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Lexicon :: Strong's H3389 - yᵊrûšālam

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יְרוּשָׁלַם
Transliteration
yᵊrûšālam
Pronunciation
yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im
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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.
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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

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Strong's Number H3389 matches the Hebrew יְרוּשָׁלַם (yᵊrûšālam),
which occurs 127 times in 117 verses in '2Ch' in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (2Ch 1:4–2Ch 24:9)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:4 - (But David had brought up the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to the place that David had prepared for it, for he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:13 - So Solomon came from[fn] the high place at Gibeon, from before the tent of meeting, to Jerusalem. And he reigned over Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 1:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:14 - Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen. He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horsemen, whom he stationed in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:15 - And the king made silver and gold as common in Jerusalem as stone, and he made cedar as plentiful as the sycamore of the Shephelah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 2:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:7 - So now send me a man skilled to work in gold, silver, bronze, and iron, and in purple, crimson, and blue fabrics, trained also in engraving, to be with the skilled workers who are with me in Judah and Jerusalem, whom David my father provided.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:16 - And we will cut whatever timber you need from Lebanon and bring it to you in rafts by sea to Joppa, so that you may take it up to Jerusalem.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 3:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:1 - Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD[fn] had appeared to David his father, at the place that David had appointed, on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:2 - Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the leaders of the fathers’ houses of the people of Israel, in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 6:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:6 - but I have chosen Jerusalem that my name may be there, and I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 8:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:6 - and Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had and all the cities for his chariots and the cities for his horsemen, and whatever Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:1 - Now when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to Jerusalem to test him with hard questions, having a very great retinue and camels bearing spices and very much gold and precious stones. And when she came to Solomon, she told him all that was on her mind.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:25 - And Solomon had 4,000 stalls for horses and chariots, and 12,000 horsemen, whom he stationed in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:27 - And the king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stone, and he made cedar as plentiful as the sycamore of the Shephelah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:30 - Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 10:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:18 - Then King Rehoboam sent Hadoram,[fn] who was taskmaster over the forced labor, and the people of Israel stoned him to death with stones. And King Rehoboam quickly mounted his chariot to flee to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 11:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:1 - When Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, he assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin, 180,000 chosen warriors, to fight against Israel, to restore the kingdom to Rehoboam.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 11:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:5 - Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem, and he built cities for defense in Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 11:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:14 - For the Levites left their common lands and their holdings and came to Judah and Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons cast them out from serving as priests of the LORD,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 11:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:16 - And those who had set their hearts to seek the LORD God of Israel came after them from all the tribes of Israel to Jerusalem to sacrifice to the LORD, the God of their fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 12:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:2 - In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, because they had been unfaithful to the LORD, Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 12:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:4 - And he took the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 12:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:5 - Then Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and to the princes of Judah, who had gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said to them, “Thus says the LORD, ‘You abandoned me, so I have abandoned you to the hand of Shishak.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:7 - When the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah: “They have humbled themselves. I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance, and my wrath shall not be poured out on Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 12:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:9 - So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem. He took away the treasures of the house of the LORD and the treasures of the king’s house. He took away everything. He also took away the shields of gold that Solomon had made,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 12:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:13 - So King Rehoboam grew strong in Jerusalem and reigned. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city that the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel to put his name there. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 13:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:2 - He reigned for three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Micaiah[fn] the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. Now there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:15 - And they struck down the tents of those who had livestock and carried away sheep in abundance and camels. Then they returned to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 15:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:10 - They were gathered at Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 17:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:13 - and he had large supplies in the cities of Judah. He had soldiers, mighty men of valor, in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 19:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:1 - Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned in safety to his house in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 19:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:4 - Jehoshaphat lived at Jerusalem. And he went out again among the people, from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim, and brought them back to the LORD, the God of their fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 19:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:8 - Moreover, in Jerusalem Jehoshaphat appointed certain Levites and priests and heads of families of Israel, to give judgment for the LORD and to decide disputed cases. They had their seat at Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:5 - And Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before the new court,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:15 - And he said, “Listen, all Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem and King Jehoshaphat: Thus says the LORD to you, ‘Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed at this great horde, for the battle is not yours but God’s.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:17 - You will not need to fight in this battle. Stand firm, hold your position, and see the salvation of the LORD on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem.’ Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed. Tomorrow go out against them, and the LORD will be with you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:18 - Then Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground, and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell down before the LORD, worshiping the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:20 - And they rose early in the morning and went out into the wilderness of Tekoa. And when they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Hear me, Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem! Believe in the LORD your God, and you will be established; believe his prophets, and you will succeed.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:27 - Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat at their head, returning to Jerusalem with joy, for the LORD had made them rejoice over their enemies.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:28 - They came to Jerusalem with harps and lyres and trumpets, to the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:31 - Thus Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah. He was thirty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 21:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:5 - Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 21:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:11 - Moreover, he made high places in the hill country of Judah and led the inhabitants of Jerusalem into whoredom and made Judah go astray.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 21:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:13 - but have walked in the way of the kings of Israel and have enticed Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem into whoredom, as the house of Ahab led Israel into whoredom, and also you have killed your brothers, of your father’s house, who were better than you,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 21:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:20 - He was thirty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. And he departed with no one’s regret. They buried him in the city of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 22:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:1 - And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, his youngest son, king in his place, for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had killed all the older sons. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 22:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:2 - Ahaziah was twenty-two[fn] years old when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Athaliah, the granddaughter of Omri.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 23:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:2 - And they went about through Judah and gathered the Levites from all the cities of Judah, and the heads of fathers’ houses of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 24:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:1 - Joash[fn] was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zibiah of Beersheba.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 24:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:6 - So the king summoned Jehoiada the chief and said to him, “Why have you not required the Levites to bring in from Judah and Jerusalem the tax levied by Moses, the servant of the LORD, and the congregation of Israel for the tent of testimony?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 24:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:9 - And proclamation was made throughout Judah and Jerusalem to bring in for the LORD the tax that Moses the servant of God laid on Israel in the wilderness.

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