Tsade is usually rendered as z in English Bible translations, hence the spelling Zion (rather than Tzion). This convention apparently originates in German orthography, where z is always pronounced [t͡s].

How do you pronounce Yosemite and Ahwahnee? Yosemite is pronounced yo-SE-mea-tea.

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Pronounced ZYE-on, this is a unisex name of Hebrew origin that’s mostly chosen for boys. A zion was a citadel that was in the center of Jerusalem, which explains why it means “highest point.” Today it’s known as the biblical term for the Promised Land; Zionism refers to the movement to establish a Jewish homeland.

The daughter of Zion is a people waiting to be saved. After the punishment of exile, the Lord promises restoration of Israel. His chosen people will know gladness again when the Lord himself will praise them and save them. The daughter of Zion is also a land waiting for a king.

Sometimes “purpose” is not fun, gratifying, or pretty, but it always ends gloriously. As Latter-day Saint women we know that we covenanted to be Mothers in Zion, to bring forth the children of God; to teach, train, and testify to these precious children.

Biblical phrase: ‘Daughter of Zion’ generally refers to Jerusalem or the Jewish people, as, for example, in, ‘Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion … lo, your king comes to you’ (Zech 9. 9).

America, the Daughter of Babylon deals with the prophetic future of the United States of America. The Bible reveals that there will be a second nation of Babylon, which is described in detail throughout scripture and can be identified as America.

Babylonia was a state in ancient Mesopotamia. The city of Babylon, whose ruins are located in present-day Iraq, was founded more than 4,000 years ago as a small port town on the Euphrates River. Biblical and archaeological evidence point toward the forced exile of thousands of Jews to Babylon around this time.

Chapter 47 concerns the fall of Babylon, which is personified as a woman, “the virgin daughter of Babylon”, “daughter of the Chaldeans”, no longer to be called “the Lady of Kingdoms” or “a Lady for ever”….

Passages from Revelation So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.

English: “17And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is six hundred and sixty-six.”

In Revelation 4:6–8, four living beings (Greek: ζῷον, zōion) are seen in John’s vision. These appear as a lion, an ox, a man, and an eagle, much as in Ezekiel but in a different order.

The Twenty-four is the number of the Priestly Courses as given in 1. Chron. 24:1-19. When David distributed the Priests into “Courses” he found there were 24 Heads of the Priestly families, and these 24 Heads he made representative of The wholesome priesthood.

A lion-like lamb that rises to deliver victory after being slain appears several times in the Book of Revelation. It is also referred to in Pauline writings; 1 Corinthians 5:7 suggests that Saint Paul intends to refer to the death of Jesus, who is the Paschal Lamb, using the theme found in Johannine writings.

See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals.”

The Bride of Christ or the bride, the Lamb’s wife is a term used in reference to a group of related verses in the Bible, in the Gospels, Revelation, the Epistles and related verses in the Old Testament. Sometimes, the bride is implied by calling Jesus a bridegroom.

Matthew begins by calling Jesus the son of David, indicating his royal origin, and also son of Abraham, indicating that he was an Israelite; both are stock phrases, in which son means descendant, calling to mind the promises God made to David and to Abraham.