Synonyms:
Jerusalem, capital_of_Israel
Meaning: 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
Usage examples
It is the city of Jerusalem.
Jerusalem is to this day a walled city.
Bring out your vouchers, and don't talk Jerusalem palaver.'
How The City Jerusalem Was Taken, And The Temple Pillaged [By Antiochus Epiphanes].
From The Taking Of Jerusalem By Antiochus Epiphanes, To The Death Of Herod The Great.
This is almost north of the Damascus gate and on the great highway from Jerusalem from the north.
Accordingly, he wrote these things, and sent messengers immediately to carry his letter to Jerusalem.
The question is not how often Jesus visited Jerusalem, but how conspicuous was the part he played there.
By the time that St. John wrote his Gospel, Jerusalem had been destroyed and her inhabitants slain or scattered.
So Antiochus went to Jerusalem, and staid there but a few days, for he wanted provisions, and so he went his way.