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Lexicon :: Strong's H3157 - yizrᵊʿe'l

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יִזְרְעֶאל
Transliteration
yizrᵊʿe'l
Pronunciation
yiz-reh-ale'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun, proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

יִזְרְעֵאל Yizrᵉʻêʼl, yiz-reh-ale'; from H2232 and H410; God will sow; Jizreel, the name of two places in Palestine and of two Israelites:—Jezreel.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 36x

The KJV translates Strong's H3157 in the following manner: Jezreel (36x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 36x
The KJV translates Strong's H3157 in the following manner: Jezreel (36x).

  1. Jezreel = "God sows"

    proper masculine noun

    1. a descendant of the father or founder of Etam of Judah

    2. first son of Hosea the prophet

      proper locative noun

    3. a city in the Nekeb of Judah

    4. a city in Issachar on the northwest spur of Mount Gilboa

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יִזְרְעֵאל Yizrᵉʻêʼl, yiz-reh-ale'; from H2232 and H410; God will sow; Jizreel, the name of two places in Palestine and of two Israelites:—Jezreel.
STRONGS H3157: Abbreviations
† יִזְרְעֶאל
1. proper name, of a location (God soweth; Sabean אלדֿרא MordtZMG 1879, 489; see LagBN 131) — י׳ Joshua 15:56; 2 Samuel 2:9 +; יִזְרְעֶ֑אל 1 Samuel 25:43; Joshua 17:16 +; יִזְרְעֶ֫אלָה Joshua 19:18 + 6 times:
a. city in the Negeb of Judah Joshua 15:56; 1 Samuel 25:43 (home of Ahinoam, one of David's wives), site unknown; compare proper name, masculine 1 Chronicles 4:3.
b. city in Issachar Joshua 19:18 on northwest spur of Mt. Gilboa 2 Samuel 4:4 (compare 1 Samuel 31:1, 8) 1 Kings 4:12 (compare 1 Samuel 31:10, 12), modern Zer`în (RobBR ii. 318 ff. BdPal 244), close to scene of great battle with Philistines 1 Samuel 29:1 (בְּעַיִן אשׁר בְיִז׳, compare RobBR ii. 323) 1 Samuel 29:11; subject to Ishbosheth 2 Samuel 2:9 (yet see below), residence of Ahab and Jehoram of Israel 1 Kings 18:45, 46; 1 Kings 21:1 (Naboth) 2 Kings 8:29 (twice in verse) = 2 Chronicles 22:6 (twice in verse), 2 Kings 9:15 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 9:16, 17, 30; 2 Kings 10:11 compare דְּמֵי יִז׳ Hosea 1:4, and symbolical name of Hosea's son Hosea 1:4 (compare Che); — in 2 Kings 10:1 for שָׂרֵי יִז׳ read שָׂרֵי שֹׁמְרוֺן so Greek Version of the LXX. Used by Hosea as representing Israel, with play on etymology, Hosea 2:24 (compare וּזְרַעְתִּיהָ לִּי בָּאָרֶץ Hosea 2:25), compare also גָּדוֺל יוֺם יִז׳ Hosea 1:2. Territory immediately about the city is חֵלֶק יִז׳ 2 Kings 9:10, 36, 37; compare חֵל יִז׳ 1 Kings 21:23 (read probably חלק, see Th Klo after Syriac Version Vulgate; the adjacent plain is עֵמֶק יִז׳ (compare Di Joshua 17:16 BdPal 229) Joshua 17:16; Judges 6:33; Hosea 1:5 (perhaps also = יִז׳ 2 Samuel 2:9 above, || Gilead, Ephraim, Benjamin, etc.)
2. proper name, masculine
a. Hosea's son Hosea 1:4, compare 1b above.
b. Judahite name 1 Chronicles 4:3, compare 1a above.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Joshua

15:56; 15:56; 17:16; 17:16; 17:16; 19:18; 19:18

Judges

6:33

1 Samuel

25:43; 25:43; 29:1; 29:11; 31:1; 31:8; 31:10; 31:12

2 Samuel

2:9; 2:9; 2:9; 4:4

1 Kings

4:12; 18:45; 18:46; 21:1; 21:23

2 Kings

8:29; 9:10; 9:15; 9:16; 9:17; 9:30; 9:36; 9:37; 10:1; 10:11

1 Chronicles

4:3; 4:3

2 Chronicles

22:6

Hosea

1:2; 1:4; 1:4; 1:4; 1:5

H3157

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Strong's Number H3157 matches the Hebrew יִזְרְעֶאל (yizrᵊʿe'l),
which occurs 36 times in 32 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:56

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:56 - Jezreel, Jok'de-am, Zano'ah,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 17:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:16 - The tribe of Joseph said, "The hill country is not enough for us; yet all the Canaanites who dwell in the plain have chariots of iron, both those in Beth-she'an and its villages and those in the Valley of Jezreel."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 19:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:18 - Its territory included Jezreel, Chesul'loth, Shunem,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:33 - Then all the Mid'ianites and the Amal'ekites and the people of the East came together, and crossing the Jordan they encamped in the Valley of Jezreel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:43 - David also took Ahin'o-am of Jezreel; and both of them became his wives.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 29:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:1 - Now the Philistines gathered all their forces at Aphek; and the Israelites were encamped by the fountain which is in Jezreel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 29:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:11 - So David set out with his men early in the morning, to return to the land of the Philistines. But the Philistines went up to Jezreel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:9 - and he made him king over Gilead and the Ash'urites and Jezreel and E'phraim and Benjamin and all Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 4:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:4 - Jonathan, the son of Saul, had a son who was crippled in his feet. He was five years old when the news about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel; and his nurse took him up, and fled; and, as she fled in her haste, he fell, and became lame. And his name was Mephib'osheth.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:12 - Ba'ana the son of Ahi'lud, in Ta'anach, Megid'do, and all Beth-she'an which is beside Zarethan below Jezreel, and from Beth-she'an to A'bel-meho'lah, as far as the other side of Jok'meam;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:45

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:45 - And in a little while the heavens grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode and went to Jezreel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:46

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:46 - And the hand of the LORD was on Eli'jah; and he girded up his loins and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:1 - Now Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard in Jezreel, beside the palace of Ahab king of Sama'ria.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:23 - And of Jez'ebel the LORD also said, 'The dogs shall eat Jez'ebel within the bounds of Jezreel.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 8:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:29 - And King Joram returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Haz'ael king of Syria. And Ahazi'ah the son of Jeho'ram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:10 - And the dogs shall eat Jez'ebel in the territory of Jezreel, and none shall bury her." Then he opened the door, and fled.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:15 - but King Joram had returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Haz'ael king of Syria.) So Jehu said, "If this is your mind, then let no one slip out of the city to go and tell the news in Jezreel."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:16 - Then Jehu mounted his chariot, and went to Jezreel, for Joram lay there. And Ahazi'ah king of Judah had come down to visit Joram.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:17 - Now the watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, "I see a company." And Joram said, "Take a horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, 'Is it peace?'"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:30 - When Jehu came to Jezreel, Jez'ebel heard of it; and she painted her eyes, and adorned her head, and looked out of the window.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:36

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:36 - When they came back and told him, he said, "This is the word of the LORD, which he spoke by his servant Eli'jah the Tishbite, 'In the territory of Jezreel the dogs shall eat the flesh of Jez'ebel;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:37

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:37 - and the corpse of Jez'ebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the territory of Jezreel, so that no one can say, This is Jez'ebel.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:1 - Now Ahab had seventy sons in Sama'ria. So Jehu wrote letters, and sent them to Sama'ria, to the rulers of the city, to the elders, and to the guardians of the sons of Ahab, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:6 - Then he wrote to them a second letter, saying, "If you are on my side, and if you are ready to obey me, take the heads of your master's sons, and come to me at Jezreel tomorrow at this time." Now the king's sons, seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, who were bringing them up.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:7 - And when the letter came to them, they took the king's sons, and slew them, seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent them to him at Jezreel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:11 - So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, all his great men, and his familiar friends, and his priests, until he left him none remaining.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:3 - These were the sons of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazzelelpo'ni,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 22:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:6 - and he returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which he had received at Ramah, when he fought against Haz'ael king of Syria. And Ahazi'ah the son of Jeho'ram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:4 - And the LORD said to him, "Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will punish the house of Jehu for the blood of Jezreel, and I will put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:5 - And on that day, I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel."

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:11 - And the people of Judah and the people of Israel shall be gathered together, and they shall appoint for themselves one head; and they shall go up from the land, for great shall be the day of Jezreel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:22 - and the earth shall answer the grain, the wine, and the oil, and they shall answer Jezreel;
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