Strong's Lexicon
Yerushalaim or Yerushalayim: Jerusalem
Original Word:יְרוּשָׁלַם
Part of Speech:proper name, of a location
Transliteration:Yruwshalaim
Pronunciation:yeh-roo-shah-LAH-yeem
Phonetic Spelling:(yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im)
Definition:Jerusalem
Meaning:Jerushalaim, Jerushalem
Word Origin:Derived from the root יָרָה (yarah, meaning "to lay a foundation") and שָׁלוֹם (shalom, meaning "peace")
Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: -Genesis 14:18: Melchizedek, king of Salem (an early name for Jerusalem), blesses Abram.
-2 Samuel 5:7: David captures Jerusalem and establishes it as the capital of Israel.
-1 Kings 8:1: Solomon brings the Ark of the Covenant to the newly built Temple in Jerusalem.
-Psalm 122:6: "Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: 'May those who love you prosper.'"
-Isaiah 2:3: "For the law will go out from Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem."
-Matthew 23:37: Jesus laments over Jerusalem, "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her..."
10.Corresponding Strong's Greek Entries:
- G2419 Ἰερουσαλήμ (Hierousalem)
- G2414 Ἱερουσαλήμ (Hierousalem)
Usage:Jerusalem is the capital city of ancient Israel and Judah, often referred to as the "City of David" and the "Holy City." It is central to Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions.
Cultural and Historical Background:In the Bible, Jerusalem is depicted as the spiritual and political heart of the Jewish people, the site of the Temple, and the focal point of God's covenant with Israel.
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Originfrom
yarah and
shalemDefinitionprobably "foundation of peace," capital city of all Isr.
NASB TranslationJerusalem (642), Jerusalem's (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs
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644 (in AssyrianUrusalim, Tel Amarna, ZimZA, 1891, 252, 254;Ursalimmu, COTGlossary; ; √ and meaning dubious; Rel Ew and others derive frompossession of peace (orSalem's possession); Thes and others from , i.e. +a foundation of peace; GrillZAW, 1884, 134 ff.foundation of Shalem (Shalem = God of peace, = ); 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 (Qr perpetuum),Joshua 10:10 +;1 Samuel 17:54 +; -5t. according to Masora (see FrensdorffMass. Magna, 293), namelyJeremiah 26:18;1 Chronicles 3:5; 2Chronicles 25:1; 32:9 (with locative),Esther 2:6, (but -1 Chronicles 3:5 van d. H Baer), so Maccabean coins, LevyGeschichte. d. jüd. Münz. 42 f.; with locative1 Kings 10:2;Isaiah 36:2;Ezekiel 8:3; (-2Chronicles 32:9 above); -2 Kings 9:28; with prefixes:2 Samuel 9:13 +;2 Kings 18:22 +;2 Samuel 15:11 +;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 CanaaniteAdoni-‚edekJoshua 10:1,3,5,23 (all J E), compareJoshua 12:10 (D); inhabited by JebusitesJoshua 15:63 (twice in verse) (P),Judges 1:21 (twice in verse), compareJudges 1:7 (Adoni-Bezek); identification withJudges 19:10, and (q. v.)Joshua 15:8;Joshua 18:28 (both P); captured by JudahJudges 1:8; first named in connection with David1 Samuel 17:54 ; taken possession of by David as king2 Samuel 5:6; David's royal seat2 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 exilesEzra 1:11;Ezra 2:11;Nehemiah 2:11,17 +; mentioned Samuel 31 t., Kings 92 t., Chronicles 151 t., Ezra 25 t., Nehemiah 38 t., Isa127t., Isa2,322t., Jeremiah 107 t.,Ezekiel 26 t., Zechariah 41 t., etc. — See also proper name, of a location , .
(√ of following; meaning dubious; according to MV Buhl = , of moon aswanderer, so LagBN 46).
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Jerusalem
Rarely Yruwshalayim {yer-oo- shaw-lah'-yim}; a dual (in allusion to its two main hills (the true pointing, at least of the former reading, seems to be that ofYruwshalem)); probably from (the passive participle of)yarah andshalam; founded peaceful; Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine -- Jerusalem.
see HEBREWYruwshalem
see HEBREWyarah
see HEBREWshalam
Forms and Transliterations
בִּ֠ירוּשָׁלִַם בִּֽירוּשָׁלִַ֔ם בִּֽירוּשָׁלִַ֗ם בִּֽירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ בִּֽירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם בִּֽירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ בִּיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם בִּירֽוּשָׁלִַ֔ם בִּירֽוּשָׁלִַ֗ם בִּירֽוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ בִּירֽוּשָׁלִָ֑ם בִּירֽוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֔ם בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֗ם בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֛ם בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֜ם בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֣ם בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֥ם בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֨ם בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ בִּירוּשָׁלָ֑יִם בִֽירוּשָׁלִַ֛ם בִֽירוּשָׁלִַ֜ם בִירֽוּשָׁלִַ֖ם בִירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם בִירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ בִירוּשָׁלִַ֛ם בִירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ בירושלים בירושלם בירושלם׃ וְלִֽירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ וְלִֽירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וְלִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם וְלִירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם וְלִירוּשָׁלִַ֣ם וִֽירוּשָׁלִַ֗ם וִֽירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ וִֽירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ וִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם וִירֽוּשָׁלִַ֖ם וִירֽוּשָׁלִַ֗ם וִירֽוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וִירֽוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ וִירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם וִירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ וִירוּשָׁלִַ֛ם וִירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וִירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ וִירוּשָׁלַ֙יִם֙ וִירוּשָׁלָֽם׃ וּבִֽירוּשָׁלִַ֔ם וּבִֽירוּשָׁלִַ֗ם וּבִֽירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ וּבִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם וּבִירֽוּשָׁלִַ֖ם וּבִירֽוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וּבִירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם וּבִירוּשָׁלִַ֗ם וּבִירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ וּבִירוּשָׁלִַ֜ם וּבִירוּשָׁלִַ֣ם וּבִירוּשָׁלִַ֥ם וּבִירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וּבִירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ וּמִֽירוּשָׁלִַ֗ם וּמִירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם וּמִירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ ובירושלם ובירושלם׃ וירושלים וירושלם וירושלם׃ ולירושלם ומירושלם יְ֠רוּשָׁלִַם יְ֭רוּשָׁלִַם יְֽרוּשָׁ֫לִָ֥ם יְֽרוּשָׁלִַ֗ם יְֽרוּשָׁלִָ֗ם יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם יְר֣וּשָׁלַ֔יְמָה יְרֽוּשָׁלִַ֔ם יְרֽוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ יְרֽוּשָׁלִַ֛ם יְרֽוּשָׁלִַם֒ יְרֽוּשָׁלִַם֮ יְרֽוּשָׁלִָ֑ם יְרֽוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ יְרוּשָׁלְַ֗מָה יְרוּשָׁלְַ֛מָה יְרוּשָׁלְַ֜מָה יְרוּשָׁלְָ֑מָה יְרוּשָׁלִַ֑ם יְרוּשָׁלִַ֔ם יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם יְרוּשָׁלִַ֗ם יְרוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ יְרוּשָׁלִַ֛ם יְרוּשָׁלִַ֜ם יְרוּשָׁלִַ֣ם יְרוּשָׁלִַ֥ם יְרוּשָׁלִַ֧ם יְרוּשָׁלִַם֒ יְרוּשָׁלִַם֮ יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם יְרוּשָׁלִָ֖ם יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ ירושלימה ירושלם ירושלם׃ ירושלמה כִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם כירושלם לִֽירוּשָׁלִַ֛ם לִֽירוּשָׁלִַם֮ לִֽירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם לִֽירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ לִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם לִירֽוּשָׁלִַ֖ם לִירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם לִירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ לִירוּשָׁלִַ֛ם לִירוּשָׁלִַ֜ם לִירוּשָׁלִַ֥ם לִירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם לִירוּשָׁלִָ֖ם לִירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ לירושלם לירושלם׃ מִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם מִיר֣וּשָׁלַ֔יִם מִירֽוּשָׁלִַ֖ם מִירֽוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ מִירֽוּשָׁלִָ֑ם מִירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם מִירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ מִירוּשָׁלִַ֛ם מִירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם מִירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ מִירוּשָׁלָֽיִם׃ מירושלים מירושלים׃ מירושלם מירושלם׃ bî·rū·šā·lā·yim bî·rū·šā·lim ḇî·rū·šā·lim bîrūšālāyim bîrūšālim ḇîrūšālim biRushaLam birushaLayim biRushaLim kî·rū·šā·lim kîrūšālim kirushaLim lî·rū·šā·lim lîrūšālim lirushaLim mî·rū·šā·la·yim mî·rū·šā·lā·yim mî·rū·šā·lim mîrūšālayim mîrūšālāyim mîrūšālim mirushaLayim miRushaLim ū·ḇî·rū·šā·lim ū·mî·rū·šā·lim ūḇîrūšālim ūmîrūšālim umirushaLim uvirushaLim veliRushaLim virushaLam virushaLayim virushaLim wə·lî·rū·šā·lim wəlîrūšālim wî·rū·šā·la·yim wî·rū·šā·lām wî·rū·šā·lim wîrūšālām wîrūšālayim wîrūšālim yə·rū·šā·lay·māh yə·rū·šā·lə·māh yə·rū·šā·lim yərūšālaymāh yərūšāləmāh yərūšālim yeRushaLaymah yerushaLemah yerushaLim
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