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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 2,507 times in 2,231 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 45 (Exo 3:13–Exo 13:2)

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:13 - And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, H3478 and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them?
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:14 - And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, H3478 I AM hath sent me unto you.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:15 - And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, H3478 The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:16 - Go, and gather the elders of Israel H3478 together, and say unto them, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt:
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:18 - And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, H3478 unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath met with us: and now let us go, we beseech thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:22 - And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel H3478 is my son, even my firstborn:
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:29 - And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel: H3478
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:31 - And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, H3478 and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:1 - And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, H3478 Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:2 - And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel H3478 go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel H3478 go.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:14 - And the officers of the children of Israel, H3478 which Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore?
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:15 - Then the officers of the children of Israel H3478 came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:19 - And the officers of the children of Israel H3478 did see that they were in evil case, after it was said, Ye shall not minish ought from your bricks of your daily task.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:5 - And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, H3478 whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:6 - Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, H3478 I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments:
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:9 - And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: H3478 but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:11 - Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel H3478 go out of his land.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:12 - And Moses spake before the LORD, saying, Behold, the children of Israel H3478 have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of uncircumcised lips?
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:13 - And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, and gave them a charge unto the children of Israel, H3478 and unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel H3478 out of the land of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:14 - These be the heads of their fathers' houses: The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel; H3478 Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi: these be the families of Reuben.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:26 - These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom the LORD said, Bring out the children of Israel H3478 from the land of Egypt according to their armies.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:27 - These are they which spake to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel H3478 from Egypt: these are that Moses and Aaron.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:2 - Thou shalt speak all that I command thee: and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of Israel H3478 out of his land.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:4 - But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, and my people the children of Israel, H3478 out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:5 - And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I stretch forth mine hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel H3478 from among them.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:4 - And the LORD shall sever between the cattle of Israel H3478 and the cattle of Egypt: and there shall nothing die of all that is the children's of Israel. H3478
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:6 - And the LORD did that thing on the morrow, and all the cattle of Egypt died: but of the cattle of the children of Israel H3478 died not one.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:7 - And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not one of the cattle of the Israelites H3478 dead. And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people go.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:26 - Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel H3478 were, was there no hail.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:35 - And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, neither would he let the children of Israel H3478 go; as the LORD had spoken by Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:20 - But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel H3478 go.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:23 - They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel H3478 had light in their dwellings.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:7 - But against any of the children of Israel H3478 shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the LORD doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel. H3478
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:10 - And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh: and the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel H3478 go out of his land.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:3 - Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, H3478 saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house:
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:6 - And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel H3478 shall kill it in the evening.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:15 - Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel. H3478
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:19 - Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, H3478 whether he be a stranger, or born in the land.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:21 - Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, H3478 and said unto them, Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families, and kill the passover.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:27 - That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the LORD'S passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel H3478 in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:28 - And the children of Israel H3478 went away, and did as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:31 - And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, and get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel; H3478 and go, serve the LORD, as ye have said.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:35 - And the children of Israel H3478 did according to the word of Moses; and they borrowed of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment:
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:37 - And the children of Israel H3478 journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:40 - Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, H3478 who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:42 - It is a night to be much observed unto the LORD for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of the LORD to be observed of all the children of Israel H3478 in their generations.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:47 - All the congregation of Israel H3478 shall keep it.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:50 - Thus did all the children of Israel; H3478 as the LORD commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:51 - And it came to pass the selfsame day, that the LORD did bring the children of Israel H3478 out of the land of Egypt by their armies.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:2 - Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, H3478 both of man and of beast: it is mine.

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