G2419 Ἱερουσαλήμ (Hierousalḗm)

Ἱεροσόλυμα [WH Ἴερ.. see their Intr. § 408], -ων, τά, (the invariable form in Mk. and Jn., almost everywhere in Mt. ana Joseph. [e. Ap. 1, 22, 13, ete.; Philo, leg. ad Gaium ὃ 36; (ef. Polyb. 16, 39, 4); al.]), and Ἱερουσαλήμ [WH.lep. (see ref. u. s.)], 7, indecl., (the invariable form in the Sept. [Josh. x. 1, ete.; Philo de somn. ii. 39 init. ; so Aristot. in Joseph. c. Ap. 1, 22, 7 (where see Miiller)]; in the N. T. where a certain sacred emphasis, so to speak, resides in the very name, as Gal. iv. 25 sq. [see Bp. Lghtft. ad loc.]; Heb. xii. 22; Rev. iii. 12; xxi. 2, 10; thus in direct address: Mt. xxiii. 37; Lk. xiii. 34; both forms are used promiscuously [yet with a marked preference for the indeclinable form] in the O. T. Apocr., and in the writ. of Luke and of Paul; [cf. Tdf Proleg. p- 119; WH. App. p. 160]. Whether there is also a third and unusual form Ἱεροσόλυμα, -ης, ἡ, in Mt. ii. 3; iii. 5, is extremely doubtful; for in the phrase ἐξεποpeveto ... Ἱεροσόλυμα, iii. 5, the noun can be taken as a neut. plur. with a sing. verb, cf. W. § 58,3.a.; and in the former passage, ii. 3, the unusual coupling of the fem. πᾶσα with the neut. plur. Ἱεροσόλυμα is easily explained by the supposition that the appellative idea, 4 πόλις, was in the writer’s mind; see Fritzsche and Bleek ad loe.; ef. B. 18 (16); [yet see Pape, Eigennamen, s. v.]. Hebr. Ὁ and Οὐ}, Chald. nowi, Syr. ~ => sava5o}. Many suppose that the Hebr. name is composed of w37 possession, and Dow, so that it signifies tranquil possession, habitation of peace; but the matter is very uncertain and conjectures vary; cf. Gesenius, Thes. ii. p- 628 sq.; [B. D.s. v.]; on the earlier name of the city see below in Sadnp; Lat. Hierosolyma, -orum, also [ Vulg. e. g. codd. Amiat. and Fuld. Mt. xxiii. 37; but esp.] in the ch. Fathers Hierusalem, but the form Hierosolyma, -ae, is uncertain [yet see even Old Lat. codd. in Mt. ii. 1, 3]),—Jerusalem [A.V. Hierusalem and Jerusalem], the capital of Palestine, situated nearly in the centre of the country, on the confines of the tribes of Benjamin and Judah, in a region so elevated that ἀναβαίνειν, my, to go up, fitly describes the approach to it from any quarter. The name is used in the N. T. 1. to denote, either the city itself, Mt. ii. 1; Mk. iii. 8; Jn.i. 19, ete.; or its inhabitants, Mt. ii.3; iii. 5; xxiii.37; Lk. xiii. 34. 2. ἡ νῦν Ἵερουσ. [the Jerusalem that now is], with its present religious institutions, i. e. the Mosaic system, so designated from its primary external location, Gal. iv. 25, with which is contrasted ἡ ἄνω ‘Iep. (after the rabbin. phrase 79y9 Sw Ὁ ΦΥΎ", Jerusalem that is above, i. e. existing in heaven, according to the pattern of which the earthly Jerusalem AUD Sw Ὁ ὙΦΥΎ" was supposed to be built [cf. Schéttgen, Horae Hebr. i. 1207 sqq.]), i. e. metaph. the City of God founded by Christ, now wearing the form of the church, but after Christ’s return to put on the form of the perfected Messianic kingdom, Gal. iv. 26; Ἵερουσ. ἐπουράνιος, the heavenly Jerusalem, i. e. the heavyenly abode of God, Christ, the angels, beatified men (as well the saints of the O. T. as Christians), and as citizens of which true Christians are to be regarded while still living on earth, Heb. xii. 22; ἡ καινὴ ‘Iep. in the visions of John ‘the Revelator,’ the new Jerusalem, a splendid visible city to be let down from heaven after the renovation of the world, the future abode of the blessed: Rev. iii. τ KTM ΤΌΣ

Ἰερουσαλήμ Ierousalēm 77x

Jerusalem, pr. name, indecl., also spelled Ἱεροσόλυμα   62x in our text. See PhotoGuide.

Ἱερουσαλήμ, v.s. Ἱεροσόλυμα.

Ἱερουσαλήμ (Hierousalēm) — Jerusalem. Ἱερουσαλήμ, see: Ἱεροσόλυμα - (WH, Ἰερ-, see Intr., § 408), -ων, τά (on πᾶσα Ἱ., Mat.2:3, see WM, 794; M, Pr., 48, 244; Thayer, see word), and Ἱερουσαλήμ (WH, Ἰερ-), ἡ., indecl., as always in LXX exc. some parts of Apocr.. (Heb. יְרוּשָׁלִַם), the former always in FlJ, Mk, Jo EV. and Mt (except. Mat.27:37), and most frequently in Lk, the latter always in He, Re, and by St. Paul (except. Gal.1:17-18 2:1), Jerusalem: Mat.2:1, Mrk.3:8, Jhn.1:19, al.; its inhabitants, Mat.2:3 3:5 23:37, Luk.13:34, Symbolically, ἡ- ἄνω Ἱ., Gal.4:26, contrasted with ἡ νῦν Ἱ., Gal.4:25; Ἱ. ἐπουράνιος, Heb.12:22; ἡ καινὴ Ἱ., Rev.3:12 21:2, 10 (From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)