Help QuickNav Adv. Options
NET

NET

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
Copy Options
Cite Print
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's H3389 - yᵊrûšālam

Choose a new font size and typeface
יְרוּשָׁלַם
Transliteration
yᵊrûšālam
Pronunciation
yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im
Listen
Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
A dual (in allusion to its two main hills [the true pointing, at least of the former reading, seems to be that of יְרוּשְׁלֵם (H3390)]), probably from (the passive participle of) יָרָה (H3384) and שָׁלַם (H7999)
Strong’s Definitions

יְרוּשָׁלִַ͏ם Yᵉrûwshâlaim, yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im; rarely יְרוּשָׁלַיִם Yᵉrûwshâlayim; a dual (in allusion to its two main hills (the true pointing, at least of the former reading, seems to be that of H3390)); probably from (the passive participle of) H3384 and H7999; founded peaceful; Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine:—Jerusalem.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 643x

The KJV translates Strong's H3389 in the following manner: Jerusalem (643x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 643x
The KJV translates Strong's H3389 in the following manner: Jerusalem (643x).

  1. Jerusalem = "teaching of peace"

    1. the chief city of Palestine and capital of the united kingdom and the nation of Judah after the split

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יְרוּשָׁלִַ͏ם Yᵉrûwshâlaim, yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im; rarely יְרוּשָׁלַיִם Yᵉrûwshâlayim; a dual (in allusion to its two main hills (the true pointing, at least of the former reading, seems to be that of H3390)); probably from (the passive participle of) H3384 and H7999; founded peaceful; Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine:—Jerusalem.
STRONGS H3389: Abbreviations
יֲרוּשָׁלַ֫םִ, יְרוּשָׁלַ֫יִם 644 proper name, of a location Jerusalem (in Assyrian Urusalim, Tel Amarna, ZimZA, 1891, 252, 254; Ursalimmu, COTGlossary; Greek Version of the LXX Ιερουσαλημ; √ and meaning dubious; Rel Ew and others derive from יְרוּשׁ שׁלם possession of peace (or Salem's possession); Thes and others from יָרָה, i.e. יְרוּ + שָׁלֵם a foundation of peace; GrillZAW, 1884, 134 ff. foundation of Shalem (Shalem = God of peace, = י׳); but name not certainly Hebrew; according to SayceAcad. Feb. 7, 1891, 138; Higher Crit. 176 (opposed by ZimZA. 1891, 263), JastrJBL xi, 1892, 185 = Uru (city) + Salim, proper name, of divinity); — usually יְרוּשָׁלַ֫םִ (Qr perpetuum), Joshua 10:10 +; יְרוּשָׁלָ֑םִ 1 Samuel 17:54 +; ־לַ֫יִם + 5 times according to Masora (see FrensdorffMass. Magna, 293), namely Jeremiah 26:18; 1 Chronicles 3:5; 2 Chronicles 25:1; 32:9 (with ה locative), Esther 2:6, (but לָ֑֫םִ - 1 Chronicles 3:5 van d. H Baer), so Maccabean coins, LevyGeschichte. d. jüd. Münz. 42 f.; with ה locative יְרוּשָׁלַ֫מֳה 1 Kings 10:2; Isaiah 36:2; Ezekiel 8:3; (־לַ֫יְמָה 2 Chronicles 32:9 above); ־לָ֑מֳה 2 Kings 9:28; with prefixes: בִּירו׳ 2 Samuel 9:13 +; לִירו׳ 2 Kings 18:22 +; מִירו׳ 2 Samuel 15:11 +; וִירו׳ 2 Kings 23:1 +; — Jerusalem, renowned as capital of all Israel, afterwards of southern kingdom, seat of central worship in temple, first named as city of Canaanite Adoni-Ṣedek † Joshua 10:1, 3, 5, 23 (all J E), compare Joshua 12:10 (D); inhabited by Jebusites Joshua 15:63 (twice in verse) (P), Judges 1:21 (twice in verse), compare Judges 1:7 (Adoni-Bezek); identification with יְבוּס Judges 19:10, and הַיְבוּסִי (which see) Joshua 15:8; Joshua 18:28 (both P); captured by Judah Judges 1:8; first named in connection with David 1 Samuel 17:54†; taken possession of by David as king 2 Samuel 5:6; David's royal seat 2 Samuel 5:5; 2 Samuel 5:13; 2 Samuel 5:14; 2 Samuel 8:7; 2 Samuel 11:1 +; it remained the capital until taken by Nebuchadrezzar, B.C. 588, 2 Kings 25:1 +; it became the chief home of the returned exiles Ezra 1:11; Ezra 2:11; Nehemiah 2:11, 17 +; mentioned Samuel + 31 times, Kings + 92 times, Chronicles + 151 times, Ezra + 25 times, Nehemiah + 38 times, Isaiah1 + 27 times, Isaiah2,3 + 22 times, Jeremiah + 107 times, Ezekiel + 26 times, Zechariah + 41 times, etc. — See also proper name, of a location יְבוּס, שָׁלֵם.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H3390.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Joshua

10:1; 10:3; 10:5; 10:10; 10:23; 12:10; 15:8; 15:63; 18:28

Judges

1:7; 1:8; 1:21; 19:10

1 Samuel

17:54; 17:54

2 Samuel

5:5; 5:6; 5:13; 5:14; 8:7; 9:13; 11:1; 15:11

1 Kings

10:2

2 Kings

9:28; 18:22; 23:1; 25:1

1 Chronicles

3:5; 3:5

2 Chronicles

25:1; 32:9; 32:9

Ezra

1:11; 2:11

Nehemiah

2:11; 2:17

Esther

2:6

Isaiah

36:2

Jeremiah

26:18

Ezekiel

8:3

H3389

Read the Full Entry

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3389 matches the Hebrew יְרוּשָׁלַם (yᵊrûšālam),
which occurs 643 times in 600 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 12 (Jos 10:1–1Ki 8:1)

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:1 - Adoni-Zedek, king of Jerusalem, heard how Joshua captured Ai and annihilated it and its king as he did Jericho and its king. He also heard how the people of Gibeon made peace with Israel and lived among them.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:3 - So King Adoni-Zedek of Jerusalem sent this message to King Hoham of Hebron, King Piram of Jarmuth, King Japhia of Lachish, and King Debir of Eglon:

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:5 - So the five Amorite kings (the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon) and all their troops gathered together and advanced. They deployed their troops and fought against Gibeon.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:23 - They did as ordered; they brought the five kings out of the cave to him - the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jos 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:10 - the king of Jerusalem (one), the king of Hebron (one),

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:8 - It then went up the Valley of Ben Hinnom to the slope of the Jebusites on the south (that is, Jerusalem), going up to the top of the hill opposite the Valley of Ben Hinnom to the west, which is at the end of the Valley of the Rephaites to the north.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:63

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:63 - The men of Judah were unable to conquer the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. The Jebusites live with the people of Judah in Jerusalem to this very day.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jos 18:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:28 - Zelah, Haeleph, the Jebusite city (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath - a total of fourteen cities and their towns. This was the land assigned to the tribe of Benjamin by its clans.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:7 - Adoni-Bezek said, "Seventy kings, with thumbs and big toes cut off, used to lick up food scraps under my table. God has repaid me for what I did to them." They brought him to Jerusalem, where he died.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:8 - The men of Judah attacked Jerusalem and captured it. They put the sword to it and set the city on fire.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:21 - The men of Benjamin, however, did not conquer the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. The Jebusites live with the people of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this very day.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:10 - But the man did not want to stay another night. He left and traveled as far as Jebus (that is, Jerusalem). He had with him a pair of saddled donkeys and his concubine.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:54

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:54 - David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem, and he put Goliath's weapons in his tent.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 5:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:5 - In Hebron he reigned over Judah for seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned for thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 5:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:6 - Then the king and his men advanced to Jerusalem against the Jebusites who lived in the land. The Jebusites said to David, "You cannot invade this place! Even the blind and the lame will turn you back, saying, 'David cannot invade this place!'"

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 5:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:13 - David married more concubines and wives from Jerusalem after he arrived from Hebron. Even more sons and daughters were born to David.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 5:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:14 - These are the names of children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 8:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:7 - David took the golden shields that belonged to Hadadezer's servants and brought them to Jerusalem.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 9:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:13 - Mephibosheth was living in Jerusalem, for he was a regular guest at the king's table. But both his feet were crippled.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 10:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:14 - When the Ammonites saw the Arameans flee, they fled before his brother Abishai and went into the city. Joab withdrew from fighting the Ammonites and returned to Jerusalem.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:1 - In the spring of the year, at the time when kings normally conduct wars, David sent out Joab with his officers and the entire Israelite army. They defeated the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed behind in Jerusalem.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:12 - So David said to Uriah, "Stay here another day. Tomorrow I will send you back." So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem both that day and the following one.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:31 - He removed the people who were in it and made them do hard labor with saws, iron picks, and iron axes, putting them to work at the brick kiln. This was his policy with all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all the army returned to Jerusalem.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:23 - So Joab got up and went to Geshur and brought Absalom back to Jerusalem.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:28 - Absalom lived in Jerusalem for two years without seeing the king's face.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:8 - For I made this vow when I was living in Geshur in Aram: 'If the LORD really does allow me to return to Jerusalem, I will serve the LORD.'"

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:11 - Now two hundred men had gone with Absalom from Jerusalem. Since they were invited, they went naively and were unaware of what Absalom was planning.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:14 - So David said to all his servants who were with him in Jerusalem, "Come on! Let's escape! Otherwise no one will be delivered from Absalom! Go immediately, or else he will quickly overtake us and bring disaster on us and kill the city's residents with the sword."

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:29 - So Zadok and Abiathar took the ark of God back to Jerusalem and remained there.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:37

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:37 - So David's friend Hushai arrived in the city, just as Absalom was entering Jerusalem.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 16:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:3 - The king asked, "Where is your master's grandson?" Ziba replied to the king, "He remains in Jerusalem, for he said, 'Today the house of Israel will give back to me my grandfather's kingdom.'"

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 16:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:15 - Now when Absalom and all the men of Israel arrived in Jerusalem, Ahithophel was with him.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:20 - When the servants of Absalom approached the woman at her home, they asked, "Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?" The woman replied to them, "They crossed over the stream." Absalom's men searched but did not find them, so they returned to Jerusalem.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:19 - He said to the king, "Don't think badly of me, my lord, and don't recall the sin of your servant on the day when you, my lord the king, left Jerusalem! Please don't call it to mind!

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:25 - When he came from Jerusalem to meet the king, the king asked him, "Why didn't you go with me, Mephibosheth?"

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:33 - So the king said to Barzillai, "Cross over with me, and I will take care of you while you are with me in Jerusalem."

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:34

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:34 - Barzillai replied to the king, "How many days do I have left to my life, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:2 - So all the men of Israel deserted David and followed Sheba son of Bicri. But the men of Judah stuck by their king all the way from the Jordan River to Jerusalem.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:3 - Then David went to his palace in Jerusalem. The king took the ten concubines he had left to care for the palace and placed them under confinement. Though he provided for their needs, he did not have sexual relations with them. They remained in confinement until the day they died, living out the rest of their lives as widows.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:7 - So Joab's men, accompanied by the Kerethites, the Pelethites, and all the warriors, left Jerusalem to pursue Sheba son of Bicri.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:22 - Then the woman went to all the people with her wise advice and they cut off Sheba's head and threw it out to Joab. Joab blew the trumpet, and his men dispersed from the city, each going to his own home. Joab returned to the king in Jerusalem.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:8 - They went through all the land and after nine months and twenty days came back to Jerusalem.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:16 - When the angel extended his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the LORD relented from his judgment. He told the angel who was killing the people, "That's enough! Stop now!" (Now the LORD's angel was near the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.)

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:11 - David reigned over Israel forty years; he reigned in Hebron seven years, and in Jerusalem thirty-three years.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:36 - Next the king summoned Shimei and told him, "Build yourself a house in Jerusalem and live there - but you may not leave there to go anywhere!

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:38 - Shimei said to the king, "My master the king's proposal is acceptable. Your servant will do as you say." So Shimei lived in Jerusalem for a long time.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:41 - When Solomon was told that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and had then returned,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:1 - Solomon made an alliance by marriage with Pharaoh, king of Egypt; he married Pharaoh's daughter. He brought her to the City of David until he could finish building his residence and the temple of the LORD and the wall around Jerusalem.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:15 - Solomon then woke up and realized it was a dream. He went to Jerusalem, stood before the ark of the Lord's covenant, offered up burnt sacrifices, presented peace offerings, and held a feast for all his servants.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:1 - Then Solomon convened in Jerusalem Israel's elders, all the leaders of the Israelite tribes and families, so they could witness the transferal of the ark of the LORD's covenant from the city of David (that is, Zion).

BLB Searches
Search the Bible
NET
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
NET
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan