Hierosolyma · Jerusalem

What it means

Hierosolyma (Ἱεροσόλυμα) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “Jerusalem”.

The city of the temple and capital of Judah.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

The place

• Jerusalem

  Today: Old City of Jerusalem

  A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.

  David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).

  2 Samuel 5:61 Kings 8:1Luke 2:22Acts 1:8

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×11
• Mark×10
• Luke×4
• John×12
• Acts×23
• Galatians×3

• Matthew 2:1

  Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, look, magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem,

• Matthew 2:3

  And hearing this, King Herod was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him;

• Matthew 3:5

  Then Jerusalem and all Judea and all the region around the Jordan were going out to him,

• Matthew 4:25

  And large crowds followed him from Galilee and the Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judea and beyond the Jordan.

• Matthew 5:35

  nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of his feet, nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.

• Matthew 15:1

  Then Pharisees and scribes from Jerusalem come to Jesus, saying,

• Matthew 16:21

  From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go away to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and high priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised.

• Matthew 20:17

  And as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside, and on the way he said to them,

• Matthew 20:18

  “Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the high priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death

• Matthew 21:1

  And when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,

• Matthew 21:10

  And when he entered into Jerusalem, the whole city was shaken, saying, “Who is this?”

• Mark 3:8

  and from Jerusalem and from Idumea and beyond the Jordan and around Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, hearing all that he was doing, came to him.

• Mark 3:22

  And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying, “He has Beelzebul,” and, “By the ruler of the demons he drives out the demons.”

• Mark 7:1

  And the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gather around him,

• Mark 10:32

  And they were on the way, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was going ahead of them; and they were amazed, and those who followed were afraid. And taking the Twelve aside again, he began to tell them the things that were going to happen to him:

• Mark 10:33

  “Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the high priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death and hand him over to the nations,

• Mark 11:1

  And when they draw near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, he sends two of his disciples

• Mark 11:11

  And he entered into Jerusalem, into the temple; and having looked around at everything, since the hour was already late, he went out to Bethany with the Twelve.

• Mark 11:15

  And they come to Jerusalem. And entering into the temple, he began to drive out those who were selling and those who were buying in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who sold doves.

• Mark 11:27

  And they come again to Jerusalem. And as he was walking in the temple, the high priests and the scribes and the elders come to him

• Mark 15:41

  who, when he was in Galilee, used to follow him and serve him, and many other women who had come up with him to Jerusalem.

• Luke 2:22

  And when the days of their purification according to the law of Moses were completed, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord

• Luke 13:22

  And he was going through cities and villages, teaching and making his way toward Jerusalem.

• Luke 19:28

  And after saying these things, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.

• Luke 23:7

  And learning that he was from Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent him up to Herod, who was himself also in Jerusalem in those days.

• John 1:19

  And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”

• John 2:13

  And the Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

• John 2:23

  Now while he was in Jerusalem at the Passover, during the feast, many believed in his name, seeing the signs that he was doing.

• John 4:20

  Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and you say that in Jerusalem is the place where one must worship.”

• John 4:21

  Jesus says to her, “Believe me, woman, an hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father.

• John 4:45

  So when he came into Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, having seen all that he had done in Jerusalem at the feast; for they too had gone to the feast.

• John 5:1

  After these things there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

• John 5:2

  Now in Jerusalem, by the Sheep Gate, there is a pool, the one called in Hebrew Bethesda, which has five colonnades.

• John 10:22

  At that time the Feast of Dedication took place in Jerusalem. It was winter,

• John 11:18

  Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia away.

• John 11:55

  Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went up to Jerusalem from the country before the Passover to purify themselves.

• John 12:12

  The next day the great crowd that had come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,

• Acts 1:4

  And while gathered together with them, he ordered them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, “which you heard from me;

• Acts 8:1

  And Saul was approving of his killing. And there arose on that day a great persecution against the assembly that was in Jerusalem, and all were scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.

• Acts 8:14

  Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent to them Peter and John,

And 23 more times.