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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-ṢedekJoshua 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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3389 matches the Hebrew יְרוּשָׁלַם (yᵊrûšālam),
which occurs 643 times in 600 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 12 (Jos 10:1–1Ki 8:1)

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:1 - Now it came H1961 about when Adoni-zedek H139 king H4428 of Jerusalem H3389 heard H8085 that Joshua H3091 had captured H3920 Ai, H5857 and had [fn]utterly H2763 destroyed H2763 it (just H834 as he had done H6213 to Jericho H3405 and its king, H4428 so H3651 he had done H6213 to Ai H5857 and its king), H4428 and that the inhabitants H3427 of Gibeon H1391 had made H7999 peace H7999 with Israel H3478 and were [fn]within H7130 their land, H7130
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:3 - Therefore Adoni-zedek H139 king H4428 of Jerusalem H3389 sent H7971 word to Hoham H1944 king H4428 of Hebron H2275 and to Piram H6502 king H4428 of Jarmuth H3412 and to Japhia H3309 king H4428 of Lachish H3923 and to Debir H1688 king H4428 of Eglon, H5700 saying, H559
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:5 - So the five H2568 kings H4428 of the Amorites, H567 the king H4428 of Jerusalem, H3389 the king H4428 of Hebron, H2275 the king H4428 of Jarmuth, H3412 the king H4428 of Lachish, H3923 and the king H4428 of Eglon, H5700 gathered H622 together and went H5927 up, they with all H3605 their armies, H4264 and camped H2583 by Gibeon H1391 and fought H3898 against H5921 it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:23 - They did H6213 so, H3651 and brought H3318 these H428 five H2568 kings H4428 out to him from the cave: H4631 the king H4428 of Jerusalem, H3389 the king H4428 of Hebron, H2275 the king H4428 of Jarmuth, H3412 the king H4428 of Lachish, H3923 and the king H4428 of Eglon. H5700
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:10 - the king H4428 of Jerusalem, H3389 one; H259 the king H4428 of Hebron, H2275 one; H259
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:8 - Then the border H1366 went H5927 up the valley H1516 of Ben-hinnom H1121 H2011 to the slope H3802 of the Jebusite H2983 on the south H5045 (that is, Jerusalem); H3389 and the border H1366 went H5927 up to the top H7218 of the mountain H2022 which H834 is before H5921 H6440 the valley H1516 of Hinnom H2011 to the west, H3220 which H834 is at the end H7097 of the valley H6010 of Rephaim H7497 toward the north. H6828
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:63 - Now as for the Jebusites, H2983 the inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem, H3389 the sons H1121 of Judah H3063 could H3201 not [fn]drive H3423 them out; so the Jebusites H2983 live H3427 with the sons H1121 of Judah H3063 at Jerusalem H3389 until H5704 this H2088 day. H3117
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:28 - and Zelah, H6762 Haeleph H507 and the Jebusite H2983 (that is, Jerusalem), H3389 Gibeah, H1390 Kiriath; H7157 fourteen H702 H6240 cities H5892 with their villages. H2691 This H2088 is the inheritance H5159 of the sons H1121 of Benjamin H1144 according to their families. H4940
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:7 - Adoni-bezek H137 said, H559 “Seventy H7657 kings H4428 with their thumbs H931 and their big H931 toes H931 H7272 cut H7112 off H7112 used to gather H3950 up scraps under H8478 my table; H7979 as I have done, H6213 so H3651 God H430 has repaid H7999 me.” So they brought H935 him to Jerusalem H3389 and he died H4191 there. H8033
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:8 - Then the sons H1121 of Judah H3063 fought H3898 against Jerusalem H3389 and captured H3920 it and struck H5221 it with the edge H6310 of the sword H2719 and set H7971 the city H5892 on fire. H784
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:21 - But the sons H1121 of Benjamin H1144 did not drive H3423 out the Jebusites H2983 who lived H3427 in Jerusalem; H3389 so the Jebusites H2983 have lived H3427 with the sons H1121 of Benjamin H1144 in Jerusalem H3389 to this H2088 day. H3117
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:10 - But the man H376 was not willing H14 to spend H3885 the night, H3885 so he arose H6965 and departed H1980 and came H935 to a place opposite H5227 Jebus H2982 (that is, Jerusalem). H3389 And there were with him a pair H6776 of saddled H2280 donkeys; H2543 his concubine H6370 also was with him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:54 - Then David H1732 took H3947 the Philistine’s H6430 head H7218 and brought H935 it to Jerusalem, H3389 but he put H7760 his weapons H3627 in his tent. H168
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:5 - At Hebron H2275 he reigned H4427 over H5921 Judah H3063 seven H7651 years H8141 and six H8337 months, H2320 and in Jerusalem H3389 he reigned H4427 thirty-three H7970 H7969 years H8141 over H5921 all H3605 Israel H3478 and Judah. H3063
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:6 - Now the king H4428 and his men H376 went H1980 to Jerusalem H3389 against H413 the Jebusites, H2983 the inhabitants H3427 of the land, H776 and they said H559 to [fn]David, H1732 “You shall not come H935 in here, H2008 but the blind H5787 and lame H6455 will turn H5493 you away”; H5493 [fn]thinking, H559 “David H1732 cannot H3808 enter H935 here.” H2008
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:13 - Meanwhile David H1732 took H3947 more H5750 concubines H6370 and wives H802 from Jerusalem, H3389 after H310 he came H935 from Hebron; H2275 and more H5750 sons H1121 and daughters H1323 were born H3205 to David. H1732
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:14 - Now these H428 are the names H8034 of those who H3209 were born H3209 to him in Jerusalem: H3389 Shammua, H8051 Shobab, H7727 Nathan, H5416 Solomon, H8010
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:7 - David H1732 took H3947 the shields H7982 of gold H2091 which H834 were [fn]carried H413 by the servants H5650 of Hadadezer H1909 and brought H935 them to Jerusalem. H3389
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:13 - So Mephibosheth H4648 lived H3427 in Jerusalem, H3389 for he ate H398 at the king’s H4428 table H7979 regularly. H8548 Now he was lame H6455 in both H8147 feet. H7272
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:14 - When the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 saw H7200 that the Arameans H758 fled, H5127 they also fled H5127 before H4480 H6440 Abishai H52 and entered H935 the city. H5892 Then Joab H3097 returned H7725 from fighting against H5921 the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 and came H935 to Jerusalem. H3389
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:1 - Then it happened H1961 [fn]in the spring, H8666 at the time H6256 when kings H4428 go H3318 out to battle, that David H1732 sent H7971 Joab H3097 and his servants H5650 with him and all H3605 Israel, H3478 and they destroyed H7843 the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 and besieged H6696 H5921 Rabbah. H7237 But David H1732 stayed H3427 at Jerusalem. H3389
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:12 - Then David H1732 said H559 to Uriah, H223 “Stay H3427 here H2088 today H3117 also, H1571 and tomorrow H4279 I will let H7971 you go.” H7971 So Uriah H223 remained H3427 in Jerusalem H3389 that day H3117 and the [fn]next. H4283
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:31 - He also brought H3318 out the people H5971 who H834 were in it, and set H7760 them under saws, H4050 sharp H2757 iron H1270 instruments, H2757 and iron H1270 axes, H4037 and made them pass H5674 through the brickkiln. H4404 And thus H3651 he did H6213 to all H3605 the cities H5892 of the sons H1121 of Ammon. H5983 Then David H1732 and all H3605 the people H5971 returned H7725 to Jerusalem. H3389
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:23 - So Joab H3097 arose H6965 and went H1980 to Geshur H1650 and brought H935 Absalom H53 to Jerusalem. H3389
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:28 - Now Absalom H53 lived H3427 two full H3117 years H8141 in Jerusalem, H3389 and did not see H7200 the king’s H4428 face. H6440
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:8 - “For your servant H5650 vowed H5087 a vow H5088 while I was living H3427 at Geshur H1650 in Aram, H758 saying, H559 ‘If H518 the LORD H3068 shall indeed H7725 bring H7725 me back H7725 to Jerusalem, H3389 then I will serve H5647 the LORD.’” H3068
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:11 - Then two hundred H3967 men H376 went H1980 with Absalom H53 from Jerusalem, H3389 who were invited H7121 and went H1980 [fn]innocently, H8537 and they did not know H3045 anything. H3605 H1697
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:14 - David H1732 said H559 to all H3605 his servants H5650 who H834 were with him at Jerusalem, H3389 “Arise H6965 and let us flee, H1272 for otherwise none H3808 of us will escape H6413 from Absalom. H53 Go H1980 in haste, H4116 or H6435 he will overtake H5381 us quickly H4116 and bring H5080 down H5080 calamity H7451 on us and strike H5221 the city H5892 with the edge H6310 of the sword.” H2719
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:29 - Therefore Zadok H6659 and Abiathar H54 returned H7725 the ark H727 of God H430 to Jerusalem H3389 and remained H3427 there. H8033
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:37 - So Hushai, H2365 David’s H1732 friend, H7463 came H935 into the city, H5892 and Absalom H53 came H935 into Jerusalem. H3389
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:3 - Then the king H4428 said, H559 “And where H346 is your master’s H113 son?” H1121 And Ziba H6717 said H559 to the king, H4428 “Behold, H2009 he is staying H3427 in Jerusalem, H3389 for he said, H559 ‘Today H3117 the house H1004 of Israel H3478 will restore H7725 the kingdom H4468 of my father H1 to me.’”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:15 - Then Absalom H53 and all H3605 the people, H5971 the men H376 of Israel, H3478 entered H935 Jerusalem, H3389 and Ahithophel H302 with him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:20 - Then Absalom’s H53 servants H5650 came H935 to the woman H802 at the house H1004 and said, H559 “Where H346 are Ahimaaz H290 and Jonathan?” H3083 And the woman H802 said H559 to them, “They have crossed H5674 the brook H4323 of water.” H4325 And when H834 they searched H1245 and could not find H4672 them, they returned H7725 to Jerusalem. H3389
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:19 - So he said H559 to the king, H4428 “Let not my lord H113 consider H2803 me guilty, H5771 nor H408 remember H2142 what H834 your servant H5650 did H5753 wrong H5753 on the day H3117 when H834 my lord H113 the king H4428 came H3318 out from Jerusalem, H3389 so that the king H4428 would [fn]take H7760 it to heart. H3820
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:25 - It was when H3588 he came H935 from Jerusalem H3389 to meet H7122 the king, H4428 that the king H4428 said H559 to him, “Why H4100 did you not go H1980 with me, Mephibosheth?” H4648
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:33 - The king H4428 said H559 to Barzillai, H1271 “You cross H5674 over H5674 with me and I will [fn]sustain H3557 you in Jerusalem H3389 with me.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:34 - But Barzillai H1271 said H559 to the king, H4428 “How H4100 long H4100 [fn]have I yet to live, H2416 that I should go H5927 up with the king H4428 to Jerusalem? H3389
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:2 - So all H3605 the men H376 of Israel H3478 [fn]withdrew H5927 from following H310 David H1732 and followed H310 Sheba H7652 the son H1121 of Bichri; H1075 but the men H376 of Judah H3063 [fn]remained H1692 steadfast H1692 to their king, H4428 from the Jordan H3383 even to Jerusalem. H3389
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:3 - Then David H1732 came H935 to his house H1004 at Jerusalem, H3389 and the king H4428 took H3947 the ten H6235 women, H802 the concubines H6370 whom H834 he had left H5117 to keep H8104 the house, H1004 and placed H5414 them under guard H1004 H4931 and provided H3557 them with sustenance, H3557 but did not go H935 in to them. So they were shut H6887 up until H5704 the day H3117 of their death, H4191 living H2424 as widows. H491
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:7 - So Joab’s H3097 men H376 went H3318 out after H310 him, along with the Cherethites H3774 and the Pelethites H6432 and all H3605 the mighty H1368 men; H1368 and they went H3318 out from Jerusalem H3389 to pursue H7291 Sheba H7652 the son H1121 of Bichri. H1075
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:22 - Then the woman H802 wisely H2451 came H935 to all H3605 the people. H5971 And they cut H3772 off H3772 the head H7218 of Sheba H7652 the son H1121 of Bichri H1075 and threw H7993 it to Joab. H3097 So he blew H8628 the trumpet, H7782 and they were dispersed H6327 from the city, H5892 each H376 to his tent. H168 Joab H3097 also returned H7725 to the king H4428 at Jerusalem. H3389
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:8 - So when they had gone H7751 about H7751 through the whole H3605 land, H776 they came H935 to Jerusalem H3389 at the end H7097 of nine H8672 months H2320 and twenty H6242 days. H3117
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:16 - When the angel H4397 stretched H7971 out his hand H3027 toward Jerusalem H3389 to destroy H7843 it, the LORD H3068 relented H5162 from the calamity H7451 and said H559 to the angel H4397 who destroyed H7843 the people, H5971 “It is enough! H7227 Now H6258 relax H7503 your hand!” H3027 And the angel H4397 of the LORD H3068 was by the threshing H1637 floor H1637 of Araunah H728 the Jebusite. H2983
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:11 - The days H3117 that David H1732 reigned H4427 over H5921 Israel H3478 were forty H705 years: H8141 seven H7651 years H8141 he reigned H4427 in Hebron H2275 and thirty-three H7970 H7969 years H8141 he reigned H4427 in Jerusalem. H3389
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:36 - Now the king H4428 sent H7971 and called H7121 for Shimei H8096 and said H559 to him, “Build H1129 for yourself a house H1004 in Jerusalem H3389 and live H3427 there, H8033 and do not go H3318 out from there H8033 to any H575 place. H575
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:38 - Shimei H8096 then said H559 to the king, H4428 “The word H1697 is good. H2896 As my lord H113 the king H4428 has said, H1696 so H3651 your servant H5650 will do.” H6213 So Shimei H8096 lived H3427 in Jerusalem H3389 many H7227 days. H3117
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:41 - It was told H5046 Solomon H8010 that Shimei H8096 had gone H1980 from Jerusalem H3389 to Gath, H1661 and had returned. H7725
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:1 - Then Solomon H8010 [fn]formed H2859 a marriage H2859 alliance H2859 with Pharaoh H6547 king H4428 of Egypt, H4714 and took H3947 Pharaoh’s H6547 daughter H1323 and brought H935 her to the city H5892 of David H1732 until H5704 he had finished H3615 building H1129 his own house H1004 and the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 and the wall H2346 around H5439 Jerusalem. H3389
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:15 - Then Solomon H8010 awoke, H3364 and behold, H2009 it was a dream. H2472 And he came H935 to Jerusalem H3389 and stood H5975 before H6440 the ark H727 of the covenant H1285 of the Lord, H136 and offered H5927 burnt H5930 offerings H5930 and made H6213 peace H8002 offerings, H8002 and made H6213 a feast H4960 for all H3605 his servants. H5650
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:1 - Then H227 Solomon H8010 assembled H6950 the elders H2205 of Israel H3478 and all H3605 the heads H7218 of the tribes, H4294 the leaders H5387 of the fathers’ H1 households of the sons H1121 of Israel, H3478 to King H4428 Solomon H8010 in Jerusalem, H3389 to bring H5927 up the ark H727 of the covenant H1285 of the LORD H3068 from the city H5892 of David, H1732 which H1931 is Zion. H6726

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