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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 41 times in 37 verses in 'Zec' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:12 - Then the angel of the LORD said, “O LORD of hosts, how long will You have no compassion for Jerusalem H3389 and the cities of Judah, with which You have been indignant these seventy years?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:14 - So the angel who was speaking with me said to me, “Proclaim, saying, ‘Thus says the LORD of hosts, “I am exceedingly jealous for Jerusalem H3389 and Zion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:16 - ‘Therefore thus says the LORD, “I will return to Jerusalem H3389 with compassion; My house will be built in it,” declares the LORD of hosts, “and a measuring line will be stretched over Jerusalem.”’ H3389

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:17 - “Again, proclaim, saying, ‘Thus says the LORD of hosts, “My cities will again overflow with prosperity, and the LORD will again comfort Zion and again choose Jerusalem.”’” H3389

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:19 - So I said to the angel who was speaking with me, “What are these?” And he answered me, “These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel and Jerusalem.” H3389

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 2:2 - So I said, “Where are you going?” And he said to me, “To measure Jerusalem, H3389 to see how wide it is and how long it is.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 2:4 - and said to him, “Run, speak to that young man, saying, ‘Jerusalem H3389 will be inhabited [fn]without walls because of the multitude of men and cattle within it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 2:12 - “The LORD will [fn]possess Judah as His portion in the holy land, and will again choose Jerusalem. H3389

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 3:2 - The LORD said to Satan, “The LORD rebuke you, Satan! Indeed, the LORD who has chosen Jerusalem H3389 rebuke you! Is this not a brand plucked from the fire?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:7 - ‘Are not these the words which the LORD proclaimed by the former prophets, when Jerusalem H3389 was inhabited and [fn]prosperous along with its cities around it, and the [fn]Negev and the [fn]foothills were inhabited?’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:3 - “Thus says the LORD, ‘I will return to Zion and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. H3389 Then Jerusalem H3389 will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD of hosts will be called the Holy Mountain.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:4 - “Thus says the LORD of hosts, ‘Old men and old women will again sit in the [fn]streets of Jerusalem, H3389 each man with his staff in his hand because of [fn]age.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:8 - and I will bring them back and they will live in the midst of Jerusalem; H3389 and they shall be My people, and I will be their God in [fn]truth and righteousness.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:15 - so I have again purposed in these days to do good to Jerusalem H3389 and to the house of Judah. Do not fear!

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:22 - ‘So many peoples and mighty nations will come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem H3389 and to entreat the favor of the LORD.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:9 - Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!
Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem! H3389
Behold, your king is coming to you;
He is [fn]just and endowed with salvation,
Humble, and mounted on a donkey,
Even on a colt, the [fn]foal of a donkey.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:10 - I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim
And the horse from Jerusalem; H3389
And the bow of war will be cut off.
And He will speak peace to the nations;
And His dominion will be from sea to sea,
And from the [fn]River to the ends of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:2 - “Behold, I am going to make Jerusalem H3389 a cup [fn]that causes reeling to all the peoples around; and when the siege is against Jerusalem, H3389 it will also be against Judah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:3 - “It will come about in that day that I will make Jerusalem H3389 a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who lift it will be severely [fn]injured. And all the nations of the earth will be gathered against it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:5 - “Then the clans of Judah will say in their hearts, ‘[fn]A strong support for us are the inhabitants of Jerusalem H3389 through the LORD of hosts, their God.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:6 - “In that day I will make the clans of Judah like a firepot among pieces of wood and a flaming torch among sheaves, so they will consume on the right hand and on the left all the surrounding peoples, while the inhabitants of Jerusalem H3389 again dwell on their own sites in Jerusalem. H3389

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:7 - “The LORD also will save the tents of Judah first, so that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem H3389 will not be magnified above Judah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:8 - “In that day the LORD will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem, H3389 and the one who [fn]is feeble among them in that day will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of the LORD before them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:9 - “And in that day I will [fn]set about to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem. H3389

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:10 - “I will pour out on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, H3389 [fn]the Spirit of grace and of supplication, so that they will look on Me whom they have pierced; and they will mourn for Him, as one mourns for an only son, and they will weep bitterly over Him like the bitter weeping over a firstborn.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:11 - “In that day there will be great mourning in Jerusalem, H3389 like the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the [fn]plain of [fn]Megiddo.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 13:1

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 13:1 - “In that day a fountain will be opened for the house of David and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem, H3389 for sin and for impurity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:2 - For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem H3389 to battle, and the city will be captured, the houses plundered, the women ravished and half of the city exiled, but the rest of the people will not be cut off from the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:4 - In that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which is in front of Jerusalem H3389 on the east; and the Mount of Olives will be split in its middle from east to west by a very large valley, so that half of the mountain will move toward the north and the other half toward the south.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:8 - And in that day living waters will flow out of Jerusalem, H3389 half of them toward the eastern sea and the other half toward the western sea; it will be in summer as well as in winter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:10 - All the land will be changed into a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem; H3389 but [fn]Jerusalem will rise and remain on its site from Benjamin’s Gate as far as the place of the First Gate to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the king’s wine presses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:11

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:11 - [fn]People will live in it, and there will no longer be a curse, for Jerusalem H3389 will dwell in security.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:12 - Now this will be the plague with which the LORD will strike all the peoples who have gone to war against Jerusalem; H3389 their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet, and their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongue will rot in their mouth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:14 - Judah also will fight at Jerusalem; H3389 and the wealth of all the surrounding nations will be gathered, gold and silver and garments in great abundance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:16

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:16 - Then it will come about that any who are left of all the nations that went against Jerusalem H3389 will go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to celebrate the Feast of Booths.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:17

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:17 - And it will be that whichever of the families of the earth does not go up to Jerusalem H3389 to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, there will be no rain on them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:21 - Every cooking pot in Jerusalem H3389 and in Judah will be holy to the LORD of hosts; and all who sacrifice will come and take of them and boil in them. And there will no longer be a [fn]Canaanite in the house of the LORD of hosts in that day.
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