Ἱερουσαλήμ Hierousalēm

Greek word for “Jerusalem” · Strong’s G2419 · used 77 times in 74 verses

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Meaning

Ἱερουσαλήμ, see: Ἱεροσόλυμα - (WH, Ἰερ-, see Intr., § 408), -ων, τά (on πᾶσα Ἱ., see WM, 794;

How it is translated

Glosses given for Hierousalēm in context, with how often each is used:

• jerusalem 76
• jerusalem? 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Luke 2 (5), Luke 24 (5), Acts 9 (5), Acts 21 (4), Romans 15 (4), Luke 9 (3), Luke 13 (3), Acts 1 (3), Acts 22 (3), Luke 21 (2)

Forms

• Ἰερουσαλὴμ 46
• Ἰερουσαλήμ 31

Words used with it

Words that share verses with Hierousalēm more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• πορεύω poreuō “to travel” 11
• ὑποστρέφω hupostrephō “to return” 7
• ἅγιος hagios “holy” 9
• κατοικέω katoikeō “to dwell” 6
• δέω deō “to bind” 6
• ὄνομα onoma “name” 8
• ἀναβαίνω anabainō “to ascend” 6
• καταβαίνω katabainō “to come/go down” 6
• πληρόω plēroō “to fulfill” 6
• τε te “and/both” 7
• ἀνήρ anēr “man” 7
• ἰδού idou “look!” 6

Key verses

The verses using Hierousalēm that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 23:37 — O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even…
• Luke 9:51 — And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem,
• Luke 13:34 — O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen…
• Luke 21:24 — And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the…
• Luke 24:47 — And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
• Acts 1:8 — But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judæa, and in Samaria,…
• Acts 13:27 — For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have…
• Acts 21:13 — Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord…
• Romans 15:19 — Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel…
• Hebrews 12:22 — But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
• Revelation 3:12 — Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of…
• Revelation 21:2 — And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.