Ἱεροσόλυμα

Hierosólyma

Jerusalem

Name for the city of Jerusalem, used especially in Hellenistic and Koine Greek sources. Refers primarily to the city as a geographical, cultural, and political center in the region known as Judea or earlier as the land of Israel. The term can signify not only the physical city but, by extension, its population or the seat of religious tradition, especially in Second Temple and New Testament contexts. In certain contexts may also refer to the broader area associated with Jerusalem.

G2414

Mark 10:32 · Word #8

Lexicon G2414

LemmaἹεροσόλυμα
TransliterationHierosólyma
Strong'sG2414
DefinitionName for the city of Jerusalem, used especially in Hellenistic and Koine Greek sources. Refers primarily to the city as a geographical, cultural, and political center in the region known as Judea or earlier as the land of Israel. The term can signify not only the physical city but, by extension, its population or the seat of religious tradition, especially in Second Temple and New Testament contexts. In certain contexts may also refer to the broader area associated with Jerusalem.

Morphology N ACC N PL All morphology codes

Part of Speech N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Case ACC — Accusative — Direct object or extent
Gender N — Neuter — Grammatical neuter
Number PL — Plural — More than one

Common Translation

PhraseJerusalem
LiteralJerusalem

Lexical Info

LemmaἹεροσόλυμα
Strong'sG2414

SIBI-P1 Translation G2414-01

Jerusalem

Morphological NotesNoun; accusative case; neuter; plural form (proper noun functioning as a singular city name).
Rendering RationaleThe term denotes the city of Jerusalem as a geographical and religious capital. Although morphologically neuter plural in Greek and here in the accusative case, it functions as a proper place name and is rendered simply as "Jerusalem" in English.

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