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H3389 יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם (Yᵉrûwshâlaim) yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im
Hebrew
Noun
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Quick Definition

Jerusalem

Biblical Persons & Places

Jerusalem Jerusalem
A location first mentioned at Jos.10.1; referred to as Jerusalem (יְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵם), or Jerusalem (Aramiac יְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵם), or Ariel (אֲרִיאֵל), or My Delight Is in Her (KJV= Hephzibah) (חֶפְצִי־בָהּ), or Forsaken (NIV= Deserted) (עָזַב), or Desolate (שְׁמָמָה), or Married (KJV, NIV= Beulah) (בָּעַל), or Jebus (יְבוּס), or Jebus or Jebusite (יְבוּסִי), or The Lord/ Is There (יְהֹוָה שָׁם), or City/ of the Lord (יְהֹוָה עִיר), or Salem (שָׁלֵם), or (Mount ) Zion (צִיּוֹן), or Jerusalem (Ἱεροσόλυμα), or Jerusalem (Ἱερουσαλήμ), or Jerusalem (Ἱεροσολυμίτης), or Salem (Σαλήμ), or (Mount ) Zion (KJV= Sion) (Σιών).

Strong's Definition

Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine

Derivation: rarely יְרוּשָׁלַיִם; a dual (in allusion to its two main hills (the true pointing, at least of the former reading, seems to be that of H3390 (יְרוּשָׁלֵם))); probably from (the passive participle of) H3384 (יָרָה) and H7999 (שָׁלַם); founded peaceful;

KJV Usage: Jerusalem.

Outline of Biblical Usage

Jerusalem = "teaching of peace"
1) the chief city of Palestine and capital of the united kingdom and the nation of Judah after the split

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

§ Jerusalem = "teaching of peace" the chief city of Palestine and capital of the united kingdom and the nation of Judah after the split

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

יְרוּשָׁלַיִם / יְרוּשָׁלַםִ yerûshâlaim / yerûshâlayim BDB Definition: Jerusalem = teaching of peace 1) the chief city of Palestine and capital of the united kingdom and the nation of Judah after the split Part of Speech: noun proper locative Total KJV Occurrences: 643

Bible Occurrences (592)

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