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Lexicon :: Strong's H3389 - yᵊrûšālam

Aa
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.
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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 643 times in 600 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 9 / 12 (Isa 66:13–Jer 25:2)

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:13 - As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and H3389 ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem. H3389

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:20 - And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering unto the LORD out of all nations upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, H3389 saith the LORD, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:3 - It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the carrying away of Jerusalem H3389 captive in the fifth month.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:15 - For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith the LORD; and they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at the entering of the gates of Jerusalem, H3389 and against all the walls thereof round about, and against all the cities of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:2 - Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, H3389 saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:17 - At that time they shall call Jerusalem H3389 the throne of the LORD; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem: H3389 neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:3 - For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, H3389 Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:4 - Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: H3389 lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:5 - Declare ye in Judah, and H3389 publish in Jerusalem; H3389 and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the defenced cities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:10 - Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, H3389 saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:11 - At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, H3389 A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:14 - O Jerusalem, H3389 wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:16 - Make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, H3389 that watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:1 - Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, H3389 and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:1 - O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, H3389 and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Bethhaccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:6 - For thus hath the LORD of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem: H3389 this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:8 - Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, H3389 lest my soul depart from thee; lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:17 - Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? H3389

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:34 - Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, H3389 the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: for the land shall be desolate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:1 - At that time, saith the LORD, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, H3389 out of their graves:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:5 - Why then is this people of Jerusalem H3389 slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:11 - And I will make Jerusalem H3389 heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:2 - Hear ye the words of this covenant, and speak unto the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem; H3389

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:6 - Then the LORD said unto me, Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, H3389 saying, Hear ye the words of this covenant, and do them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:9 - And the LORD said unto me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem. H3389

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:12 - Then shall the cities of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem H3389 go, and cry unto the gods unto whom they offer incense: but they shall not save them at all in the time of their trouble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:13 - For according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem H3389 have ye set up altars to that shameful thing, even altars to burn incense unto Baal.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:9 - Thus saith the LORD, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem. H3389

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:13 - Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that sit upon David's throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, H3389 with drunkenness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:27 - I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, and thine abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! H3389 wilt thou not be made clean? when shall it once be?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:2 - Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem H3389 is gone up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:16 - And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem H3389 because of the famine and the sword; and they shall have none to bury them, them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters: for I will pour their wickedness upon them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:4 - And I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem. H3389

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:5 - For who shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? H3389 or who shall bemoan thee? or who shall go aside to ask how thou doest?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:19 - Thus said the LORD unto me; Go and stand in the gate of the children of the people, whereby the kings of Judah come in, and by the which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem; H3389

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:20 - And say unto them, Hear ye the word of the LORD, ye kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, H3389 that enter in by these gates:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:21 - Thus saith the LORD; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem; H3389

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:25 - Then shall there enter into the gates of this city kings and princes sitting upon 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 shall remain for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:26 - And they shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the places about Jerusalem, H3389 and from the land of Benjamin, and from the plain, and from the mountains, and from the south, bringing burnt offerings, and sacrifices, and meat offerings, and incense, and bringing sacrifices of praise, unto the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:27 - But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem H3389 on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, H3389 and it shall not be quenched.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:11 - Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, H3389 saying, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:3 - And say, Hear ye the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem; H3389 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, the which whosoever heareth, his ears shall tingle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:7 - And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem H3389 in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and their carcases will I give to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:13 - And the houses of Jerusalem, H3389 and the houses of the kings of Judah, shall be defiled as the place of Tophet, because of all the houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense unto all the host of heaven, and have poured out drink offerings unto other gods.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:19 - He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem. H3389

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:14 - I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem H3389 an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:15 - Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem H3389 is profaneness gone forth into all the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:1 - The LORD shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs were set before the temple of the LORD, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, H3389 and had brought them to Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:8 - And as the evil figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so evil; surely thus saith the LORD, So will I give Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, H3389 that remain in this land, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:2 - The which Jeremiah the prophet spake unto all the people of Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, H3389 saying,

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