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New Jerusalem

New Jerusalem proper noun: ezekiel's prophetic vision of a city centred on the rebuilt Holy Temple, the Third Temple, to be established in Jerusalem, which would be the capital of the Messianic Kingdom, the meeting place of the twelve tribes of Israel, during the Messianic era.

Proper noun

New Jerusalem

  1. (Judaism) Ezekiel's prophetic vision of a city centred on the rebuilt Holy Temple, the Third Temple, to be established in Jerusalem, which would be the capital of the Messianic Kingdom, the meeting place of the twelve tribes of Israel, during the Messianic era.
    • And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Revelation 21:2
    • When she sang in the kirk, folk have told me that they had a foretaste of the musick of the New Jerusalem, and when she came in by the village of Caulds old men stottered to their doors to look at her.1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide
  2. An unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California, United States.
  3. An unincorporated community in Ventura County, California, United States.
  4. An unincorporated community in Logan County, Ohio, United States.
  5. A census-designated place in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States.

Words formed from New Jerusalem

Questions about New Jerusalem

What does New Jerusalem mean?
New Jerusalem means ezekiel's prophetic vision of a city centred on the rebuilt Holy Temple, the Third Temple, to be established in Jerusalem, which would be the capital of the Messianic Kingdom, the meeting place of the twelve tribes of Israel, during the Messianic era.
What part of speech is New Jerusalem?
New Jerusalem is a proper noun.

Words near New Jerusalem in the dictionary

  1. New Jerseyan
  2. New Jerseyans
  3. New Jerseyese
  4. New Jerseyite
  5. New Jerseyites
  6. New Jerusalem
  7. New Jerusalem Church
  8. New Jerusalemite
  9. New Jerusalemites
  10. new jill swing
  11. New Joisey

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