צִיּוּן tsîyûwn

Meaning

a monumental or guiding pillar

In the King James Version: sign, title, waymark.

Derivation: from the same as H6723 (צִיָּה) in the sense of conspicuousness (compare H5329 (נָצַח));

Where it is used

• 2 Kings 23:17 Then the king asked, “What is this monument I see?” And the men of the city replied, “It is the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah and proclaimed these things that you have done to the altar of Bethel.”
• Jeremiah 31:21 “Set up the road markers, put up the signposts. Keep the highway in mind, the road you have traveled. Return, O Virgin Israel, return to these cities of yours.
• Ezekiel 39:15 As they pass through the land, anyone who sees a human bone will set up a pillar next to it, until the gravediggers have buried it in the Valley of Hamon-gog.