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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 3 / 45 (Exo 13:18–Exo 24:9)

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:18 - But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel H3478 went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:19 - And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, H3478 saying, God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:2 - Speak unto the children of Israel, H3478 that they turn and encamp before Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baalzephon: before it shall ye encamp by the sea.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:3 - For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, H3478 They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:5 - And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel H3478 go from serving us?
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:8 - And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel: H3478 and the children of Israel H3478 went out with an high hand.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:10 - And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel H3478 lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore afraid: and the children of Israel H3478 cried out unto the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:15 - And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, H3478 that they go forward:
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:16 - But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel H3478 shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:19 - And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, H3478 removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them:
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:20 - And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; H3478 and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:22 - And the children of Israel H3478 went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:25 - And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; H3478 for the LORD fighteth for them against the Egyptians.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:29 - But the children of Israel H3478 walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:30 - Thus the LORD saved Israel H3478 that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel H3478 saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:31 - And Israel H3478 saw that great work which the LORD did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the LORD, and believed the LORD, and his servant Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:1 - Then sang Moses and the children of Israel H3478 this song unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:19 - For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the LORD brought again the waters of the sea upon them; but the children of Israel H3478 went on dry land in the midst of the sea.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:22 - So Moses brought Israel H3478 from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:1 - And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel H3478 came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:2 - And the whole congregation of the children of Israel H3478 murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness:
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:3 - And the children of Israel H3478 said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:6 - And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel, H3478 At even, then ye shall know that the LORD hath brought you out from the land of Egypt:
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:9 - And Moses spake unto Aaron, Say unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, H3478 Come near before the LORD: for he hath heard your murmurings.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:10 - And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel, H3478 that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:12 - I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: H3478 speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:15 - And when the children of Israel H3478 saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:17 - And the children of Israel H3478 did so, and gathered, some more, some less.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:31 - And the house of Israel H3478 called the name thereof Manna: and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:35 - And the children of Israel H3478 did eat manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:1 - And all the congregation of the children of Israel H3478 journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:5 - And the LORD said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; H3478 and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:6 - Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel. H3478
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:7 - And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, H3478 and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:8 - Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel H3478 in Rephidim.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:11 - And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel H3478 prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:1 - When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father in law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel H3478 his people, and that the LORD had brought Israel H3478 out of Egypt;
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:8 - And Moses told his father in law all that the LORD had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's H3478 sake, and all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and how the LORD delivered them.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:9 - And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the LORD had done to Israel, H3478 whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:12 - And Jethro, Moses' father in law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, H3478 to eat bread with Moses' father in law before God.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:25 - And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, H3478 and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:1 - In the third month, when the children of Israel H3478 were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:2 - For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness; and there Israel H3478 camped before the mount.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:3 - And Moses went up unto God, and the LORD called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel; H3478
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:6 - And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel. H3478
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:22 - And the LORD said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, H3478 Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:1 - And he said unto Moses, Come up unto the LORD, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; H3478 and worship ye afar off.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:4 - And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel. H3478
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:5 - And he sent young men of the children of Israel, H3478 which offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:9 - Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel: H3478

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