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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 6 / 12 (2Ch 34:22–Neh 3:12)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:22 - So Hilkiah and those whom the king [fn]had told went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of [fn]Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, the keeper of the wardrobe (now she lived in Jerusalem H3389 in the Second Quarter); and they spoke to her regarding this.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:29 - Then the king sent and gathered all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. H3389

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:30 - The king went up to the house of the LORD and all the men of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, H3389 the priests, the Levites and all the people, from the greatest to the least; and he read in their hearing all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:32 - Moreover, he made all who were present in Jerusalem H3389 and Benjamin to stand with him. So the inhabitants of Jerusalem H3389 did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:1 - Then Josiah celebrated the Passover to the LORD in Jerusalem, H3389 and they slaughtered the Passover animals on the fourteenth day of the first month.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:18 - There had not been celebrated a Passover like it in Israel since the days of Samuel the prophet; nor had any of the kings of Israel celebrated such a Passover as Josiah did with the priests, the Levites, all Judah and Israel who were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. H3389

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:24 - So his servants took him out of the chariot and carried him in the second chariot which he had, and brought him to Jerusalem H3389 [fn]where he died and was buried in the tombs of his fathers. All Judah and Jerusalem H3389 mourned for Josiah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:1 - Then the people of the land took [fn]Joahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in place of his father in Jerusalem. H3389

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:2 - Joahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. H3389

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:3 - Then the king of Egypt deposed him at Jerusalem, H3389 and imposed on the land a fine of one hundred talents of silver and one talent of gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:4 - The king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, H3389 and changed his name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took Joahaz his brother and brought him to Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:5 - Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; H3389 and he did evil in the sight of the LORD his God.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:9 - Jehoiachin was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem, H3389 and he did evil in the sight of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:10 - At the turn of the year King Nebuchadnezzar sent and brought him to Babylon with the valuable articles of the house of the LORD, and he made his kinsman Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem. H3389

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:11 - Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. H3389

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:14 - Furthermore, all the officials of the priests and the people were very unfaithful following all the abominations of the nations; and they defiled the house of the LORD which He had sanctified in Jerusalem. H3389

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:19 - Then they burned the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem, H3389 and burned all its fortified buildings with fire and destroyed all its valuable articles.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:23 - “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. Whoever there is among you of all His people, may the LORD his God be with him, and let him go up!’”

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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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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:2 - that Hanani, one of my brothers, and [fn]some men from Judah came; and I asked them concerning the Jews who had escaped and had survived the captivity, and about Jerusalem. H3389

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:3 - They said to me, “The remnant there in the province who survived the captivity are in great distress and reproach, and the wall of Jerusalem H3389 is broken down and its gates are burned with fire.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:11 - So I came to Jerusalem H3389 and was there three days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:12 - And I arose in the night, I and a few men with me. I did not tell anyone what my God was putting into my [fn]mind to do for Jerusalem H3389 and there was no animal with me except the animal on which I was riding.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:13 - So I went out at night by the Valley Gate in the direction of the Dragon’s Well and on to the [fn]Refuse Gate, inspecting the walls of Jerusalem H3389 which were broken down and its gates which were consumed by fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:17 - Then I said to them, “You see the bad situation we are in, that Jerusalem H3389 is desolate and its gates burned by fire. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem H3389 so that we will no longer be a reproach.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:20 - So I answered them and said to them, “The God of heaven will give us success; therefore we His servants will arise and build, but you have no portion, right or memorial in Jerusalem.” H3389

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:8 - Next to him Uzziel the son of Harhaiah of the goldsmiths made repairs. And next to him Hananiah, one of the perfumers, made repairs, and they restored Jerusalem H3389 as far as the Broad Wall.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:9 - Next to them Rephaiah the son of Hur, the official of half the district of Jerusalem, H3389 made repairs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:12 - Next to him Shallum the son of Hallohesh, the official of half the district of Jerusalem, H3389 made repairs, he and his daughters.

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