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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 5 / 45 (Lev 1:2–Lev 24:10)

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:2 - Speak unto the children of Israel, H3478 and say unto them, If any man of you bring an offering unto the LORD, ye shall bring your offering of the cattle, even of the herd, and of the flock.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:2 - Speak unto the children of Israel, H3478 saying, If a soul shall sin through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not to be done, and shall do against any of them:
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:13 - And if the whole congregation of Israel H3478 sin through ignorance, and the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which should not be done, and are guilty;
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:23 - Speak unto the children of Israel, H3478 saying, Ye shall eat no manner of fat, of ox, or of sheep, or of goat.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:29 - Speak unto the children of Israel, H3478 saying, He that offereth the sacrifice of his peace offerings unto the LORD shall bring his oblation unto the LORD of the sacrifice of his peace offerings.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:34 - For the wave breast and the heave shoulder have I taken of the children of Israel H3478 from off the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and have given them unto Aaron the priest and unto his sons by a statute for ever from among the children of Israel. H3478
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:36 - Which the LORD commanded to be given them of the children of Israel, H3478 in the day that he anointed them, by a statute for ever throughout their generations.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:38 - Which the LORD commanded Moses in mount Sinai, in the day that he commanded the children of Israel H3478 to offer their oblations unto the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:1 - And it came to pass on the eighth day, that Moses called Aaron and his sons, and the elders of Israel; H3478
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:3 - And unto the children of Israel H3478 thou shalt speak, saying, Take ye a kid of the goats for a sin offering; and a calf and a lamb, both of the first year, without blemish, for a burnt offering;
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:6 - And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, Uncover not your heads, neither rend your clothes; lest ye die, and lest wrath come upon all the people: but let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, H3478 bewail the burning which the LORD hath kindled.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:11 - And that ye may teach the children of Israel H3478 all the statutes which the LORD hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:14 - And the wave breast and heave shoulder shall ye eat in a clean place; thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee: for they be thy due, and thy sons' due, which are given out of the sacrifices of peace offerings of the children of Israel. H3478
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:2 - Speak unto the children of Israel, H3478 saying, These are the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:2 - Speak unto the children of Israel, H3478 saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:2 - Speak unto the children of Israel, H3478 and say unto them, When any man hath a running issue out of his flesh, because of his issue he is unclean.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:31 - Thus shall ye separate the children of Israel H3478 from their uncleanness; that they die not in their uncleanness, when they defile my tabernacle that is among them.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:5 - And he shall take of the congregation of the children of Israel H3478 two kids of the goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:16 - And he shall make an atonement for the holy place, because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, H3478 and because of their transgressions in all their sins: and so shall he do for the tabernacle of the congregation, that remaineth among them in the midst of their uncleanness.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:17 - And there shall be no man in the tabernacle of the congregation when he goeth in to make an atonement in the holy place, until he come out, and have made an atonement for himself, and for his household, and for all the congregation of Israel. H3478
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:19 - And he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it with his finger seven times, and cleanse it, and hallow it from the uncleanness of the children of Israel. H3478
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:21 - And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, H3478 and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness:
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:34 - And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you, to make an atonement for the children of Israel H3478 for all their sins once a year. And he did as the LORD commanded Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:2 - Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, H3478 and say unto them; This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:3 - What man soever there be of the house of Israel, H3478 that killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that killeth it out of the camp,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:5 - To the end that the children of Israel H3478 may bring their sacrifices, which they offer in the open field, even that they may bring them unto the LORD, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest, and offer them for peace offerings unto the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:8 - And thou shalt say unto them, Whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, H3478 or of the strangers which sojourn among you, that offereth a burnt offering or sacrifice,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:10 - And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, H3478 or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:12 - Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, H3478 No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:13 - And whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, H3478 or of the strangers that sojourn among you, which hunteth and catcheth any beast or fowl that may be eaten; he shall even pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:14 - For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it is for the life thereof: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, H3478 Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh: for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof: whosoever eateth it shall be cut off.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:2 - Speak unto the children of Israel, H3478 and say unto them, I am the LORD your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:2 - Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, H3478 and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:2 - Again, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, H3478 Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, H3478 or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, H3478 that giveth any of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:24 - And Moses told it unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel. H3478
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:2 - Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, H3478 and that they profane not my holy name in those things which they hallow unto me: I am the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:3 - Say unto them, Whosoever he be of all your seed among your generations, that goeth unto the holy things, which the children of Israel H3478 hallow unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from my presence: I am the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:15 - And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, H3478 which they offer unto the LORD;
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:18 - Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, H3478 and say unto them, Whatsoever he be of the house of Israel, H3478 or of the strangers in Israel, H3478 that will offer his oblation for all his vows, and for all his freewill offerings, which they will offer unto the LORD for a burnt offering;
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:32 - Neither shall ye profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel: H3478 I am the LORD which hallow you,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:2 - Speak unto the children of Israel, H3478 and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:10 - Speak unto the children of Israel, H3478 and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest:
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:24 - Speak unto the children of Israel, H3478 saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:34 - Speak unto the children of Israel, H3478 saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:42 - Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites H3478 born shall dwell in booths:
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:43 - That your generations may know that I made the children of Israel H3478 to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:44 - And Moses declared unto the children of Israel H3478 the feasts of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:2 - Command the children of Israel, H3478 that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:8 - Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the LORD continually, being taken from the children of Israel H3478 by an everlasting covenant.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:10 - And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel: H3478 and this son of the Israelitish woman and a man of Israel H3478 strove together in the camp;

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