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 Zion
Zion, or Sion, is an archaic term that originally referred to a section of Jerusalem, which, by Biblical definition, is the City of David[?].
Thus, Zion symbolizes Africa for, among others, Rastafarians.
Zion originally was the specific name given to a Jebusite[?] fortress near modern-day Jerusalem that was conquered by David.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/zi/Zion.html   (151 words)

  
 Zion Train
For other uses of the term, see Zion (disambiguation).'' Zion or Tzion (צִיּוֹן "Height", Standard Hebrew Ẓiyyon, Tiberian Hebrew Ṣiyyôn; Arabic صهيون Ṣuhyūn) originally was the specific name given to a Jebusite fortress near modern-day Jerusalem that was conquered by David.
Rock band Local H was formed in Zion and the band's album art and songs often reference the city.
Isn't Zion also an interesting example of city planning - I seem to remember seeing an aerial photograph showing an arrangement of city streets in the shape of a wheel (streets as spokes) with the Tabernacle in the center.
www.artistbooking.com /trips/238/zion-train.html   (1045 words)

  
 Qwika - Zionism
Proto-Zionist groups such as Larry Mohr's Hibbat Zion were active in the 1880s in Eastern Europe where emancipation had not occurred to the extent it did in Western Europe (or at all).
Rishon LeZion was founded on 31 July 1882 by a group of 10 members of the Zionist group Hovevei Zion from Kharkov, in modern Ukraine.
At the other extreme, some American Jews went so far as to say that the United States was Zion, and the successful absorption of two million Jewish immigrants in the 30 years before the First World War lent force to this argument.
wikipedia.qwika.com /wiki/Zionism   (7343 words)

  
 Zion (disambiguation) at AllExperts
* Zion, a mountain near Jerusalem, a synecdoche representing the Promised Land
* Zion (Taiwan), a mountain in Sanming County, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
* Zion, Oklahoma, a village in eastern Oklahoma
en.allexperts.com /e/z/zi/zion_(disambiguation).htm   (509 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Zion Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
For other uses of the term, see Zion Zion or Tzion originally was the specific name given to a Jebusite fortress near modern-day Jer...
In the anime Mobile Suit Gundam, the original romanization of the antagonist state was Zion (as in The Prinipality of Zion).
While "Zion" continues to see use overseas (as well as with purist fans), "Zeon" has become the official spelling and pronounciation for the North American Gundam Release.
www.ipedia.com /zion.html   (634 words)

  
 Zion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Zion is a term with broad significance in Mormonism.
Zion also refers to what Latter Day Saints generally believe will be the New Jerusalem, a physical, Millennial city expected to be established in Jackson County, Missouri.
In fiction, Zion is often used as the name for a safe haven or homeland, as in The Matrix films where "Zion" is the last free human city, located deep beneath the surface of Earth.
abcworld.net /Zion.html   (529 words)

  
 Zionism -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Early Zionist groups such as Hibbat Zion were active in the 1880s in the Eastern Europe where emancipation had not occurred to the extent it did in Western Europe (or at all).
It was inhabited by former residents of Jerusalem hoping to escape the cramped quarters of Jerusalem's Old City walls.
Rishon LeZion was founded on 31 July 1882 by a group of ten members of the Zionist group Hovevei Zion from Kharkov (today's Ukraine).
en.wikipedia.b4d.pl /wiki/Zionism   (8619 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Mount Zion
Mount Zion (הר צִיּוֹן transliteration: Har Tziyyon - "Height") is the ancient name of a mountain near Jerusalem.
On Mount Zion today are Dormition Church, King David's Tomb, Room of the Last Supper and other interesting sites.
Mount Zion, Illinois, a city in central Illinois.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Mount_Zion   (133 words)

  
 Clinton Goveas :: Wikipedia Reference
Early Zionist groups such as Hibbat Zion were active in the 1880s in the Eastern Europe where emancipation had not occurred to the extent it did in Western Europe (or at all).
It was inhabited by former residents of Jerusalem hoping to escape the cramped quarters of Jerusalem's Old City walls.
Rishon LeZion was founded on 31 July 1882 by a group of ten members of the Zionist group Hovevei Zion from Kharkov (today's Ukraine).
www.clintongoveas.com /wikipedia/?title=Zionism   (8853 words)

  
 Zion Illinois
Beyond that, Zion is used to symbolize Jerusalem and the Promised Land of God to come, in which God dwells among his chosenpeople.
The longing for Zion of the Babylonian Hebrews was adopted as a metaphor byChristianized Black slaves.
In a spiritual sense, Zion is regarded by LDS as a perfect social state of being of "purein heart"  (http: scriptures.lds.org/moses/7/18#18) believers, where all peoplehave all things in common, and there is no suffering nor impoverished among them.
www.lottery-news.net /dust15455-zion_illinois.html   (435 words)

  
 Jerusalem   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The first attempt at residential settlement outside the walls of Jerusalem was begun by Jews, who built a small complex on the hill overlooking Zion Gate, across the Valley of Hinnom.
As of 2004, only two states, Costa Rica and El Salvador, have their embassies in Jerusalem (since 1984), but the Consulate General of Greece as well as that of the United Kingdom and the United States is based there.
The roots of the earliest modern-day "return to Zion" by the Jews, has been traced to Yehuda Halevi, who died in about 1140.
www.gogoglo.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/j/je/jerusalem.html   (6670 words)

  
 Zionism
Early Zionist groups such as Hibbat Zion were active in the 1880s in the Eastern Europe where emancipation had not occurred to the extent it did in Western Europe (or at all).
Rishon LeZion was founded on 31 July 1882 by a group of ten members of the Zionist group Hovevei Zion from Kharkov (today's Ukraine).
At the other extreme, some American Jews went so far as to say that the United States was Zion, and the successful absorption of two million Jewish immigrants in the 30 years before World War I lent force to this argument.
www.wikipedia-mirror.co.za /wiki/Zionism   (8285 words)

  
 Jerusalem - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
The first attempt at residential settlement outside the walls of Jerusalem was begun by Jews, who built a small complex on the hill overlooking Zion Gate, across the Valley of Hinnom.
An early expression of the Jewish desire to "return to Zion" is the journey of Yehuda Halevi, who died in about 1140.
Popularly, the exterior pavement where the trial was conducted is beneath the Convent of the Sisters of Zion.
www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/j/e/r/Jerusalem.html   (9452 words)

  
 Zion - LoveToKnow 1911
Zion (which is synonymous with the Ophel) is properly the southern part of the eastern hill 1 on the top of which was built the temple, so that the name came to be given to the whole hill (2 Kings xix.
Thus the people of Jerusalem are spoken of as "the daughter of Zion" (Isaiah i.
5,, "Every one calls Zion his mother." Sec G. Smith, Jerusalem (London, 1908).
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Zion   (165 words)

  
 zion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Zion, or Sion (צִיּוֹן "Height", Standard Hebrew Tziyyon, Tiberian Hebrew TsiyyГґn; Arabic صهيون Ṣuhyūn), is an archaic term that originally referred to a specific mountain near Jerusalem (Mount Zion), on which stood a Jebusite fortress of the same name that was conquered by David.
"Zion" became applied to the section of Jerusalem where the fortress stood, and after Solomon's Temple was built there, it came to refer to the temple grounds and the temple itself.
Psalm 48:2 mentions both terms together: "...Her-Tsiyyon yerktey Tsafon..." ("Mount Zion on the sides of the North"), usually taken to refer to the north side of Mount Zion, not necessarily indicating that Zion is found to the North.
www.chronicledirect.com /News-Directory-Zep-to-Zz/zion.php   (1869 words)

  
 Zion information - Search.com
Zion, or Sion (צִיּוֹן "Height", Standard Hebrew Tziyyon, Tiberian Hebrew Tsiyyôn; Arabic صهيون Ṣuhyūn), is an archaic term that originally referred to a specific mountain near Jerusalem (Mount Zion), on which stood a Jebusite fortress of the same name that was conquered by David.
For Rastas, Zion is to be found in Africa, and more specifically in Ethiopia, where the term is also in use.
In William Gibson's classic science fiction novel Neuromancer, Zion is a rastafarian space station constructed as a sanctuary aside a much bigger commercial station built by Jamaican workers which they used to call Babylon.
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 Zion - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Zion
The town was founded in 1901 by the Scottish religious leader John Alexander Dowie, who made it the headquarters of his Christian Catholic Church in Zion sect (founded in 1896).
That part of the city to which our worthy Gizbarim now hastened, and which bore the name of its architect, King David, was esteemed the most strongly fortified district of Jerusalem; being situated upon the steep and lofty hill of Zion.
Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide; He wales a portion with judicious care; And 'Let us worship God', he says, with solemn air.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Zion   (278 words)

  
 Axum - Thagodz Wiki
The kingdom of Axum had its own written language called Ge'ez, and also developed a distinctive architecture exemplified by giant obelisks, the oldest of which (though much smaller) date from 5,000-2,000 BC This kingdom was at its height under king Ezana, baptized as Abreha, in the 300s (which was also when it officially embraced Christianity).
The Ethiopian Orthodox Church claims that the Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion in Axum houses the Biblical Ark of the Covenant in which lies the Tablets of Law upon which the Ten Commandments are inscribed.
Significant religious festivals are the T'imk'et Festival (known as the Epiphany in western Christianity) on 7 January and the Festival of Maryam Zion in late November.
www.thagodz.com /search/wiki/?title=Axum   (1039 words)

  
 thorninpaw: Jebus (disambiguation)*
Jebus was the home of the Jebusites before the Israelites captured it and renamed it Jerusalem.
In other words, disambiguations are types of turnpikes that lead to different meanings of a related word.
Disambiguation should not be confused with the merging of duplicate articles (articles with different titles, but regarding the very same topic, for example "Gas Turbine" and "Gas turbine", or "loo" and "restroom").
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 Bnai Zion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Zion or Tzion (ציון "Height", Standard Hebrew Ẓiyyon, TiberianHebrew Ṣiyyôn; Arabic صهيون Ṣuhyūn) originally was the specific name given to a Jebusite fortress near modern-day Jerusalem that was conquered by David.
After the death of KingDavid, the term Zoin came to refer to the hill in Jerusalem which was the site of Solomon 's temple.
In a spiritual sense, Ziom is regarded by LDS as a perfect social state of being of "purein heart"  (http: scriptures.lds.org/moses/7/18#18) believers, where all peoplehave all things in common, and there is no suffering nor impoverished among them.
www.super8filmmaking.com /tail/25030-bnai-zion.html   (320 words)

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