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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 643 times in 600 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 5 / 12 (2Ch 24:9–2Ch 34:9)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:9 - And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, H3389 to bring in to the LORD the collection that Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel in the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:18 - And they left the house of the LORD God of their fathers, and served groves and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem H3389 for this their trespass.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:23 - And it came to pass at the end of the year, that the host of Syria came up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, H3389 and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them unto the king of Damascus.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:1 - Amaziah was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. H3389 And his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. H3389

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:23 - And Joash the king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Bethshemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, H3389 and brake down the wall of Jerusalem H3389 from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:27 - Now after the time that Amaziah did turn away from following the LORD they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; H3389 and he fled to Lachish: but they sent to Lachish after him, and slew him there.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:3 - Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and two years in Jerusalem. H3389 His mother's name also was Jecoliah of Jerusalem. H3389

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:9 - Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem H3389 at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the turning of the wall, and fortified them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:15 - And he made in Jerusalem H3389 engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 27:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 27:1 - Jotham was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. H3389 His mother's name also was Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 27:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 27:8 - He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. H3389

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:1 - Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: H3389 but he did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD, like David his father:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:10 - And now ye purpose to keep under the children of Judah and Jerusalem H3389 for bondmen and bondwomen unto you: but are there not with you, even with you, sins against the LORD your God?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:24 - And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God, and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and shut up the doors of the house of the LORD, and he made him altars in every corner of Jerusalem. H3389

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:27 - And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem: H3389 but they brought him not into the sepulchres of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:1 - Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and twenty years old, and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem. H3389 And his mother's name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:8 - Wherefore the wrath of the LORD was upon Judah and Jerusalem, H3389 and he hath delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, as ye see with your eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:1 - And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, H3389 to keep the passover unto the LORD God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:2 - For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, H3389 to keep the passover in the second month.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:3 - For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests had not sanctified themselves sufficiently, neither had the people gathered themselves together to Jerusalem. H3389

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:5 - So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beersheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the passover unto the LORD God of Israel at Jerusalem: H3389 for they had not done it of a long time in such sort as it was written.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:11 - Nevertheless divers of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem. H3389

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:13 - And there assembled at Jerusalem H3389 much people to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great congregation.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:14 - And they arose and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem, H3389 and all the altars for incense took they away, and cast them into the brook Kidron.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:21 - And the children of Israel that were present at Jerusalem H3389 kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness: and the Levites and the priests praised the LORD day by day, singing with loud instruments unto the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:26 - So there was great joy in Jerusalem: H3389 for since the time of Solomon the son of David king of Israel there was not the like in Jerusalem. H3389

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:4 - Moreover he commanded the people that dwelt in Jerusalem H3389 to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be encouraged in the law of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:2 - And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and that he was purposed to fight against Jerusalem, H3389

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:9 - After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants to Jerusalem, H3389 (but he himself laid siege against Lachish, and all his power with him,) unto Hezekiah king of Judah, and unto all Judah that were at Jerusalem, H3389 saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:10 - Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem? H3389

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:12 - Hath not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, H3389 saying, Ye shall worship before one altar, and burn incense upon it?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:18 - Then they cried with a loud voice in the Jews' speech unto the people of Jerusalem H3389 that were on the wall, to affright them, and to trouble them; that they might take the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:19 - And they spake against the God of Jerusalem, H3389 as against the gods of the people of the earth, which were the work of the hands of man.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:22 - Thus the LORD saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem H3389 from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand of all other, and guided them on every side.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:23 - And many brought gifts unto the LORD to Jerusalem, H3389 and presents to Hezekiah king of Judah: so that he was magnified in the sight of all nations from thenceforth.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:25 - But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit done unto him; for his heart was lifted up: therefore there was wrath upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem. H3389

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:26 - Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, H3389 so that the wrath of the LORD came not upon them in the days of Hezekiah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:33 - And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the chiefest of the sepulchres of the sons of David: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem H3389 did him honour at his death. And Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:1 - Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem: H3389

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:4 - Also he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD had said, In Jerusalem H3389 shall my name be for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:7 - And he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, H3389 which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:9 - So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem H3389 to err, and to do worse than the heathen, whom the LORD had destroyed before the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:13 - And prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem H3389 into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD he was God.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:15 - And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house of the LORD, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the LORD, and in Jerusalem, H3389 and cast them out of the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:21 - Amon was two and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned two years in Jerusalem. H3389

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:1 - Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem H3389 one and thirty years.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:3 - For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem H3389 from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:5 - And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem. H3389

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:7 - And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and had beaten the graven images into powder, and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem. H3389

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:9 - And when they came to Hilkiah the high priest, they delivered the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites that kept the doors had gathered of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the remnant of Israel, and of all Judah and Benjamin; and they returned to Jerusalem. H3389

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