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GreekG2475Noun

Ἰσραηλίτης

Israēlitēs

9Occurrences
G2475Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

an "Israelite", i.e. descendant of Israel (literally or figuratively)

from G2474 (Ἰσραήλ);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
ου, ὁ an Israelite, the name expressive of theocratic privilege (see: Ἑβραῖος): ἀληθῶς Ἰ.; ἄνδρες Ἰ.
LXX: (יִשְׂרָאֵל), (יִזְרְעֵאלִי; Luc. Ἰεζραηλίτης), etc.

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

N:N--PG

Full Description

N:N--PG

Occurrences

Ἰσραηλίτης appears 9 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Acts
5
Romans
2
2 Corinthians
1
John
1

Key Passages

2 Corinthians 11:22BSB

Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.

Acts 13:16BSB

Paul stood up, motioned with his hand, and began to speak: “Men of Israel and you Gentiles who fear God, listen to me!

Acts 2:22BSB

Men of Israel, listen to this message: Jesus of Nazareth was a man certified by God to you by miracles, wonders, and signs, which God did among you through Him, as you yourselves know.

Acts 21:28BSB

crying out, “Men of Israel, help us! This is the man who teaches everywhere against our people and against our law and against this place. Furthermore, he has brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy place.”

Acts 3:12BSB

And when Peter saw this, he addressed the people: “Men of Israel, why are you surprised by this? Why do you stare at us as if by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk?

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.