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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.
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

H3389

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Strong's Number H3389 matches the Hebrew יְרוּשָׁלַם (yᵊrûšālam),
which occurs 29 times in 28 verses in '1Ki' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:11 - And the [fn]time which David reigned over Israel was forty years; in Hebron he reigned seven years and in Jerusalem H3389 he reigned thirty-three years.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:36 -

Then the king sent and called for Shimei and said to him, “Build for yourself a house in Jerusalem H3389 and live there, and do not go out from there to any place.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:38 - Shimei then said to the king, “The word is good. As my lord the king has said, so your servant will do.” So Shimei lived in Jerusalem H3389 many days.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:41 - And it was told to Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem H3389 to Gath, and had returned.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:1 -

Then Solomon [fn]formed a marriage alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh’s daughter and brought her to the city of David until he had completed building his own house and the house of Yahweh and the wall around Jerusalem H3389.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:15 -

Then Solomon awoke, and behold, it was a dream. And he came to Jerusalem H3389 and stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and made peace offerings, and made a feast for all his servants.

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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 King Solomon in Jerusalem H3389, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Yahweh from the city of David, which is Zion.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:15 -

Now this is the account of the forced labor which King Solomon raised up to build the house of Yahweh, his own house, the [fn]Millo, the wall of Jerusalem H3389, Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:19 - and all the storage cities which Solomon had, and the cities for [fn]his chariots, and the cities for [fn]his horsemen, and [fn]all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem H3389, in Lebanon, and in all the land [fn]under his rule.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:2 - She came to Jerusalem H3389 with a very glorious retinue, with camels carrying spices and very much gold and precious stones. And she came to Solomon and spoke to him about all that was in her heart.

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

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:27 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:7 - Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the detestable idol of Moab, on the mountain which is [fn]east of Jerusalem H3389, and for Molech the detestable idol of the sons of Ammon.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:13 - “However, I will not tear away all the kingdom, but I will give one tribe to your son for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem H3389 which I have chosen.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:29 - Now it happened at that time, that Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem H3389, and that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him on the road. Now [fn]he had covered himself with a new cloak; and both of them were alone in the field.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:32 - but he will have one tribe, for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem H3389, the city which I have chosen from all the tribes of Israel,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:36 - ‘But to his son I will give one tribe, that My servant David may have a lamp always before Me in Jerusalem H3389, the city where I have chosen for Myself to put My name.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:42 - Thus the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem H3389 over all Israel was forty years.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:18 - Then King Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the forced labor, and all Israel [fn]stoned him and he died. And King Rehoboam made haste to mount his chariot to flee to Jerusalem H3389.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:21

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

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:27 - “If this people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of Yahweh at Jerusalem H3389, then the heart of this people will return to their lord, even to Rehoboam king of Judah; and they will kill me and return to Rehoboam king of Judah.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:28 - So the king took counsel, and made two golden calves, and he said to them, “It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem H3389; behold your gods, O Israel, that brought you up from the land of Egypt.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:21

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Now Rehoboam the son of Solomon became king in Judah. 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:25

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Now it happened in the fifth year of King Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem H3389.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:2 - He reigned three years in Jerusalem H3389; and his mother’s name was [fn]Maacah the daughter of [fn]Abishalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:4 - But for David’s sake Yahweh his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem H3389, to raise up his son after him and to establish Jerusalem H3389;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:10 - And he reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem H3389; and his mother’s name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:42 - Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem H3389. And his mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
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