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Lexicon :: Strong's G2474 - israēl

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Ἰσραήλ
Transliteration
israēl (Key)
Pronunciation
is-rah-ale'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
Of Hebrew origin יִשְׂרָאֵל (H3478)
mGNT
68x in 2 unique form(s) TR
70x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
2,461x in 1 unique form(s)
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TDNT Reference: 3:356,372

Strong’s Definitions

Ἰσραήλ Israḗl, is-rah-ale'; of Hebrew origin (H3478); Israel (i.e. Jisrael), the adopted name of Jacob, including his descendants (literally or figuratively):—Israel.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 70x

The KJV translates Strong's G2474 in the following manner: Israel (70x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 70x
The KJV translates Strong's G2474 in the following manner: Israel (70x).

  1. Israel = "he shall be a prince of God"

    1. the name given to the patriarch Jacob (and borne by him in addition to his former name)

    2. the family or descendants of Israel, the nation of Israel

    3. Christians, the Israel of God (Gal 6:16), for not all those who draw their bodily descent from Israel are true Israelites, i.e. are those whom God pronounces to be Israelites and has chosen to salvation

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
Ἰσραήλ Israḗl, is-rah-ale'; of Hebrew origin (H3478); Israel (i.e. Jisrael), the adopted name of Jacob, including his descendants (literally or figuratively):—Israel.
STRONGS G2474:
Ἰσραήλ (Josephus, Ἰσραηλος, Ἰσραηλου), ὁ, indeclinable, (יִשְׂרָאֵל, from שָׂרָה and אֵל, wrestler with God, Genesis 32:28; Hosea 12:4, cf. Genesis 35:10), Israel, a name given to the patriarch Jacob (and borne by him in addition to his former name from Genesis 32:28 on): ὁ οἶκος Ἰσραήλ, the family or descendants of Israel, the race of Israel (A. V. the house of Israel), Matthew 10:6; Matthew 15:24; Acts 7:42 (Exodus 16:31; 1 Samuel 7:2, and often); οἱ υἱοί Ἰσραήλ the (sons, i. e. the children, the) posterity of Israel, Luke 1:16; Acts 5:21; Acts 7:23, 37; Romans 9:27; αἱ φυλαί τοῦ Ἰσραήλ, Matthew 19:28; Luke 22:30; Revelation 7:4. By metonymy, for the posterity of Israel i. e. the Israelites (a name of especially honor because it made reference to the promises of salvation through the Messiah, which were given to Jacob in preference to Esau, and to be fulfilled to his posterity (see Ἰουδαῖος, b.)): Matthew 2:6; Matthew 8:10; Matthew 9:33; Luke 1:54, 68, 80; Acts 4:8 (R G); Ephesians 2:12; Romans 11:2, 7, 26, etc. (Exodus 5:2; Exodus 11:7, and often); ὁ λαός Ἰσραήλ, Acts 4:10, 27; γῆ Ἰσραήλ i. e. Palestine ((1 Samuel 13:19, etc.)), Matthew 2:20f; βασιλεύς Ἰσραήλ, Matthew 27:42; John 1:49 (50); ἡ ἐλπίς τοῦ Ἰσραήλ Acts 28:20; ὁ Ἰσραήλ τοῦ Θεοῦ (genitive of possession), i. e. Christians, Galatians 6:16; ὁ Ἰσραήλ κατά σάρκα, Israelites by birth, i. e. Jews, 1 Corinthians 10:18; in an emphatic sense, οὐ γάρ πάντες οἱ ἐξ Ἰσραήλ κτλ., for not all those that draw their bodily descent from Israel are true Israelites, i. e. are those whom God pronounces to be Israelites and has chosen to salvation, Romans 9:6.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
32:28; 32:28; 35:10
Exodus
5:2; 11:7; 16:31
1 Samuel
7:2; 13:19
Hosea
12:4
Matthew
2:6; 2:20; 8:10; 9:33; 10:6; 15:24; 19:28; 27:42
Luke
1:16; 1:54; 1:68; 1:80; 22:30
John
1:49
Acts
4:8; 4:10; 4:27; 5:21; 7:23; 7:37; 7:42; 28:20
Romans
9:6; 9:27; 11:2; 11:7; 11:26
1 Corinthians
10:18
Galatians
6:16
Ephesians
2:12
Revelation
7:4

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2474 matches the Greek Ἰσραήλ (israēl),
which occurs 2,461 times in 2,185 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 44 (Gen 32:28–Exo 3:10)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:28 - He said, “Your name shall no longer be Jacob, but [fn]Israel; for you have striven with God and with men and have prevailed.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:32 - Therefore, to this day the sons of Israel do not eat the sinew of the hip which is on the socket of the thigh, because he touched the socket of Jacob’s thigh in the sinew of the hip.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:20 - Then he erected there an altar and called it [fn]El-Elohe-Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 34:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:7 - Now the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it; and the men were grieved, and they were very angry because he had done a [fn]disgraceful thing in Israel [fn]by lying with Jacob’s daughter, for such a thing ought not to be done.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:5 - As they journeyed, there was [fn]a great terror upon the cities which were around them, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:10 - God said to him,
“Your name is Jacob;
[fn]You shall no longer be called Jacob,
But Israel shall be your name.”
Thus He called [fn]him Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:22 - It came about while Israel was dwelling in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine, and Israel heard of it. Now there were twelve sons of Jacob—

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 36:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:31 - Now these are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the sons of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:2 - These are the records of the generations of Jacob. Joseph, when seventeen years of age, was pasturing the flock with his brothers while he was still a youth, along with the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives. And Joseph brought back a bad report about them to their father.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:13 - Israel said to Joseph, “Are not your brothers pasturing the flock in Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them.” And he said to him, “[fn]I will go.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:14 - Then he said to him, “Go now and see about the welfare of your brothers and the welfare of the flock, and bring word back to me.” So he sent him from the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:5 - So the sons of Israel came to buy grain among those who were coming, for the famine was in the land of Canaan also.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:6 - Then Israel said, “Why did you treat me so badly [fn]by telling the man whether you still had another brother?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:8 - Judah said to his father Israel, “Send the lad with me and we will arise and go, that we may live and not die, we as well as you and our little ones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:11 - Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: take some of the best products of the land in your [fn]bags, and carry down to the man as a present, a little [fn]balm and a little honey, [fn]aromatic gum and [fn]myrrh, pistachio nuts and almonds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:21 - Then the sons of Israel did so; and Joseph gave them wagons according to the [fn]command of Pharaoh, and gave them provisions for the journey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:28 - Then Israel said, “It is enough; my son Joseph is still alive. I will go and see him before I die.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 46:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:1 - So Israel set out with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 46:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:2 - God spoke to Israel [fn]in visions of the night and said, “Jacob, Jacob.” And he said, “Here I am.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 46:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:5 - Then Jacob arose from Beersheba; and the sons of Israel carried their father Jacob and their little ones and their wives in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 46:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:8 - Now these are the names of the sons of Israel, Jacob and his sons, who went to Egypt: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 46:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:29 - Joseph [fn]prepared his chariot and went up to Goshen to meet his father Israel; as soon as he appeared [fn]before him, he fell on his neck and wept on his neck a long time.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 46:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:30 - Then Israel said to Joseph, “Now let me die, since I have seen your face, that you are still alive.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:27 - Now Israel [fn]lived in the land of Egypt, in [fn]Goshen, and they acquired property in it and were fruitful and became very numerous.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:29 - When [fn]the time for Israel to die drew near, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “Please, if I have found favor in your sight, place now your hand under my thigh and deal with me in kindness and [fn]faithfulness. Please do not bury me in Egypt,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:31 - He said, “Swear to me.” So he swore to him. Then Israel bowed in worship at the head of the bed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 48:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:2 - When [fn]it was told to Jacob, “Behold, your son Joseph has come to you,” Israel [fn]collected his strength and sat [fn]up in the bed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 48:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:8 - When Israel saw Joseph’s sons, he said, “Who are these?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 48:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:10 - Now the eyes of Israel were so dim from age that he could not see. Then [fn]Joseph brought them close to him, and he kissed them and embraced them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 48:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:11 - Israel said to Joseph, “I never [fn]expected to see your face, and behold, God has let me see your [fn]children as well.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 48:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:13 - Joseph took them both, Ephraim with his right hand toward Israel’s left, and Manasseh with his left hand toward Israel’s right, and brought them close to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 48:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:14 - But Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it on the head of Ephraim, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh’s head, [fn]crossing his hands, [fn]although Manasseh was the firstborn.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 48:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:20 - He blessed them that day, saying,
“By you Israel will pronounce blessing, saying,
‘May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh!’”
Thus he put Ephraim before Manasseh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 48:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:21 - Then Israel said to Joseph, “Behold, I am about to die, but God will be with you, and bring you back to the land of your fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:2 - “Gather together and hear, O sons of Jacob;
And listen to Israel your father.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:7 - “Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce;
And their wrath, for it is cruel.
I will [fn]disperse them in Jacob,
And scatter them in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:16 - “Dan shall judge his people,
As one of the tribes of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:24 - But his bow remained [fn]firm,
And [fn]his arms were agile,
From the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob
(From there is the Shepherd, the Stone of Israel),

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:2 - Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:25 - Then Joseph made the sons of Israel swear, saying, “God will surely [fn]take care of you, and you shall carry my bones up from here.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:1 - Now these are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob; they came each one [fn]with his household:

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:7 - But the sons of Israel were fruitful and [fn]increased greatly, and multiplied, and became exceedingly [fn]mighty, so that the land was filled with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:9 - He said to his people, “Behold, the people of the sons of Israel are [fn]more and mightier than we.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:12 - But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they [fn]spread out, so that they were in dread of the sons of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:13 - The Egyptians compelled the sons of Israel to labor rigorously;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:11 - Now it came about in those days, when Moses had grown up, that he went out to his brethren and looked on their [fn]hard labors; and he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his brethren.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:23 - Now it came about in the course of those many days that the king of Egypt died. And the sons of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and they cried out; and their cry for help because of their bondage rose up to God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 2:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:25 - God saw the sons of Israel, and God [fn]took notice of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:9 - “Now, behold, the cry of the sons of Israel has come to Me; furthermore, I have seen the oppression with which the Egyptians are oppressing them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:10 - “Therefore, come now, and I will send you to Pharaoh, so that you may bring My people, the sons of Israel, out of Egypt.”

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2. LOAD PAGE 2 Exo 3:11–Exo 12:51

3. LOAD PAGE 3 Exo 13:2–Exo 24:4

4. LOAD PAGE 4 Exo 24:5–Exo 40:36

5. LOAD PAGE 5 Exo 40:38–Lev 24:8

6. LOAD PAGE 6 Lev 24:10–Num 8:9

7. LOAD PAGE 7 Num 8:10–Num 16:40

8. LOAD PAGE 8 Num 16:41–Num 23:23

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10. LOAD PAGE 10 Num 33:38–Deu 25:6

11. LOAD PAGE 11 Deu 25:7–Jos 5:4

12. LOAD PAGE 12 Jos 5:6–Jos 10:34

13. LOAD PAGE 13 Jos 10:35–Jos 22:21

14. LOAD PAGE 14 Jos 22:22–Jdg 4:6

15. LOAD PAGE 15 Jdg 4:23–Jdg 11:16

16. LOAD PAGE 16 Jdg 11:17–Jdg 20:27

17. LOAD PAGE 17 Jdg 20:29–1Sa 6:3

18. LOAD PAGE 18 1Sa 7:2–1Sa 14:41

19. LOAD PAGE 19 1Sa 14:45–1Sa 29:1

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22. LOAD PAGE 22 2Sa 23:1–1Ki 8:63

23. LOAD PAGE 23 1Ki 8:65–1Ki 16:21

24. LOAD PAGE 24 1Ki 16:23–1Ki 22:9

25. LOAD PAGE 25 1Ki 22:10–2Ki 6:23

26. LOAD PAGE 26 2Ki 6:26–2Ki 14:23

27. LOAD PAGE 27 2Ki 14:24–2Ki 19:22

28. LOAD PAGE 28 2Ki 21:2–1Ch 16:3

29. LOAD PAGE 29 1Ch 16:4–1Ch 29:6

30. LOAD PAGE 30 1Ch 29:10–2Ch 10:3

31. LOAD PAGE 31 2Ch 10:16–2Ch 20:29

32. LOAD PAGE 32 2Ch 20:34–2Ch 33:8

33. LOAD PAGE 33 2Ch 33:9–Ezr 10:5

34. LOAD PAGE 34 Ezr 10:10–Psa 81:13

35. LOAD PAGE 35 Psa 83:4–Isa 10:20

36. LOAD PAGE 36 Isa 10:22–Isa 45:15

37. LOAD PAGE 37 Isa 45:17–Jer 11:17

38. LOAD PAGE 38 Jer 12:14–Jer 48:13

39. LOAD PAGE 39 Jer 48:27–Eze 12:10

40. LOAD PAGE 40 Eze 12:19–Eze 25:8

41. LOAD PAGE 41 Eze 25:14–Eze 39:22

42. LOAD PAGE 42 Eze 39:23–Hos 5:1

43. LOAD PAGE 43 Hos 5:3–Amo 7:11

44. LOAD PAGE 44 Amo 7:15–Mal 4:4

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