G2414 – Hierosoluma – Ἱεροσόλυμα – Jerusalem

Strong’s ID:
G2414
Greek Word:
Ἱεροσόλυμα
Transliteration:
hierosolyma / Hierosoluma
Pronunciation:
hee-er-os-ol’-oo-mah
Part of Speech:
noun proper locative
Usage Count:
59
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Find “Hierosoluma” in the Bible (New Testament)

Strong’s Greek Lexicon

of Hebrew origin ; Hierosolyma (i.e. Jerushalaim), the capitol of Palestine:—Jerusalem. Compare .

Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.

Thayer’s Greek Definitions

Jerusalem = “set ye double peace”
1) denotes either the city itself or the inhabitants
2) “the Jerusalem that now is”, with its present religious institutions, i.e. the Mosaic system, so designated from its primary external location
3) “Jerusalem that is above”, that is existing in heaven, according to the pattern of which the earthly Jerusalem was supposed to be built
3a) metaphorically “the City of God founded by Christ”, now wearing the form of the church, but after Christ’s return to put on the form of the perfected Messianic kingdom
4) “the heavenly Jerusalem”, that is the heavenly abode of God, Christ, the angels, saints of the Old and New Testament periods and those Christians that are alive at Christ’s return
5) “the New Jerusalem”, a splendid visible city to be let down from heaven after the renovation of the world, the future abode of the blessed

Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.