noun · feminine
ierousalēm
Strong’sG2419
Jerusalem
stem ierousalēm-76 times in the New Testamentin 8 of 27 books5 of 10 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
Jerusalem, the capital city of Palestine 2, the city where much of the New Testament narrative takes place 4. The name occurs in Greek in two related forms, one indeclinable form used throughout the Septuagint and by some New Testament writers (Mark, John, most of Luke, most of Matthew), and another form used by others (Hebrews, Revelation, most of Paul's letters) 1. It can denote the city itself or, by extension, its inhabitants 1.
The name is also used symbolically: "the Jerusalem above" is set in contrast with "the present Jerusalem," and the city is also called the "heavenly Jerusalem" and the "new Jerusalem" 1.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
Ἱερουσαλήμ, v.s. Ἱεροσόλυμα.
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2419 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidhee-er-oo-sal-ame'
Hierusalem (i.e. Jerushalem), the capitol of Palestine
Fromof Hebrew origin ();
King JamesJerusalem.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Jerusalem:
(From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | ierousalēm3×Ἰερουσαλὴμ | ierousalēm |
| object accusative | ierousalēm40×Ἰερουσαλὴμ | ierousalēm |
| direct address vocative | ierousalēm4×Ἰερουσαλὴμ | ierousalēm |
| of, belonging to genitive | ierousalēm15×Ἰερουσαλήμ | ierousalēm |
| to, for dative | ierousalēm14×Ἰερουσαλὴμ | ierousalēm |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
76 occurrences, every one of them listed
ierousalēm“Jerusalem”subjectnominative singular3×
Luke 21:24… aichmalōtizili eis teim ethneim panteim, kai Ierousalēm eti patorōntas hupo ethneiu, achri hou …… captive into all the nations. And Jerusalem will be trodden down by the …
Acts 21:31… chiliarcho tau speirau hoti holas sunchotō Ierousalēm,… regiment received a report that all Jerusalem was in turmoil.
Galatians 4:26tas de anō Ierousalēm eleutheras atō, hotinas atō mētēras nu;But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is …
ierousalēm“Jerusalem”objectaccusative singular40×
Luke 2:41… tois gonevois autou kata etem eis Ierousalēm ta heorta teu pascha.Every year His parents went to Jerusalem for the Feast of the Passover.
Luke 2:45kai mē heuriskarantois hupostrefala eis Ierousalēm anazētarōntois auton.… not find Him, they returned to Jerusalem to search for Him.
Luke 4:9Agata de auton eis Ierousalēm kai stēata epi tem pterugiem teu …Then the devil led Him to Jerusalem and set Him on the pinnacle …
Luke 9:51… tem prosōpem stērizata teu poreuorō eis Ierousalēm,… approached, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem.
Luke 9:53… tem prosōpem autou ate poreuorōntem eis Ierousalēm.… Him, because He was heading for Jerusalem.
Luke 13:4… para pantoin toin anthrōpoin toin katoikarōntoin Ierousalēm?… than all the others living in Jerusalem?
Luke 17:11Kai geneta en te poreuorō eis Ierousalēm kai autos dierchote dia mesem Samareiau …… Jesus was on His way to Jerusalem, He was passing between Samaria and …
Luke 18:31… legata pros autoin; Idou anabainanō eis Ierousalēm, kai teliti panteim teim graforēnteim dia …… Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything the prophets have written …
Luke 21:20Hotan de horaveia kuklorōntan hupo stratopedeiu Ierousalēm, tote gnōskavar hoti engizatē tas erēmōsias …But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, you will know …
Luke 24:18… legata pros auton; Sis monos paroikasō Ierousalēm kai ouk gnōskasa teim generanteim en …… Are You the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things …
Luke 24:33… anastēarantois auta ta hōra hupostrefala eis Ierousalēm, kai heuriskala athroizorēntoin toin hendeka kai …… that very hour and returned to Jerusalem. There they found the Eleven and …
Luke 24:52kai autois proskunarantois auton hupostrefala eis Ierousalēm meta charau megau,… they worshiped Him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy,
Acts 1:12Tote hupostrefala eis Ierousalēm apo oreu teu kalorōnteu Elaiōnou, hem …Then they returned to Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, which …
Acts 1:19kai gnōstem geneta pantoi toi katoikarōntoi Ierousalēm, hōste kalira tem chōriem ekeinem ta …… known to all who lived in Jerusalem, so they called that field in …
Acts 2:5Ale de en Ierousalēm katoikarōntois Ioudaiois, androis eulabois apo panteu …Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under …
Acts 2:14… autoi; Androir Ioudaioir kai tois katoikarōntoir Ierousalēm pantoir, houtem vi gnōstem atōr kai …… Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you …
Acts 4:16… genatē dia autoiu pantoi toi katoikarōntoi Ierousalēm fanerem, kai ouk dunonō arnorō;… is clear to everyone living in Jerusalem that a remarkable miracle has occurred …
Acts 5:28… onome houte, kai idou plēravē tan Ierousalēm tau didachau vu, kai boulovō epagara …… he said. “Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined …
Acts 8:27… gazau autau, hos erchatelē proskunarintos eis Ierousalēm,… the Ethiopians. He had gone to Jerusalem to worship,
Acts 9:2… tē kai gunaikain, dorēntoin agateia eis Ierousalēm.… could bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.
Acts 9:21… Ouk houtos atō tos portharantos en Ierousalēm toin epikalorōntoin tem onomem houtem, kai …… the man who wreaked havoc in Jerusalem on those who call on this …
Acts 9:26Paragenerantos de eis Ierousalēm peirazate kollorō toi mathētoi; kai pantois …When Saul arrived in Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples …
Acts 9:28… meta autoiu eisporeuorōntos kai ekporeuorōntos eis Ierousalēm, parrēsiazorōntos en te onome tou kuriou,… with them, moving about freely in Jerusalem and speaking boldly in the name …
Acts 11:2hote de anabainata Petros eis Ierousalēm, diakrinole pros auton tois ek peritomauSo when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers took issue with …
Acts 12:25Barnabos de kai Saulos hupostrefala, eis Ierousalēm plērarantois tan diakonian, sumparalabarantois Iōannon ton …… Saul had fulfilled their mission to Jerusalem, they returned, bringing with them John …
Acts 13:31… sunanabainarantoi auto apo tau Galilaiau eis Ierousalēm, hotinois nun alō marturois autou pros …… had accompanied Him from Galilee to Jerusalem. They are now His witnesses to …
Acts 15:2… pros toin apostoloin kai presbuteroin eis Ierousalēm peri teu zētēmeu houteu.… other believers, to go up to Jerusalem to see the apostles and elders …
Acts 20:22… dorēntos mis te pneume poreuomō eis Ierousalēm, teim en auta sunantarinteim mi mē …… the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to …
Acts 21:12… entopiois teu mē anabainarō auton eis Ierousalēm.… Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.
Acts 21:13… monem dira alla kai apothnēskara eis Ierousalēm hetoimōs echamō huper teu onomeu tou …… bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord …
Acts 22:5… kai toin ekeise arōntoin dorēntoin eis Ierousalēm hina timōrileia.… these people and bring them to Jerusalem to be punished.
Acts 22:17Geneta de mi hupostrefaranto eis Ierousalēm kai proseuchorōntou mu en te hiere …Later, when I had returned to Jerusalem and was praying at the temple …
Acts 23:11… gar diamarturesa teim peri mu eis Ierousalēm houtōs sin datō kai eis Rōman …… you have testified about Me in Jerusalem, so also you must testify in …
Acts 24:11… dōdeka apo hau anabainama proskunarintos eis Ierousalēm,… days ago I went up to Jerusalem to worship.
Acts 25:3… kata autou hopōs metapempeteia auton eis Ierousalēm, enedran poiarōntois anairara auton kata tan …… against Paul by summoning him to Jerusalem, because they were preparing an ambush …
Romans 15:25nuni de poreuomō eis Ierousalēm diakonarōntos toi hagioi.… I am on my way to Jerusalem to serve the saints there.
Romans 15:31… kai tas diakonias mu tas eis Ierousalēm euprosdektas toi hagioi geneteia,… Judea, and that my service in Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints …
1 Corinthians 16:3… pempami apoferara tan charitan vu eis Ierousalēm;… recommend to carry your gift to Jerusalem.
Revelation 21:2kai tan polan tan hagian Ierousalēm kainan horama katabainarōntan ek tou ouranou …… saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from …
Revelation 21:10… deikata mi tan polan tan hagian Ierousalēm katabainarōntan ek tou ouranou apo tou …… showed me the holy city of Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from …
ierousalēm“Jerusalem”direct addressvocative singular4×
Matthew 23:37Ierousalēm Ierousalēm, tas apoktenarōntar toin profētoin kai …O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and …
Matthew 23:37Ierousalēm Ierousalēm, tas apoktenarōntar toin profētoin kai lithobolarōntar …O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones …
Luke 13:34Ierousalēm Ierousalēm, tas apoktenarōntar toin profētoin kai …O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and …
Luke 13:34Ierousalēm Ierousalēm, tas apoktenarōntar toin profētoin kai lithobolarōntar …O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones …
ierousalēm“Jerusalem”of, belonging togenitive singular15×
Luke 2:38… peri autou pantoi toi prosdechorōntoi lutrōsian Ierousalēm.… were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.
Luke 5:17… kōmau tau Galilaiau kai Ioudaiau kai Ierousalēm; kai dunamias kuriou ate eis tem …… sitting there. People had come from Jerusalem and from every village of Galilee …
Luke 6:17… laou apo pantau tau Ioudaiau kai Ierousalēm kai tau paraliau Turau kai Sidōnau,… of people from all over Judea, Jerusalem, and the seacoast of Tyre and …
Luke 10:30… Iēsus legata; Anthrōpos tinos katabainate apo Ierousalēm eis Ierichō kai lēstoi peripiptata, hois …… A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho when he fell into …
Luke 13:33… hoti ouk endechetaiotō profēton apolera exō Ierousalēm.… a prophet to perish outside of Jerusalem.
Luke 19:11… legata parabolan dia tem engus arō Ierousalēm auton kai dokarō autoin hoti parachrēma …… a parable, because He was near Jerusalem and they thought the kingdom of …
Luke 23:28… pros autain tos Iēsus legata; Thugatrair Ierousalēm, mē klaiavōr epi min; plēn epi …… to them and said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for Me, but …
Luke 24:13… eis kōman apecharōntan stadioin hexēkonta apo Ierousalēm, ha onomem Emmaouas,… called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem.
Luke 24:47… eis panteim teim ethneim archerantois apo Ierousalēm;… proclaimed to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem.
Acts 1:12“Jerusalem”… teu kalorōnteu Elaiōnou, hem atō engus Ierousalēm sabbateu echarōntem hodan.… Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, which is near the city, a Sabbath day’s journey away.
Acts 5:16… kai tem plēthem taiu perix polaiu Ierousalēm, ferarōntois asthenoin kai ochlorōntoin hupo pneumeiu …… also gathered from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those tormented …
Acts 8:26… epi tan hodan tan katabainarōntan apo Ierousalēm eis Gazan; houtas atō erēmas.… desert road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.”
Acts 22:18… Speudasar kai exerchasar en tache ek Ierousalēm, dioti ouk paradecheli su marturian peri …… Lord saying to me, ‘Hurry! Leave Jerusalem quickly, because the people here will …
Romans 15:19… en dunamia pneumeu; hōste min apo Ierousalēm kai kuklō mechris teu Illurikeu plērarē …… the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum …
Revelation 3:12… polau tou theou mu, tau kainau Ierousalēm, tas katabainarōntas ek tou ouranou apo …… city of My God (the new Jerusalem that comes down out of heaven …
ierousalēm“Jerusalem”to, fordative singular14×
Luke 2:25Kai idou anthrōpos ate en Ierousalēm ho onomem Sumeōn, kai tos anthrōpos …Now there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon, who was righteous and …
Luke 2:43… autoin hupomenata Iēsus tos paidos en Ierousalēm, kai ouk gnōskala tois gonevois autou.… the boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem, but His parents were unaware He …
Luke 9:31… exodan autou han mellate plērarō en Ierousalēm.… He was about to accomplish at Jerusalem.
Acts 1:8… kai evi mu marturois en tē Ierousalēm kai en panta ta Ioudaia kai …… you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria …
Acts 4:5… toin presbuteroin kai toin grammatevoin en Ierousalēm… rulers, elders, and scribes assembled in Jerusalem,
Acts 6:7… plēthunote tos arithmos toiu mathētoiu en Ierousalēm sfodra, pollos tē ochlos toiu hierevoiu …… spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem grew rapidly, and a great number …
Acts 9:13… kakoseim toi hagioi su poiata en Ierousalēm;… has done to Your saints in Jerusalem.
Acts 10:39… tē ta chōra toiu Ioudaioiu kai Ierousalēm; hon kai anairala kremannuarantois epi xuleu.… land of the Jews and in Jerusalem. And although they put Him to …
Acts 11:22… oueim tau ekklēsau tau arōntau en Ierousalēm peri autoiu, kai exapostelala Barnabon heōs …… the ears of the church in Jerusalem, they sent Barnabas to Antioch.
Acts 13:27tois gar katoikarōntois en Ierousalēm kai tois archontois autoiu houton agnoarantois …The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize …
Acts 21:11… tas zōnas houtas, houtōs dali en Ierousalēm tois Ioudaiois kai paradōali eis cheirain …… In this way the Jews of Jerusalem will bind the owner of this …
Romans 15:26… toin ptōchoin toiu hagioiu toiu en Ierousalēm.… the poor among the saints in Jerusalem.
Galatians 4:25… ta Arabia, sustoichatō de ta nun Ierousalēm, douleuatō gar meta teiu tekneiu autau;… Arabia and corresponds to the present-day Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with …
Hebrews 12:22… Siōn ore kai pola theou zōarōntou, Ierousalēm epourana, kai muriadai angeloiu, panēguria… of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to myriads of …