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HebrewH3478Proper Noun (Masculine)

יִשְׂרָאֵל

yis.ra.el

2,142Occurrences
H3478Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

from H8280 (שָׂרָה) and H410 (אֵל); he will rule as God;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at ; son of: Isaac (H3327) and Rebekah (H7259); brother of: Esau (H6215); married to Rachel (H7354), Leah (H3812), Zilpah (H2153) and Bilhah (H1090A); father of: Reuben (H7205), Simeon (H8095), Levi (H3878), Judah (H3063), Dan (H1835H), Naphtali (H5321), Gad (H1410), Asher (H0836), Issachar (H3485), Zebulun (H2074), Dinah (H1783), Joseph (H3130) and Benjamin (H1144); also called Jacob frequently § Israel = "God prevails" 1) the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel 2) the name of the descendants and the nation of the descendants of a) the name of the nation until the death of Solomon and the split 2b) the name used and given to the northern kingdom consisting of the 10 tribes under Jeroboam; the southern kingdom was known as c) the name of the nation after the return from exile

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

יִשְׂרָאֵל appears 2,142 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Numbers
199
1 Kings
165
Ezk
165
Exodus
160
2 Chronicles
159
Judges
154
2 Kings
146
Joshua
139

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 1:34BSB

Abraham was the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac:Esau and Israel.

2 Chronicles 18:29BSB

And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “I will disguise myself and go into battle, but you wear your royal robes.” So the king of Israel disguised himself and went into battle.

Deuteronomy 33:21BSB

He chose the best land for himself,because a ruler’s portion was reserved for him there.He came with the leaders of the people;he administered the LORD’s justiceand His ordinances for Israel.”

Hosea 5:5BSB

Israel’s arrogance testifies against them;Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity;even Judah stumbles with them.

Joshua 21:8BSB

So the Israelites allotted to the Levites these cities, together with their pasturelands, as the LORD had commanded through Moses.

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