Yᵉrûwshâlaim — H3389

H3389 · Hebrew — ירושלם

Pronunciation: yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im

Definition

locative proper noun

Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine

  1. Jerusalem = "teaching of peace"
  2. the chief city of Palestine and capital of the united kingdom and the nation of Judah after the split

Usually translated as

Jerusalem

Origin

rarely 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

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Yᵉrûwshâlaim occurs 642 times in 599 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Joshua (8), Judges (4), 1 Samuel (1), 2 Samuel (30), 1 Kings (28), 2 Kings (56), 1 Chronicles (24), 2 Chronicles (117), Ezra (22), Nehemiah (34), Esther (1), Psalms (17), Ecclesiastes (5), Song of Songs (8), Isaiah (46), Jeremiah (98), Lamentations (7), Ezekiel (26), Daniel (6), Joel (6), Amos (2), Obadiah (2), Micah (8), Zephaniah (4), Zechariah (37), Malachi (2)

Strong's Lexicon — Y