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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 26 times in 26 verses in 'Eze' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:1 - Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon it the city, even Jerusalem: H3389

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:7 - Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, H3389 and thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:16 - Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: H3389 and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:5 - Thus saith the Lord GOD; This is Jerusalem: H3389 I have set it in the midst of the nations and countries that are round about her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:3 - And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, H3389 to the door of the inner gate that looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:4 - And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, H3389 and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:8 - And it came to pass, while they were slaying them, and I was left, that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou destroy all the residue of Israel in thy pouring out of thy fury upon Jerusalem? H3389

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:15 - Son of man, thy brethren, even thy brethren, the men of thy kindred, and all the house of Israel wholly, are they unto whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem H3389 have said, Get you far from the LORD: unto us is this land given in possession.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:10 - Say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; This burden concerneth the prince in Jerusalem, H3389 and all the house of Israel that are among them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:19 - And say unto the people of the land, Thus saith the Lord GOD of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, H3389 and of the land of Israel; They shall eat their bread with carefulness, and drink their water with astonishment, that her land may be desolate from all that is therein, because of the violence of all them that dwell therein.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:16 - To wit, the prophets of Israel which prophesy concerning Jerusalem, H3389 and which see visions of peace for her, and there is no peace, saith the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:21 - For thus saith the Lord GOD; How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, H3389 the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:22 - Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be brought forth, both sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth unto you, and ye shall see their way and their doings: and ye shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, H3389 even concerning all that I have brought upon it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 15:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 15:6 - Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As the vine tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem. H3389

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:2 - Son of man, cause Jerusalem H3389 to know her abominations,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:3 - And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto Jerusalem; H3389 Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of Canaan; thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother an Hittite.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:12 - Say now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon is come to Jerusalem, H3389 and hath taken the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them with him to Babylon;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:2 - Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, H3389 and drop thy word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:20 - Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem H3389 the defenced.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:22 - At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, H3389 to appoint captains, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint battering rams against the gates, to cast a mount, and to build a fort.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:19 - Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye are all become dross, behold, therefore I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem. H3389

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:4 - And the names of them were Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her sister: and they were mine, and they bare sons and daughters. Thus were their names; Samaria is Aholah, and Jerusalem H3389 Aholibah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:2 - Son of man, write thee the name of the day, even of this same day: the king of Babylon set himself against Jerusalem H3389 this same day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:2 - Son of man, because that Tyrus hath said against Jerusalem, H3389 Aha, she is broken that was the gates of the people: she is turned unto me: I shall be replenished, now she is laid waste:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:21 - And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that one that had escaped out of Jerusalem H3389 came unto me, saying, The city is smitten.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:38

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:38 - As the holy flock, as the flock of Jerusalem H3389 in her solemn feasts; so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of men: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
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