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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-ṢedekJoshua 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.
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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

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 4 / 12 (1Ch 29:27–2Ch 24:6)

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:27 - And the [fn]time which he reigned over Israel was forty years; in Hebron he reigned seven years and [fn]in Jerusalem H3389 thirty-three years.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:4 - However, David had brought up the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim [fn]to the place he had prepared for it, for he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem H3389.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:13 - So Solomon went [fn]from the high place which was at Gibeon, from the tent of meeting, to Jerusalem H3389, and he reigned over Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:14 -

And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen. And he had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horsemen, and he stationed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem H3389.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:15 - The king also made silver and gold as plentiful as stones in Jerusalem H3389, and he made cedars as plentiful as sycamore trees that are in the [fn]Shephelah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:7 - “So now, send me a wise man to work in gold, silver, brass, and iron, and in purple, crimson, and blue fabrics, and who knows how to make engravings, to work with the wise men [fn]whom I have in Judah and Jerusalem H3389, whom David my father prepared.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:16 - “And we will cut whatever timber you need from Lebanon and bring it to you on rafts by sea to Joppa, so that you may carry it up to Jerusalem H3389.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:1 -

Then Solomon began to build the house of Yahweh in Jerusalem H3389 on Mount Moriah, where Yahweh had appeared to his father David, at the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of [fn]Ornan the Jebusite.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:2 -

Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the leaders of the fathers’ households of the sons of Israel to Jerusalem H3389, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Yahweh from the city of David, which is Zion.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:6 - but I have chosen Jerusalem H3389 that My name might be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:6 - and Baalath and all the storage cities which Solomon had, and all the cities for [fn]his chariots, and the cities for [fn]his horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem H3389, in Lebanon, and in all the land [fn]under his rule.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:1 -

Now the queen of Sheba heard the report about Solomon. So she came to Jerusalem H3389 to test Solomon with riddles. She had a very glorious retinue, with camels carrying spices and a large amount of gold and precious stones. And she came to Solomon and spoke with him about all that was in her heart.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:25 -

And Solomon had 4,000 stalls for horses and chariots and 12,000 horsemen, and he stationed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem H3389.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:27 - The king also made silver as plentiful as stones in Jerusalem H3389, and he made cedars as plentiful as sycamore trees that are in the [fn]Shephelah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:30 - Thus Solomon reigned forty years in Jerusalem H3389 over all Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:18 - Then King Rehoboam sent Hadoram, who was over the forced labor, and the sons of Israel [fn]stoned him and he died. And King Rehoboam made haste to mount his chariot to flee to Jerusalem H3389.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:1 -

Then Rehoboam came to Jerusalem H3389 and assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin, 180,000 chosen men who could wage war, to fight against Israel to return the kingdom to Rehoboam.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:5 -

Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem H3389 and built cities for fortifications in Judah.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:14 - For the Levites left their pasture lands and their possession of land and went to Judah and Jerusalem H3389, for Jeroboam and his sons had rejected them from ministering as priests to Yahweh
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:16 - Now those from all the tribes of Israel who gave their hearts to seek Yahweh, the God of Israel, [fn]followed them to Jerusalem H3389, to sacrifice to Yahweh, the God of their fathers.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:2 - Now it happened in the fifth year of King Rehoboam, because they had been unfaithful to Yahweh, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem H3389
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:4 - And he captured the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem H3389.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:5 - Now Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the princes of Judah who had gathered at Jerusalem H3389 because of Shishak, and he said to them, “Thus says Yahweh, ‘You have forsaken Me, so I also have forsaken you [fn]to Shishak.’”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:7 -

When Yahweh saw that they humbled themselves, the word of Yahweh came to Shemaiah, saying, “They have humbled themselves so I will not bring them to ruin, but I will grant them some measure of escape, and My wrath shall not be poured out on Jerusalem H3389 by the hand of Shishak.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:9 -

So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem H3389, and took the treasures of the house of Yahweh and the treasures of the king’s house. He took everything; he even took the shields of gold which Solomon had made.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:13 -

So King Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem H3389 and reigned. Now Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem H3389, the city which Yahweh had chosen from all the tribes of Israel to put His name there. And his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonitess.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:2 - He reigned three years in Jerusalem H3389; and his mother’s name was Micaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah.

Now there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:15 - They also struck down [fn]those who owned livestock, and they carried away large numbers of sheep and camels. Then they returned to Jerusalem H3389.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:10 - So they assembled at Jerusalem H3389 in the third month of the fifteenth year of Asa’s reign.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:13 - And he had large supplies in the cities of Judah, and men of war, mighty men of valor, in Jerusalem H3389.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:1 -

Then Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned in peace to his house in Jerusalem H3389.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:4 -

So Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem H3389. Indeed, he returned and went out among the people from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim and caused them to return back to Yahweh, the God of their fathers.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:8 -

In Jerusalem H3389 also Jehoshaphat appointed some of the Levites and priests, and some of the heads of the fathers’ households of Israel, for the judgment of Yahweh and to judge [fn]disputes. So they returned to Jerusalem H3389.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:5 -

Then Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem H3389, in the house of Yahweh before the new court,

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:15 - and he said, “Pay attention, all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem H3389 and King Jehoshaphat: thus says Yahweh to you, ‘Do not fear or be dismayed because of this great multitude, for the battle is not yours but God’s.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:17 - ‘You need not fight in this battle; take your stand—stand and see the salvation of Yahweh on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem H3389.’ Do not fear or be dismayed; tomorrow go out to face them, for Yahweh is with you.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:18 -

So Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground, and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem H3389 fell down before Yahweh, worshiping Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:20 -

And they rose early in the morning and went out to the wilderness of Tekoa; and when they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Listen to me, O Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem H3389, establish your faith in Yahweh your God and you will be established. Establish your faith in His prophets and succeed.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:27 - And every man of Judah and Jerusalem H3389 returned with Jehoshaphat at their head, returning to Jerusalem H3389 with gladness, for Yahweh had made them glad over their enemies.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:28 - And they came to Jerusalem H3389 with harps, lyres, and trumpets to the house of Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:31 -

Thus Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah. He was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem H3389 twenty-five years. And his mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:5 - Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem H3389.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:11 - Moreover, he made high places in the mountains of Judah, and caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem H3389 to play the harlot and drove Judah astray.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:13 - but have walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and have caused Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem H3389 to play the harlot as the house of Ahab played the harlot, and you have also killed your brothers, [fn]your own family, who were better than you,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:20 - He was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem H3389 eight years; and he departed [fn]with no one’s regret, and they buried him in the city of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:1 -

Then the inhabitants of Jerusalem H3389 made [fn]Ahaziah, his youngest son, king in his place, for the band of men who came with the Arabs to the camp had killed all the older sons. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah became king.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:2 - Ahaziah was [fn]twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem H3389. And his mother’s name was Athaliah, the [fn]granddaughter of Omri.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:2 - And they went around Judah and gathered the Levites from all the cities of Judah, and the heads of the fathers’ households of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem H3389.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:1 -

Joash was seven years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem H3389; and his mother’s name was Zibiah from Beersheba.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:6 - So the king called for Jehoiada the chief priest and said to him, “Why have you not required the Levites to bring in from Judah and from Jerusalem H3389 the levy fixed by Moses the servant of Yahweh on the congregation of Israel for the tent of the testimony?”

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