Sion or Zion = "a parched place"<OL TYPE="1"><LI>the hill on which the higher and more ancient part of Jerusalem was built<OL TYPE="a"><LI>the southwestern most and highest of the hills on which the city was built</OL><LI>often used of the entire city of Jerusalem<LI>since Jerusalem because the temple stood there, was called the dwelling place of God</OL>