יְרוּשָׁלִַם yerushalaim

Hebrew word for “Jerusalem” · Strong’s H3389 · used 643 times in 600 verses

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Meaning

§ Jerusalem = "teaching of peace"; the chief city of Palestine and capital of the united kingdom and the nation of Judah after the split

How it is translated

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

• jerusalem 634
• jerusalem towards 5
• against jerusalem 2
• like jerusalem 1
• more than jerusalem 1

Where it is used

Also in 14 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

2 Kings 23 (15), 2 Chronicles 32 (11), 2 Chronicles 36 (11), Zechariah 14 (10), 2 Chronicles 30 (9), 2 Chronicles 34 (9), Zechariah 12 (9), 2 Chronicles 20 (8), 2 Kings 21 (7), 2 Kings 24 (7)

Forms

• ירושׁלם 345
• בירושׁלם 168
• וירושׁלם 33
• לירושׁלם 27
• מירושׁלם 26
• ובירושׁלם 21
• ולירושׁלם 8
• ירושׁלמה 4
• ומירושׁלם 3
• מירושׂלם 2

Words used with it

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

• יְהוּדָה yehudah “Judah” 171
• יָשַׁב yashav “to dwell” 102
• שָׁנָה shaneh “year” 75
• מָלַךְ malakh “to reign” 60
• עִיר ir “city” 80
• צִיּוֹן tsiyyon “Zion” 45
• בַּת bat “daughter” 46
• עָלָה alah “to ascend” 49
• דָּוִד david “David” 49
• שֵׁם shem “name” 45
• כֹּה koh “thus” 40
• שְׁלֹמֹה shelomoh “Solomon” 32

Key verses

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

• Isaiah 10:12 — Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart…
• Isaiah 27:13 — And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the…
• Isaiah 52:1 — Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the…
• Jeremiah 4:14 — O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
• Jeremiah 23:14 — I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none…
• Lamentations 2:15 — All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of…
• Zephaniah 3:14 — Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.
• Zechariah 9:9 — Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding…
• Zechariah 12:8 — In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be…
• Zechariah 12:10 — And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they…
• Zechariah 13:1 — In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.
• Zechariah 14:16 — And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King,…

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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.