New Zion
/ˌnuː ˈzaɪ.ən/noun
A name used for a new or idealized sacred community, especially one imagined as a restoration or counterpart of biblical Zion.
Did you know?In religious and utopian history, “New Zion” has repeatedly served as a symbolic name for communities seeking to create a divinely ordered society modeled on biblical Jerusalem.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*néwos
“New or fresh; the ancient root behind English “new” and related words such as Latin novus.”
Old English
Old English
nīwe
“New, recent, or unused; the direct ancestor of modern English “new.””
Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew
צִיּוֹן (Ṣiyyōn)
“Zion, the name of a fortified place or hill associated with Jerusalem; its deeper original etymology remains uncertain.”
Septuagint Greek
Greek
Σιών (Siōn)
“Zion, a transliteration of the Hebrew place name used in the Greek Bible.”
Old French and Middle English
English
Sion / Syon
“Zion, the biblical hill and, by extension, Jerusalem or the heavenly city in Christian writing.”
17th Century onward
English
New Zion
“A newly founded or imagined sacred community, often presented as a restored Zion or earthly paradise.”
Modern English
English
New Zion
“A proper name or religious-utopian expression for an idealized sacred settlement, movement, or promised society.”