jerusalem

Noun
  1. 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 (synset 108812650)
    is an instance of: national capital - the capital city of a nation
    has:
    • holy sepulcher, holy sepulchre - the sepulcher in which Christ's body lay between burial and resurrection
    • temple of jerusalem, temple of solomon - any of three successive temples in Jerusalem that served as the primary center for Jewish worship; the first temple contained the Ark of the Covenant and was built by Solomon in the 10th century BC and destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar in 586 BC; the second was built in 515 BC and the third was an enlargement by Herod the Great in 20 BC that was destroyed by the Romans during a Jewish revolt in AD 70; all that remains is the Wailing Wall
    • calvary, golgotha - a hill near Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified
    • sion, zion - originally a stronghold captured by David (the 2nd king of the Israelites); above it was built a temple and later the name extended to the whole hill; finally it became a synonym for the city of Jerusalem
    • wailing wall - a wall in Jerusalem; sacred to Jews as a place of prayer and lamentation; its stones are believed to have formed part of the Temple of Solomon
    is a part of: israel, sion, state of israel, yisrael, zion - Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine
    same as: capital of israel

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