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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 25 times in 22 verses in 'Ezr' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 1:2 - “Thus says Cyrus king of Persia, ‘The LORD, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and He has appointed me to build Him a house in Jerusalem, H3389 which is in Judah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 1:3 - ‘Whoever there is among you of all His people, may his God be with him! Let him go up to Jerusalem H3389 which is in Judah and rebuild the house of the LORD, the God of Israel; He is the God who is in Jerusalem. H3389

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 1:4 - ‘Every survivor, at whatever place he may [fn]live, let the men of [fn]that place support him with silver and gold, with goods and cattle, together with a freewill offering for the house of God which is in Jerusalem.’” H3389

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 1:5 - Then the heads of fathers’ households of Judah and Benjamin and the priests and the Levites arose, even everyone whose spirit God had stirred to go up and rebuild the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem. H3389

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 1:7 - Also King Cyrus brought out the articles of the house of the LORD, which Nebuchadnezzar had carried away from Jerusalem H3389 and put in the house of his gods;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 1:11 - All the articles of gold and silver numbered 5,400. Sheshbazzar brought them all up with the exiles who went up from Babylon to Jerusalem. H3389

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:1 - Now these are the [fn]people of the province who came up out of the captivity of the exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away to Babylon, and returned to Jerusalem H3389 and Judah, each to his city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:68

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:68 - Some of the heads of fathers’ households, when they arrived at the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem, H3389 offered willingly for the house of God to [fn]restore it on its foundation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:1 - Now when the seventh month came, and the sons of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered together as one man to Jerusalem. H3389

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:8 - Now in the second year of their coming to the house of God at Jerusalem H3389 in the second month, Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak and the rest of their brothers the priests and the Levites, and all who came from the captivity to Jerusalem, H3389 began the work and appointed the Levites from twenty years and older to oversee the work of the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:6 - Now in the reign of [fn]Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, they wrote an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem. H3389

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:7 - Some of the sons of Israel and some of the priests, the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers and the temple servants went up to Jerusalem H3389 in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:8 - He came to Jerusalem H3389 in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:9 - For on the first of the first month [fn]he began to go up from Babylon; and on the first of the fifth month he came to Jerusalem, H3389 because the good hand of his God was upon him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:27 - Blessed be the LORD, the God of our fathers, who has put such a thing as this in the king’s heart, to adorn the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem, H3389

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:29 - “Watch and keep them until you weigh them before the leading priests, the Levites and the heads of the fathers’ households of Israel at Jerusalem, H3389 in the chambers of the house of the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:30 - So the priests and the Levites accepted the weighed out silver and gold and the utensils, to bring them to Jerusalem H3389 to the house of our God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:31 - Then we journeyed from the river Ahava on the twelfth of the first month to go to Jerusalem; H3389 and the hand of our God was over us, and He delivered us from the hand of the enemy and the ambushes by the way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:32

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:32 - Thus we came to Jerusalem H3389 and remained there three days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:9 - “For we are slaves; yet in our bondage our God has not forsaken us, but has extended lovingkindness to us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us reviving to raise up the house of our God, to restore its ruins and to give us a wall in Judah and Jerusalem. H3389

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:7 - They made a proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem H3389 to all the exiles, that they should assemble at Jerusalem, H3389

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:9 - So all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled at Jerusalem H3389 within the three days. It was the ninth month on the twentieth of the month, and all the people sat in the open square before the house of God, trembling because of this matter and the heavy rain.
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