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Lexicon :: Strong's H3478 - yiśrā'ēl

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יִשְׂרָאֵל
Transliteration
yiśrā'ēl
Pronunciation
yis-raw-ale'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

יִשְׂרָאֵל Yisrâʼêl, yis-raw-ale'; from H8280 and H410; he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity:—Israel.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 2,505x

The KJV translates Strong's H3478 in the following manner: Israel (2,489x), Israelites (16x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2,505x
The KJV translates Strong's H3478 in the following manner: Israel (2,489x), Israelites (16x).
  1. 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 Jacob

      1. the name of the nation until the death of Solomon and the split

      2. the name used and given to the northern kingdom consisting of the 10 tribes under Jeroboam; the southern kingdom was known as Judah

      3. the name of the nation after the return from exile

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יִשְׂרָאֵל Yisrâʼêl, yis-raw-ale'; from H8280 and H410; he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity:—Israel.
STRONGS H3478: Abbreviations
יִשְׂרָאֵל 2507 proper name, masculine and of a people Israel (Ēl persisteth, persevereth (or jussive Let Ēl persist) [usually contendeth (NesEg.60 ff.) or Let Ēl contend (GrayProp. N. 218), but see DrHast. DB JACOB 530]; on vocalization see LagBN 131 f. Kit 1 Chronicles 4:16 (Hpt); MI5, + 5 times ישראל; in Egyptian Y-si-r-'l SteindZAW xvi (1896), 331, compare BreastedBib. World ix (1897), 62 ff. PatonSyr. and Pal. 134; Assyrian Sir-'-lai (= יִשְׂרְאֵלִי) SchrKG 356 ff., 364; COT Genesis 36:31; 1 Kings 16:29. — On a possibly relation of יִשׂ׳ to proper name שָׂרַי, שָׂרָה see RSK 257, 2nd ed. 34; — compare שְׂרָיָה(וּ); — Ισραηλ:
1. proper name, masculine. second name of Jacob Genesis 32:29 + 28 times Genesis (JE), Exodus 32:13 (JE), Hosea 12:13; Judges 18:29; Exodus 6:14; Numbers 1:20; Numbers 26:5 (all P), 2 Kings 17:34; 1 Chronicles 1:34 + 8 times Chronicles, Psalm 105:23; בֵּית יִשׂ׳ Ruth 4:11; בְּנֵי יִשׂ׳ (literal) Genesis 42:5 + 3 times E, + 2 times P + Exodus 1:7 (P; transition to wider use), 1 Kings 18:31; 1 Chronicles 2:1 +; = 12 tribes Exodus 28:9 + 7 times P; אֱלֹהֵי אַבְרָהָם יִצְחָק וְיִשׂ׳ 1 Kings 18:36; 1 Chronicles 29:18; 2 Chronicles 30:6.
2. proper name, of a people (usually masculineJudges 11:17 f but feminine 1 Samuel 17:21; 2 Samuel 24:9 [not || 1 Chronicles 21:5], compare Dron the passage AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 57 f.): name of Hebrew nation; usually derived from 1, but יִשׂ׳ more common in early usage than בְּנֵי יִשׂ׳ (see בֵּן):
a.
(1) undivided kingdom; יִשׂ׳ Genesis 47:27 (J), Genesis 49:7 (poem in J) + 108 times J E, Deuteronomy 1:1; Deuteronomy 18:6; Deuteronomy 33:10 (poem) + 76 times D, Genesis 34:7; Exodus 12:15 + 42 times P; Judges 5:2, 7 (twice in verse) + 104 times Judges; often 1 and 2 Samuel; 1 Kings 1-12; כָּליִֿשׂ׳ of whole people 2 Samuel 8:15 +, of whole army 2 Samuel 11:1 +, opposed to Judah 2 Samuel 2:9 + (so also later).
(2) יִשׂ׳ = Northern tribes, distinguished from Judah, even before disruption, 2 Samuel 2:9, compare 2 Samuel 2:10; 2 Samuel 3:10; 2 Samuel 4:1; 2 Samuel 5:5; 2 Samuel 12:7; 2 Samuel 20:1; 1 Kings 1:35; 1 Kings 4:20; 1 Kings 5:5 +; so at disruption 1 Kings 12:16 (3 times in verse); 1 Kings 12:18, 19; then usually of Northern kingdom, till its fall, 1 Kings 12:28; 1Ki 24:7; 1Ki 24:10 + very often Kings, Amos 1:1; Amos 2:6; Amos 3:14 +, Hosea 1:5; Hosea 4:15 (twice in verse); Hosea 5:3 (twice in verse); Hosea 5:5 +, Micah 1:13, etc.
(3) יִשׂ׳ of Southern kingdom, Judah, rarely before fall of Samaria Isaiah 1:3; Isaiah 8:18; Micah 1:14, 15, so בְּנֵי יִשׂ׳ 1 Kings 12:17; after fall of Samaria, יִשׂ׳ (less often בְּנֵי יִשׂ׳) occurs of entire people, in reference to past or future 2 Kings 21:8; 2 Kings 23:22; Isaiah 17:9; Psalm 103:7; Jeremiah 2:3; Jeremiah 50:17, 19 +; יִשׂ׳ also = Judah Jeremiah 2:14, 31; Jeremiah 4:1 +, Ezekiel 13:2, 4, 16; Ezekiel 14:1, 7, 9 +, Isaiah 40:27; Isaiah 41:8; Isaiah 42:24 +, Ezra 2:59 = Nehemiah 7:61; Ezra 2:70; Ezra 3:11 +, Nehemiah 10:34; Nehemiah 10:3 +, Psalm 14:7 (twice in verse) = Psalm 53:7 [Psalm 53:6] (twice in verse), Psalm 147:2; Psalm 149:2 +, etc.
(4) usage in Chronicles: יִשׂ׳ of whole people 1 Chronicles 2:7 + 110 times, of Northern kingdom 2 Chronicles 11:1 + 16 times, of Judah 2 Chronicles 12:6; 19:8 + 9 times
(5) יִשׂ׳ personified as עֶבֶד י׳, Isaiah 44:1, 21; Isaiah 49:3.
b. בְּנֵי יִשׂ׳,
(1) of undivided people Exodus 1:12 (J), Exodus 3:9 (E) + 72 times J E, Deuteronomy 3:18; Deuteronomy 10:6 + 25 times D, Genesis 32:33 [Genesis 32:32] + 327 times P; Judges 1:1 + 60 times Judges; seldom 1 and 2 Samuel, 1 Kings 1-12; in 1 Kings 13—2 Kings 25 passive in reference to older history (rarely otherwise).
(2) seldom of Northern kingdom Amos 2:11 + 9 times Amos, Hosea; 2 Chronicles 13:12 + 7 times Chronicles.
(3) of Judah (late) Ezekiel 2:3; Nehemiah 1:6 (twice in verse); Ezra 3:1; Joel 4:16 +, 2 Chronicles 31:5.
c. בֵּית יִשׂ׳ Exodus 16:31; Exodus 40:38 + 142 times (see בַּיִת 5d (δ); + 81 times Ezekiel, where = Judah; see especially Exodus 37:16); שְׁנֵי בָֽתֵּי יִשׂ׳ Isaiah 8:14.
d. other phrases, see sub אִישׁ, אֶרֶץ, בַּת, בְּתוּלָה, גְּבוּל, הַר, כִּסֵּא, מֶלֶךְ, (נטה) מַטֶּה, (יעד) עֵדָה, עַם, שֵׁבֶט; also (in epithet of י׳) below אָבִיר, אוֺר, אֱלֹחִים, I. גָּוֺאל, מֶלֶךְ, מִקְוֶה (I. קוה), I. צוּר (V. צור), קָדוֺשׁ, I. רָעָה 1d (3).
†e. יִשׂ׳ = the laity, opposed to priests, etc. (late): Ezra 10:25; Nehemiah 11:3; 1 Chronicles 9:2; כָּליִֿשׂ׳ Ezra 2:70; Ezra 10:5; הָעָם יִשׂ׳ Ezra 9:1; בְּנֵי יִשׂ׳ Nehemiah 10:40, compare שְׁאָר יִשׂ׳ Nehemiah 11:20.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H3479.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

32:29; 32:32; 34:7; 36:31; 42:5; 47:27; 49:7

Exodus

1:7; 1:12; 3:9; 6:14; 12:15; 16:31; 28:9; 32:13; 37:16; 40:38

Numbers

1:20; 26:5

Deuteronomy

1:1; 3:18; 10:6; 18:6; 33:10

Judges

1:1; 5:2; 5:7; 11:17; 18:29

Ruth

4:11

1 Samuel

17:21

2 Samuel

2:9; 2:9; 2:10; 3:10; 4:1; 5:5; 8:15; 11:1; 12:7; 20:1; 24:9

1 Kings

1:35; 4:20; 5:5; 12:16; 12:17; 12:18; 12:19; 12:28; 16:29; 18:31; 18:36

2 Kings

17:34; 21:8; 23:22

1 Chronicles

1:34; 2:1; 2:7; 4:16; 9:2; 21:5; 29:18

2 Chronicles

11:1; 12:6; 13:12; 19:8; 30:6; 31:5

Ezra

2:59; 2:70; 2:70; 3:1; 3:11; 9:1; 10:5; 10:25

Nehemiah

1:6; 7:61; 10:3; 10:34; 11:3; 11:20

Psalms

14:7; 53:6; 103:7; 105:23; 147:2; 149:2

Isaiah

1:3; 8:14; 8:18; 17:9; 40:27; 41:8; 42:24; 44:1; 44:21; 49:3

Jeremiah

2:3; 2:14; 2:31; 4:1; 50:17; 50:19

Ezekiel

2:3; 13:2; 13:4; 13:16; 14:1; 14:7; 14:9

Hosea

1:5; 4:15; 5:3; 5:5; 12:13

Amos

1:1; 2:6; 2:11; 3:14

Micah

1:13; 1:14; 1:15

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3478 matches the Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (yiśrā'ēl),
which occurs 2,506 times in 2,231 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 13 / 45 (Jos 10:24–Jos 22:9)

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:24 - And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, H3478 and said unto the captains of the men of war which went with him, Come near, put your feet upon the necks of these kings. And they came near, and put their feet upon the necks of them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:29 - Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel H3478 with him, unto Libnah, and fought against Libnah:
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:30 - And the LORD delivered it also, and the king thereof, into the hand of Israel; H3478 and he smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein; he let none remain in it; but did unto the king thereof as he did unto the king of Jericho.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:31 - And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel H3478 with him, unto Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it:
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:32 - And the LORD delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel, H3478 which took it on the second day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein, according to all that he had done to Libnah.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:34 - And from Lachish Joshua passed unto Eglon, and all Israel H3478 with him; and they encamped against it, and fought against it:
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:36 - And Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel H3478 with him, unto Hebron; and they fought against it:
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:38 - And Joshua returned, and all Israel H3478 with him, to Debir; and fought against it:
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:40 - So Joshua smote all the country of the hills, and of the south, and of the vale, and of the springs, and all their kings: he left none remaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the LORD God of Israel H3478 commanded.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:42 - And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, because the LORD God of Israel H3478 fought for Israel. H3478
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:43 - And Joshua returned, and all Israel H3478 with him, unto the camp to Gilgal.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:5 - And when all these kings were met together, they came and pitched together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel. H3478
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:6 - And the LORD said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them: for to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: H3478 thou shalt hough their horses, and burn their chariots with fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:8 - And the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, H3478 who smote them, and chased them unto great Zidon, and unto Misrephothmaim, and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, until they left them none remaining.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:13 - But as for the cities that stood still in their strength, Israel H3478 burned none of them, save Hazor only; that did Joshua burn.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:14 - And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of Israel H3478 took for a prey unto themselves; but every man they smote with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither left they any to breathe.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:16 - So Joshua took all that land, the hills, and all the south country, and all the land of Goshen, and the valley, and the plain, and the mountain of Israel, H3478 and the valley of the same;
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:19 - There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, H3478 save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: all other they took in battle.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:20 - For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel H3478 in battle, that he might destroy them utterly, and that they might have no favour, but that he might destroy them, as the LORD commanded Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:21 - And at that time came Joshua, and cut off the Anakims from the mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel: H3478 Joshua destroyed them utterly with their cities.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:22 - There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of Israel: H3478 only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:23 - So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD said unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel H3478 according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from war.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:1 - Now these are the kings of the land, which the children of Israel H3478 smote, and possessed their land on the other side Jordan toward the rising of the sun, from the river Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the plain on the east:
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:6 - Them did Moses the servant of the LORD and the children of Israel H3478 smite: and Moses the servant of the LORD gave it for a possession unto the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:7 - And these are the kings of the country which Joshua and the children of Israel H3478 smote on this side Jordan on the west, from Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon even unto the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir; which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel H3478 for a possession according to their divisions;
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:6 - All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon unto Misrephothmaim, and all the Sidonians, them will I drive out from before the children of Israel: H3478 only divide thou it by lot unto the Israelites H3478 for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:13 - Nevertheless the children of Israel H3478 expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites H3478 until this day.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:14 - Only unto the tribe of Levi he gave none inheritance; the sacrifices of the LORD God of Israel H3478 made by fire are their inheritance, as he said unto them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:22 - Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel H3478 slay with the sword among them that were slain by them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:33 - But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave not any inheritance: the LORD God of Israel H3478 was their inheritance, as he said unto them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:1 - And these are the countries which the children of Israel H3478 inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, H3478 distributed for inheritance to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:5 - As the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel H3478 did, and they divided the land.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:10 - And now, behold, the LORD hath kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since the LORD spake this word unto Moses, while the children of Israel H3478 wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:14 - Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite unto this day, because that he wholly followed the LORD God of Israel. H3478
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:13 - Yet it came to pass, when the children of Israel H3478 were waxen strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute; but did not utterly drive them out.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:1 - And the whole congregation of the children of Israel H3478 assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:2 - And there remained among the children of Israel H3478 seven tribes, which had not yet received their inheritance.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:3 - And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, H3478 How long are ye slack to go to possess the land, which the LORD God of your fathers hath given you?
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:10 - And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD: and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel H3478 according to their divisions.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:49 - When they had made an end of dividing the land for inheritance by their coasts, the children of Israel H3478 gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun among them:
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:51 - These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, H3478 divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So they made an end of dividing the country.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:2 - Speak to the children of Israel, H3478 saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses:
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:9 - These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, H3478 and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth any person at unawares might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:1 - Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel; H3478
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:3 - And the children of Israel H3478 gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, at the commandment of the LORD, these cities and their suburbs.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:8 - And the children of Israel H3478 gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:41 - All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel H3478 were forty and eight cities with their suburbs.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:43 - And the LORD gave unto Israel H3478 all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:45 - There failed not ought of any good thing which the LORD had spoken unto the house of Israel; H3478 all came to pass.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:9 - And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel H3478 out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go unto the country of Gilead, to the land of their possession, whereof they were possessed, according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.

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