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Greek proper noun (a place) · G2419

Ἱερουσαλήμ

Hierousalemhee-er-oo-sal-ame'

Jerusalem

76 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: Hierousalḗm

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2419is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 8 of 27
    New Testament books
  • 3
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · G2419

Hierusalem (i.e. Jerushalem), the capitol of Palestine

The King James renders it: Jerusalem.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

Hierousalem is rendered "Jerusalem". It stands 76 times in the Greek text, across eight books.

  • Thirty-six of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 23:37O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!
  • The Greek text spells it three different ways.

The first use

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!

Matthew 23:37Ἰερουσαλὴμ

The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Thirty-six of the word's seventy-six uses are in Acts.

The other 19 New Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • Jerusalem69
  • of Jerusalem3
  • in Jerusalem2
  • to Jerusalem2

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

ἱερόνhierontempleUses70
ἱερόςhierossacredUses2
ἱεροσυλέωhierosyleoto despoil a templeUses1
ἱερόσυλοςhierosylostemple robberUses1
ἱερουργέωhierourgeoto ministerUses1
ἱεροπρεπήςhieroprepesreverentUses1

All 76, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

3 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • Ἰερουσαλὴμ45
  • Ἰερουσαλήμ29
  • Ἰερουσαλήμ.¶2

The grammar of each form

  • noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular40N-ASF-L
  • noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular15N-GSF-L
  • noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular13N-DSF-L
  • noun · vocative (address) · feminine singular4N-VSF-L
  • noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular3N-NSF-L
  • noun · accusative (object) · neuter plural1N-APN-L

Matthew

two uses
  • O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!

    Matthew 23:37

    • Ἰερουσαλὴμierousalemnoun · vocative (address) · feminine singulartagged: Jerusalem
    • Ἰερουσαλὴμierousalemnoun · vocative (address) · feminine singulartagged: Jerusalem

Luke

twenty-seven uses
  • Now there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

    Luke 2:25

    • Ἰερουσαλὴμierousalemnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: Jerusalem
  • Coming forward at that moment, she gave thanks to God and spoke about the Child to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.

    Luke 2:38

    • Ἰερουσαλήμ.¶ierousalemnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: of Jerusalem
  • Every year His parents went to Jerusalem for the Feast of the Passover.

    Luke 2:41

    • Ἰερουσαλὴμierousalemnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: Jerusalem
  • When those days were over and they were returning home, the boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem, but His parents were unaware He had stayed.

    Luke 2:43

    • Ἰερουσαλήμierousalemnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: Jerusalem
  • When they could not find Him, they returned to Jerusalem to search for Him.

    Luke 2:45

    • Ἰερουσαλὴμierousalemnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: Jerusalem
  • Then the devil led Him to Jerusalem and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple. “If You are the Son of God,” he said, “throw Yourself down from here.

    Luke 4:9

    • Ἰερουσαλὴμierousalemnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: Jerusalem
  • One day Jesus was teaching, and the Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there. People had come from Jerusalem and from every village of Galilee and Judea, and the power of the Lord was present for Him to heal the sick.

    Luke 5:17

    • Ἰερουσαλήμierousalemnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: of Jerusalem
  • Then Jesus came down with them and stood on a level place. A large crowd of His disciples was there, along with a great number of people from all over Judea, Jerusalem, and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon.

    Luke 6:17

    • Ἰερουσαλὴμierousalemnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: Jerusalem
  • They appeared in glory and spoke about His departure, which He was about to accomplish at Jerusalem.

    Luke 9:31

    • Ἰερουσαλήμierousalemnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: Jerusalem
  • As the day of His ascension approached, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem.

    Luke 9:51

    • Ἰερουσαλήμierousalemnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: Jerusalem
  • But the people there refused to welcome Him, because He was heading for Jerusalem.

    Luke 9:53

    • Ἰερουσαλήμierousalemnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: Jerusalem
  • Jesus took up this question and said, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him, beat him, and went away, leaving him half dead.

    Luke 10:30

    • Ἰερουσαλὴμierousalemnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: Jerusalem
  • Or those eighteen who were killed when the tower of Siloam collapsed on them: Do you think that they were more sinful than all the others living in Jerusalem?

    Luke 13:4

    • Ἰερουσαλήμierousalemnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: in Jerusalem
  • Nevertheless, I must keep going today and tomorrow and the next day, for it is not admissible for a prophet to perish outside of Jerusalem.

    Luke 13:33

    • Ἰερουσαλήμ.¶ierousalemnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: Jerusalem
  • O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!

    Luke 13:34

    • Ἰερουσαλὴμierousalemnoun · vocative (address) · feminine singulartagged: Jerusalem
    • Ἰερουσαλήμierousalemnoun · vocative (address) · feminine singulartagged: Jerusalem
  • While Jesus was on His way to Jerusalem, He was passing between Samaria and Galilee.

    Luke 17:11

    • Ἰερουσαλὴμierousalemnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: Jerusalem
  • Then Jesus took the Twelve aside and said to them, “Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything the prophets have written about the Son of Man will be fulfilled.

    Luke 18:31

    • Ἰερουσαλήμierousalemnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: Jerusalem
  • While the people were listening to this, Jesus proceeded to tell them a parable, because He was near Jerusalem and they thought the kingdom of God would appear imminently.

    Luke 19:11

    • Ἰερουσαλὴμierousalemnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: to Jerusalem
  • But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, you will know that her desolation is near.

    Luke 21:20

    • Ἰερουσαλήμierousalemnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: Jerusalem
  • They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive into all the nations. And Jerusalem will be trodden down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

    Luke 21:24

    • Ἰερουσαλὴμierousalemnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: Jerusalem
  • But Jesus turned to them and said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.

    Luke 23:28

    • Ἰερουσαλήμierousalemnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: of Jerusalem
  • That same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem.

    Luke 24:13

    • Ἰερουσαλὴμierousalemnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: Jerusalem
  • One of them, named Cleopas, asked Him, “Are You the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in recent days?”

    Luke 24:18

    • Ἰερουσαλὴμierousalemnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: Jerusalem
  • And they got up that very hour and returned to Jerusalem. There they found the Eleven and those with them, gathered together

    Luke 24:33

    • Ἰερουσαλὴμierousalemnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: Jerusalem
  • and in His name repentance and forgiveness of sins will be proclaimed to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem.

    Luke 24:47

    • Ἰερουσαλήμierousalemnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: Jerusalem
  • And they worshiped Him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy,

    Luke 24:52

    • Ἰερουσαλὴμierousalemnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: Jerusalem

Acts

thirty-six uses
  • But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

    Acts 1:8

    • Ἰερουσαλὴμierousalemnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: Jerusalem
  • Then they returned to Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, which is near the city, a Sabbath day’s journey away.

    Acts 1:12

    • Ἰερουσαλὴμierousalemnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: Jerusalem
    • Ἰερουσαλὴμierousalemnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: Jerusalem
  • This became known to all who lived in Jerusalem, so they called that field in their own language Akeldama, that is, Field of Blood.)

    Acts 1:19

    • Ἰερουσαλήμierousalemnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: in Jerusalem
  • Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven.

    Acts 2:5

    • Ἰερουσαλὴμierousalemnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: Jerusalem
  • Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, lifted up his voice, and addressed the crowd: “Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen carefully to my words.

    Acts 2:14

    • Ἰερουσαλὴμierousalemnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: Jerusalem
  • “What shall we do with these men?” they asked. “It is clear to everyone living in Jerusalem that a remarkable miracle has occurred through them, and we cannot deny it.

    Acts 4:16

    • Ἰερουσαλὴμierousalemnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: Jerusalem
  • Crowds also gathered from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those tormented by unclean spirits, and all of them were healed.

    Acts 5:16

    • Ἰερουσαλὴμierousalemnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: Jerusalem
  • “We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name,” he said. “Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us responsible for this man’s blood.”

    Acts 5:28

    • Ἰερουσαλὴμierousalemnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: Jerusalem
  • So the word of God continued to spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem grew rapidly, and a great number of priests became obedient to the faith.

    Acts 6:7

    • Ἰερουσαλὴμierousalemnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: Jerusalem
  • Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Get up and go south to the desert road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.”

    Acts 8:26

    • Ἰερουσαλὴμierousalemnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: Jerusalem
  • So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official in charge of the entire treasury of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians. He had gone to Jerusalem to worship,

    Acts 8:27

    • Ἰερουσαλήμierousalemnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: Jerusalem
  • and requested letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women belonging to the Way, he could bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.

    Acts 9:2

    • Ἰερουσαλήμierousalemnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: Jerusalem
  • But Ananias answered, “Lord, many people have told me about this man and all the harm he has done to Your saints in Jerusalem.

    Acts 9:13

    • Ἰερουσαλήμierousalemnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: Jerusalem
  • All who heard him were astounded and asked, “Isn’t this the man who wreaked havoc in Jerusalem on those who call on this name? And hasn’t he come here to take them as prisoners to the chief priests?”

    Acts 9:21

    • Ἰερουσαλὴμierousalemnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: Jerusalem
  • When Saul arrived in Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples, but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.

    Acts 9:26

    • Ἰερουσαλὴμierousalemnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: Jerusalem
  • So Saul stayed with them, moving about freely in Jerusalem and speaking boldly in the name of the Lord.

    Acts 9:28

    • Ἰερουσαλήμierousalemnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: Jerusalem
  • We are witnesses of all that He did, both in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem. And although they put Him to death by hanging Him on a tree,

    Acts 10:39

    • Ἰερουσαλήμierousalemnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: Jerusalem
  • So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers took issue with him

    Acts 11:2

    • Ἰερουσαλήμierousalemnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: Jerusalem
  • When news of this reached the ears of the church in Jerusalem, they sent Barnabas to Antioch.

    Acts 11:22

    • Ἰερουσαλὴμierousalemnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: Jerusalem
  • When Barnabas and Saul had fulfilled their mission to Jerusalem, they returned, bringing with them John, also called Mark.

    Acts 12:25

    • Ἰερουσαλὴμierousalemnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: Jerusalem
  • The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize Jesus, yet in condemning Him they fulfilled the words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath.

    Acts 13:27

    • Ἰερουσαλὴμierousalemnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: Jerusalem
  • and for many days He was seen by those who had accompanied Him from Galilee to Jerusalem. They are now His witnesses to our people.

    Acts 13:31

    • Ἰερουσαλήμierousalemnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: Jerusalem
  • And after engaging these men in sharp debate, Paul and Barnabas were appointed, along with some other believers, to go up to Jerusalem to see the apostles and elders about this question.

    Acts 15:2

    • Ἰερουσαλὴμierousalemnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: Jerusalem
  • On their arrival in Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and apostles and elders, to whom they reported all that God had done through them.

    Acts 15:4

    • Ἰερουσαλὴμierousalemnoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: Jerusalem
  • And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there.

    Acts 20:22

    • Ἰερουσαλὴμierousalemnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: Jerusalem
  • Coming over to us, he took Paul’s belt, bound his own feet and hands, and said, “The Holy Spirit says: ‘In this way the Jews of Jerusalem will bind the owner of this belt and hand him over to the Gentiles.’”

    Acts 21:11

    • Ἰερουσαλὴμierousalemnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: Jerusalem
  • When we heard this, we and the people there pleaded with Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.

    Acts 21:12

    • Ἰερουσαλήμierousalemnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: Jerusalem
  • Then Paul answered, “Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”

    Acts 21:13

    • Ἰερουσαλὴμierousalemnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: Jerusalem
  • While they were trying to kill him, the commander of the Roman regiment received a report that all Jerusalem was in turmoil.

    Acts 21:31

    • Ἰερουσαλήμierousalemnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: Jerusalem
  • as the high priest and the whole Council can testify about me. I even obtained letters from them to their brothers in Damascus, and I was on my way to apprehend these people and bring them to Jerusalem to be punished.

    Acts 22:5

    • Ἰερουσαλὴμierousalemnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: Jerusalem
  • Later, when I had returned to Jerusalem and was praying at the temple, I fell into a trance

    Acts 22:17

    • Ἰερουσαλὴμierousalemnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: Jerusalem
  • and saw the Lord saying to me, ‘Hurry! Leave Jerusalem quickly, because the people here will not accept your testimony about Me.’

    Acts 22:18

    • Ἰερουσαλήμierousalemnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: Jerusalem
  • The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, “Take courage! As you have testified about Me in Jerusalem, so also you must testify in Rome.”

    Acts 23:11

    • Ἰερουσαλήμierousalemnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: Jerusalem
  • You can verify for yourself that no more than twelve days ago I went up to Jerusalem to worship.

    Acts 24:11

    • Ἰερουσαλήμierousalemnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: Jerusalem
  • to grant them a concession against Paul by summoning him to Jerusalem, because they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way.

    Acts 25:3

    • Ἰερουσαλήμierousalemnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: Jerusalem

Romans

four uses
  • by the power of signs and wonders, and by the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.

    Romans 15:19

    • Ἰερουσαλὴμierousalemnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: Jerusalem
  • Now, however, I am on my way to Jerusalem to serve the saints there.

    Romans 15:25

    • Ἰερουσαλὴμierousalemnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: Jerusalem
  • For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem.

    Romans 15:26

    • Ἰερουσαλήμierousalemnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: Jerusalem
  • Pray that I may be delivered from the unbelievers in Judea, and that my service in Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints there,

    Romans 15:31

    • Ἰερουσαλὴμierousalemnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: Jerusalem

1 Corinthians

one use
  • Then, on my arrival, I will send letters with those you recommend to carry your gift to Jerusalem.

    1 Corinthians 16:3

    • Ἰερουσαλήμierousalemnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: Jerusalem

Galatians

two uses
  • Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present-day Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children.

    Galatians 4:25

    • Ἰερουσαλήμierousalemnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: Jerusalem
  • But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.

    Galatians 4:26

    • Ἰερουσαλὴμierousalemnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: Jerusalem

Hebrews

one use
  • Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to myriads of angels

    Hebrews 12:22

    • Ἰερουσαλὴμierousalemnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: to Jerusalem

Revelation

three uses
  • The one who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will never again leave it. Upon him I will write the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God (the new Jerusalem that comes down out of heaven from My God), and My new name.

    Revelation 3:12

    • Ἰερουσαλήμierousalemnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: Jerusalem
  • I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

    Revelation 21:2

    • Ἰερουσαλὴμierousalemnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: Jerusalem
  • And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the holy city of Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God,

    Revelation 21:10

    • Ἰερουσαλὴμierousalemnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: Jerusalem

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

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Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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