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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 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 - “Now you son of man, get yourself a brick, place it before you and inscribe a city on it, Jerusalem. H3389

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:7 - “Then you shall set your face toward the siege of Jerusalem H3389 with your arm bared and prophesy against it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:16 - Moreover, He said to me, “Son of man, behold, I am going to break the staff of bread in Jerusalem, H3389 and they will eat bread by weight and with anxiety, and drink water by measure and in horror,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:5 - “Thus says the Lord [fn]GOD, ‘This is Jerusalem; H3389 I have set her at the center of the nations, with lands around her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:3 - He stretched out the form of a hand and caught me by a lock of my head; and the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, H3389 to the entrance of the [fn]north gate of the inner court, where the seat of the idol of jealousy, which provokes to jealousy, was located.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:4 - The LORD said to him, “Go through the midst of the city, even through the midst of Jerusalem, H3389 and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and groan over all the abominations which are being committed in its midst.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:8 - As they were striking the people and I alone was left, I fell on my face and cried out [fn]saying, “Alas, Lord [fn]GOD! Are You destroying the whole remnant of Israel [fn]by pouring out Your wrath on Jerusalem?” H3389

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:15 - “Son of man, your brothers, your [fn]relatives, [fn]your fellow exiles and the whole house of Israel, all of them, are those to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem H3389 have said, ‘Go far from the LORD; this land has been given us as a possession.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:10 - “Say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord [fn]GOD, “This [fn]burden concerns the prince in Jerusalem H3389 as well as all the house of Israel who are [fn]in it.”’

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:19 - “Then say to the people of the land, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem H3389 in the land of Israel, “They will eat their bread with anxiety and drink their water with horror, because [fn]their land will be [fn]stripped of its fullness on account of the violence of all who live in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:16 - along with the prophets of Israel who prophesy to Jerusalem, H3389 and who see visions of peace for her when there is no peace,’ declares the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:21 - For thus says the Lord GOD, “How much more when I send My four [fn]severe judgments against Jerusalem: H3389 sword, famine, wild beasts and plague to cut off man and beast from it!

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:22 - “Yet, behold, [fn]survivors will be left in it who will be brought out, both sons and daughters. Behold, they are going to come forth to you and you will see their conduct and actions; then you will be comforted for the calamity which I have brought against Jerusalem H3389 for everything which I have brought upon it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 15:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 15:6 - “Therefore, thus says the Lord [fn]GOD, ‘As the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so have I given up the inhabitants of Jerusalem; H3389

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:2 - “Son of man, make known to Jerusalem H3389 her abominations

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:3 - and say, ‘Thus says the Lord [fn]GOD to Jerusalem, H3389 “Your origin and your birth are from the land of the Canaanite, your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:12 - “Say now to the rebellious house, ‘Do you not know what these things mean?’ Say, ‘Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, H3389 took its king and princes and brought them to him in Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:2 - “Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem, H3389 and [fn]speak against the sanctuaries and prophesy against the land of Israel;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:20 - “You shall [fn]mark a way for the sword to come to Rabbah of the sons of Ammon, and to Judah into fortified Jerusalem. H3389

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:22 - “Into his right hand came the divination, ‘Jerusalem,’ H3389 to set battering rams, to open the mouth [fn]for slaughter, to lift up the voice with a battle cry, to set battering rams against the gates, to cast up ramps, to build a siege wall.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:19 - “Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, ‘Because all of you have become dross, therefore, behold, I am going to gather you into the midst of Jerusalem. H3389

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:4 - “Their names were Oholah the elder and Oholibah her sister. And they became Mine, and they bore sons and daughters. And as for their names, Samaria is Oholah and Jerusalem H3389 is Oholibah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:2 - “Son of man, write the name of the day, this very day. The king of Babylon [fn]has laid siege to Jerusalem H3389 this very day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:2 - “Son of man, because Tyre has said concerning Jerusalem, H3389 ‘Aha, the gateway of the peoples is broken; it has [fn]opened to me. I shall be filled, now that she is laid waste,’

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:21 - Now in the twelfth year of our exile, on the fifth of the tenth month, the [fn]refugees from Jerusalem H3389 came to me, saying, “The city has been [fn]taken.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:38

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:38 - “Like the flock [fn]for sacrifices, like the flock at Jerusalem H3389 during her appointed feasts, so will the waste cities be filled with flocks of men. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”’”
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