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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 107 times in 98 verses in 'Jer' in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Jer 1:3–Jer 26:18)

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:3 - And it came in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the exile of Jerusalem H3389 in the fifth month.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:15 - “For, behold, I am calling all the families of the kingdoms of the north,” declares Yahweh; “and they will come, and each one of them will put his throne at the opening of the gates of Jerusalem H3389, and against all its walls round about and against all the cities of Judah.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:2 - “Go and call out in the ears of Jerusalem H3389, saying, ‘Thus says Yahweh,

“I remember concerning you the lovingkindness of your youth,

The love of your betrothals,

Your walking after Me in the wilderness,

Through a land not sown.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:17 - “At that time they will call Jerusalem H3389 ‘The Throne of Yahweh,’ and all the nations will be gathered to it, to Jerusalem H3389, for the name of Yahweh; nor will they walk anymore after the stubbornness of their evil heart.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:3 -

For thus says Yahweh to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem H3389,

[fn]Break up your fallow ground,

And do not sow among thorns.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:4 -

“Circumcise yourselves to Yahweh

And remove the foreskins of your heart,

Men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem H3389,

Lest My wrath go forth like fire

And burn with none to quench it

Because of the evil of your deeds.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:5 -

Declare in Judah and make it heard in Jerusalem H3389 and say,

“Blow the trumpet in the land;

Call out, make your voice full, and say,

‘Gather yourselves, and let us go

Into the fortified cities.’

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:10 -

Then I said, “Ah, Lord Yahweh! Surely You have utterly deceived this people and Jerusalem H3389, saying, ‘You will have peace’; whereas a sword touches the [fn]throat.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:11 -

In that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem H3389, “A [fn]scorching wind from the bare heights in the wilderness along the way of the daughter of My people—not to winnow and not to cleanse,

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:14 -

Wash your heart from evil, O Jerusalem H3389,

That you may be saved.

How long will your wicked thoughts

Lodge within you?

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:16 -

“Make mention of it to the nations, saying, ‘Behold!’

Make it heard over Jerusalem H3389,

‘Besiegers come from a far country,

And give forth their voices against the cities of Judah.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:1 -

“Roam to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem H3389,

And see now and know,

And seek in her open squares,

If you can find a man,

If there is one who does justice, who seeks faithfulness,

Then I will pardon her.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:1 -

“Flee for safety, O sons of Benjamin,

From the midst of Jerusalem H3389!

Now blow a trumpet in Tekoa

And raise a signal over [fn]Beth-haccerem,

For evil looks down from the north,

As well as great destruction.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:6 -

For thus says Yahweh of hosts,

“Cut down her trees

And cast up a siege against Jerusalem H3389.

This is the city to be punished,

In whose midst there is only oppression.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:8 -

“Heed discipline, O Jerusalem H3389,

Lest My soul become disgusted at you,

Lest I make you a desolation,

A land not inhabited.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:17 - “Are you not seeing what they are doing in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem H3389?
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:34 - “Then I will make to cease from the cities of Judah and from the streets of Jerusalem H3389 the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, for the land will become a waste place.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:1 -

“At that time,” declares Yahweh, “they will bring out the bones of the kings of Judah and the bones of its princes, and the bones of the priests and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem H3389 from their graves.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:5 -

“Why then has this people, Jerusalem H3389,

[fn]Turned away in continual faithlessness?

They hold fast to deceit;

They refuse to return.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:11 -

“I will make Jerusalem H3389 a heap of ruins,

A haunt of jackals;

And I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:2 - “Hear the words of this covenant, and you shall speak to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem H3389
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:6 -

And Yahweh said to me, “Call out all these words in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem H3389, saying, ‘Hear the words of this covenant so that you will do them.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:9 -

Then Yahweh said to me, “A conspiracy has been found among the men of Judah and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem H3389.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:12 - “Then the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem H3389 will go and cry to the gods to whom they burn incense, but they surely will not save them in the time of their calamity.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:13 - “For your gods are the number of your cities, O Judah; and the number of the streets of Jerusalem H3389 are the altars you have set up to the shameful thing, altars to burn incense to Baal.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:9 - “Thus says Yahweh, ‘Just so will I ruin the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem H3389.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:13 - Then you shall say to them, ‘Thus says Yahweh, “Behold, I am about to fill all the inhabitants of this land—the kings that sit for David on his throne, the priests, the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem H3389—with drunkenness!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:27 -

“As for your adulteries and your lustful neighings,

The lewdness of your prostitution

On the hills in the field,

I have seen your detestable things.

Woe to you, O Jerusalem H3389!

How long will you not cleanse yourself?”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:2 -

“Judah mourns,

And her gates languish;

They sit on the ground in mourning,

And the outcry of Jerusalem H3389 has gone up.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:16 - “The people also to whom they are prophesying will be thrown out into the streets of Jerusalem H3389 because of the famine and the sword; and there will be no one to bury them—neither them, nor their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters—for I will pour out their own evil on them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:4 - “I will give them over to be an example of terror among all the kingdoms of the earth because of Manasseh, the son of Hezekiah, the king of Judah, for what he did in Jerusalem H3389.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:5 -

“Indeed, who will spare you, O Jerusalem H3389,

Or who will console you,

Or who will turn aside to ask about your well-being?

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:19 -

Thus Yahweh said to me, “Go and stand in the [fn]public gate, through which the kings of Judah come in and go out, as well as in all the gates of Jerusalem H3389,

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:20 - and say to them, ‘Listen to the word of Yahweh, kings of Judah and all Judah and all inhabitants of Jerusalem H3389 who come in through these gates:
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:21 - ‘Thus says Yahweh, “Take care of yourselves, and do not carry any load on the sabbath day or bring anything in through the gates of Jerusalem H3389.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:25 - then there will come in through the gates of this city kings and princes [fn]sitting on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they and their princes, the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem H3389, and this city will be inhabited forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:26 - “And they will come in from the cities of Judah and from all around Jerusalem H3389, from the land of Benjamin, from the [fn]Shephelah, from the hill country, and from the Negev, bringing burnt offerings, sacrifices, grain offerings, and frankincense, and bringing sacrifices of thanksgiving to the house of Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:27 - “But if you do not listen to Me to keep the sabbath day holy by not carrying a load and coming in through the gates of Jerusalem H3389 on the sabbath day, then I will kindle a fire in its gates, and it will devour the palaces of Jerusalem H3389 and not be quenched.”’”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:11 - “So now then, speak to the men of Judah and against the inhabitants of Jerusalem H3389 saying, ‘Thus says Yahweh, “Behold, I am forming calamity against you and devising a plan against you. Oh turn back, each of you from his evil way, and do good in your ways and your deeds.”’
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:3 - and say, ‘Hear the word of Yahweh, O kings of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem H3389: thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, “Behold, I am about to bring a calamity upon this place, at which the ears of everyone that hears of it will tingle.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:7 - “I will empty out the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem H3389 to the point of destruction in this place, and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies and by the hand of those who seek their life; and I will give over their carcasses as food for the birds of the sky and the beasts of the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:13 - “And the houses of Jerusalem H3389 and the houses of the kings of Judah will be defiled like the place Topheth because of all the houses on whose rooftops they burned incense to all the heavenly host and poured out drink offerings to other gods.”’”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:19 -

“He will be buried with a donkey’s burial,

Dragged off and thrown out beyond the gates of Jerusalem H3389.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:14 -

“Also among the prophets of Jerusalem H3389 I have seen an appalling thing:

The committing of adultery and walking in lying;

And they strengthen the hands of evildoers,

So that no one has turned back from his evil.

All of them have become to Me like Sodom,

And her inhabitants like Gomorrah.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:15 -

“Therefore thus says Yahweh of hosts concerning the prophets,

‘Behold, I am going to feed them wormwood

And make them drink [fn]poisoned water,

For from the prophets of Jerusalem H3389

Pollution has gone forth into all the land.’”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:1 -

After Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had taken away into exile Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the officials of Judah with the craftsmen and smiths from Jerusalem H3389, and had brought them to Babylon, Yahweh showed me: behold, two baskets of figs set before the temple of Yahweh!

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:8 -

‘But like the rotten figs which cannot be eaten due to rottenness—indeed, thus says Yahweh—so I will give over Zedekiah king of Judah and his officials and the remnant of Jerusalem H3389 who remain in this land and the ones who inhabit the land of Egypt.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:2 - which Jeremiah the prophet spoke to all the people of Judah and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem H3389, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:18 - Jerusalem H3389 and the cities of Judah and its kings and its princes, to make them a waste place, an object of horror, an object of hissing, and a curse, as it is this day;
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:18 - [fn]Micah of Moresheth prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah; and he spoke to all the people of Judah, saying, ‘Thus Yahweh of hosts has said,

“Zion will be plowed as a field,

And Jerusalem H3389 will become a heap of ruins,

And the mountain of the house will become [fn]the high places of a forest.”’


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