jerusalem

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Je=ru=sa=lem

COUNT IN NET NET

834 in 788 verses (in OT : 688 in 645 verses) (in NT : 146 in 143 verses)

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun jerusalem has 1 sense

jerusalem(n = noun.location) capital of israel - capital and largest city of the modern state of Israel (although its status as capital is disputed); it was captured from Jordan in 1967 in the Six Day War; a holy city for Jews and Christians and Muslims; was the capital of an ancient kingdom; Array

has parts: holy sepulcher, holy sepulchre, temple of jerusalem, temple of solomon, calvary, golgotha, sion, zion, wailing wall

is a kind of national capital

is a part of israel, sion, state of israel, yisrael, zion

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CIDE DICTIONARY

jerusalem, n. [Gr. 'Ieroysalh`m, fr. Heb. Y.].

The chief city of Palestine, intimately associated with the glory of the Jewish nation, and the life and death of Jesus Christ. [1913 Webster]

Jerusalem artichoke [Perh. a corrupt. of It. girasole i.e., sunflower, or turnsole. See Gyre, Solar.] (Bot.) (a) An American plant, a perennial species of sunflower (Helianthus tuberosus), whose tubers are sometimes used as food. (b) One of the tubers themselves. -- Jerusalem cherry (Bot.), the popular name of either of two species of Solanum (Solanum Pseudo-capsicum and Solanum capsicastrum), cultivated as ornamental house plants. They bear bright red berries of about the size of cherries. -- Jerusalem oak (Bot.), an aromatic goosefoot (Chenopodium Botrys), common about houses and along roadsides. -- Jerusalem sage (Bot.), a perennial herb of the Mint family (Phlomis tuberosa). -- Jerusalem thorn (Bot.), a spiny, leguminous tree (Parkinsonia aculeata), widely dispersed in warm countries, and used for hedges. -- The New Jerusalem, Heaven; the Celestial City.

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