Ἱερουσαλήμ

See also: Ἰερουσαλήμ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Ἱεροσάλημα (Hierosálēma), Ῐ̔εροσόλυμᾰ (Hierosóluma), Ἰερουσαλήμ (Ierousalḗm), Ἰεροσόλυμα (Ierosóluma)

Etymology

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew יְרוּשָׁלַיִם‎ (Yərūšālayim).

Pronunciation

(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.e.ru.saˈlim/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.e.ru.saˈlim/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.e.ru.saˈlim/

Proper noun

Ἱερουσᾱλήμ • (Hierousālḗm) f, n pl (indeclinable)

Jerusalem

Descendants

English: Jerusalem
Greek: Ιερουσαλήμ (Ierousalím)
Latin: Hierūsalēm

References

Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
G2419 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,014

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