{"def":{"lit":"a parched place","short":"Sion (i.e., Tsijon), a hill of Jerusalem; figuratively, the Church (militant or triumphant)","long":["the hill on which the higher and more ancient part of Jerusalem was built",["the southwestern most and highest of the hills on which the city was built"],"often used of the entire city of Jerusalem","since Jerusalem because the temple stood there, was called the dwelling place of God"]},"deriv":"of Hebrew origin (H6726)","pronun":{"ipa":"siˈon","ipa_mod":"siˈown","sbl":"siōn","dic":"see-ONE","dic_mod":"see-ONE"},"see":["H6726"]}