Hebrew word · Strong's H3389

יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם

Yᵉrûwshâlaim · yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im · proper noun · “Jerusalem”

In a sentence

Yerushalayim — Jerusalem — is the city God chose for his name, the place of David’s throne, the temple, and the death and resurrection of Jesus.

Jerusalem becomes God’s chosen city — “Mount Zion, where he dwells.” David made it his capital; Solomon built the temple there; the prophets pictured it as the center to which the nations would stream.

It is also where Jesus dies and rises. The Bible ends with a vision of a “new Jerusalem” coming down from heaven, where God dwells with his people forever. The city anchors the Bible’s geography of redemption.

Strong's reference

Definition: Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine

KJV usage: Jerusalem.

Reference gloss from Strong's Concordance (1890, public domain).

Key verses BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

Psalms 122:6 “Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May those who love you prosper.” 1 Kings 11:36 “I will give one tribe to his son, so that My servant David will always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to put My Name.” Revelation 21:2 “I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.”

Original BibleDawn word study. Original-language data and the public-domain Strong's (1890) gloss are referenced; see sources.