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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 -

Then Moses said to God, “Behold, I am going to the sons of Israel H3478, and I will say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you.’ Now they may say to me, ‘What is His name?’ What shall I say to them?”

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:14 - And God said to Moses, “[fn]I AM WHO [fn]I AM”; and He said, “This is what you shall say to the sons of Israel H3478: ‘[fn]I AM has sent me to you.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:15 - God furthermore said to Moses, “This is what you shall say to the sons of Israel H3478: ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.’ This is My name forever, and this is the [fn]name for [fn]all generations to use to call upon Me.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:16 - “Go and gather the elders of Israel H3478 together and say to them, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob has appeared to me, saying, “[fn]I am indeed concerned about you and what has been done to you in Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:18 - “Then they will [fn]pay attention to what you say; and you with the elders of Israel H3478 will come to the king of Egypt, and you will say to him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. So now, please let us go a three days’ journey into the wilderness, so that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.’
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:22 - “Then you shall say to Pharaoh, ‘This is what the LORD says: “Israel H3478 is My son, My firstborn.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:29 - Then Moses and Aaron went and assembled all the elders of the sons of Israel H3478;
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:31 - So the people believed; and when they heard that the LORD [fn]was concerned about the sons of Israel H3478 and that He had seen their affliction, they bowed low and worshiped.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:1 -

And afterward Moses and Aaron came and said to Pharaoh, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel H3478 says: ‘Let My people go so that they may celebrate a feast to Me in the wilderness.’”

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:2 - But Pharaoh said, “Who is the LORD that I should obey His voice to let Israel H3478 go? I do not know the LORD, and besides, I will not let Israel H3478 go.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:14 - Moreover, the foremen of the sons of Israel H3478, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten [fn]and asked, “Why have you not completed your required task of making bricks either yesterday or today, as before?”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:15 -

Then the foremen of the sons of Israel H3478 came and cried out to Pharaoh, saying, “Why do you deal this way with your servants?

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:19 - The foremen of the sons of Israel H3478 saw that they were in trouble, [fn]since they were told, “You must not reduce [fn]your daily amount of bricks.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:5 - “Furthermore I have heard the groaning of the sons of Israel H3478, because the Egyptians are holding them in bondage, and I have remembered My covenant.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:6 - “Say, therefore, to the sons of Israel H3478, ‘I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the labors of the Egyptians, and I will rescue you from their bondage. I will also redeem you with an outstretched arm, and with great judgments.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:9 - So Moses said this to the sons of Israel H3478, but they did not listen to Moses on account of their [fn]despondency and cruel bondage.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:11 - “Go, [fn]tell Pharaoh king of Egypt [fn]to let the sons of Israel H3478 go out of his land.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:12 - But Moses spoke before the LORD, saying, “Behold, the sons of Israel H3478 have not listened to me; how then will Pharaoh listen to me, as I am [fn]unskilled in speech?”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:13 - Nevertheless, the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron and gave them a command concerning the sons of Israel H3478 and Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the sons of Israel H3478 out of the land of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:14 -

These are the heads of their fathers’ households. The sons of Reuben, Israel’s H3478 firstborn: Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi; these are the families of Reuben.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:26 - It was the same Aaron and Moses to whom the LORD said, “Bring out the sons of Israel H3478 from the land of Egypt according to their [fn]multitudes.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:27 - They were the ones who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt [fn]about bringing out the sons of Israel H3478 from Egypt; it was the same Moses and Aaron.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:2 - “As for you, you shall speak all that I command you, and your brother Aaron shall speak to Pharaoh that he let the sons of Israel H3478 go out of his land.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:4 - “When Pharaoh does not listen to you, I will lay My hand on Egypt and bring out My armies, My people the sons of Israel H3478, from the land of Egypt by great judgments.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:5 - “Then the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I extend My hand over Egypt and bring out the sons of Israel H3478 from their midst.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:4 - “But the LORD will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel H3478 and the livestock of Egypt, so that nothing will die of all that belongs to the sons of Israel H3478.”’”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:6 - So the LORD did this thing on the next day, and all the livestock of Egypt died; but not one of the livestock of the sons of Israel H3478 died.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:7 - And Pharaoh sent men, and they learned that, behold, not even one of the livestock of Israel H3478 was dead. But the heart of Pharaoh was [fn]hardened, and he did not let the people go.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:26 - Only in the land of Goshen, where the sons of Israel H3478 were, was there no hail.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:35 - So Pharaoh’s heart was [fn]hardened, and he did not let the sons of Israel H3478 go, just as the LORD had spoken through Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:20 - But the LORD [fn]hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not let the sons of Israel H3478 go.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:23 - They did not see one another, nor did anyone rise from his place for three days, but all the sons of Israel H3478 had light in their dwellings.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:7 - ‘But not even a dog will [fn]threaten any of the sons of Israel H3478, nor anything from person to animal, so that you may [fn]learn how the LORD distinguishes between Egypt and Israel H3478.’
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:10 - So Moses and Aaron performed all these wonders before Pharaoh; yet the LORD [fn]hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not let the sons of Israel H3478 go out of his land.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:3 - “Speak to all the congregation of Israel H3478, saying, ‘On the tenth of this month they are, each one, to take a [fn]lamb for themselves, according to the fathers’ households, a [fn]lamb for [fn]each household.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:6 - [fn]You shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month, then the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel H3478 is to slaughter it [fn]at twilight.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:15 - ‘For seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, but on the first day you shall remove dough with yeast from your houses; for whoever eats anything with yeast from the first day until the seventh day, that [fn]person shall be cut off from Israel H3478.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:19 - ‘For seven days there shall be no dough with yeast found in your houses; for whoever eats anything with yeast, that [fn]person shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel H3478, whether he is a stranger or a native of the land.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:21 -

Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel H3478 and said to them, “Go and take for yourselves [fn]lambs according to your families, and slaughter the Passover lamb.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:27 - then you shall say, ‘It is a Passover sacrifice to the LORD because He passed over the houses of the sons of Israel H3478 in Egypt when He struck the Egyptians, but [fn]spared our homes.’” And the people bowed low and worshiped.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:28 -

Then the sons of Israel H3478 went and did so; just as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:31 - Then he called for Moses and Aaron at night and said, “Rise up, get out from among my people, both you and the sons of Israel H3478; and go, [fn]worship the LORD, as you have said.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:35 -

Now the sons of Israel H3478 had done according to the word of Moses, for they had requested from the Egyptians articles of silver and articles of gold, and clothing;

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:37 -

Now the sons of Israel H3478 journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, aside from children.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:40 -

Now the time [fn]that the sons of Israel H3478 had lived in Egypt was 430 years.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:42 - It is a night [fn]to be observed for the LORD, for having brought them out of the land of Egypt; this night is for the LORD, [fn]to be observed by all the sons of Israel H3478 throughout their generations.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:47 - “All the congregation of Israel H3478 are to [fn]celebrate this.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:50 -

Then all the sons of Israel H3478 did so; they did just as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:51 - And on that very day the LORD brought the sons of Israel H3478 out of the land of Egypt according to their [fn]multitudes.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:2 - “Sanctify to Me every firstborn, the firstborn of every womb among the sons of Israel H3478, among people and animals alike; it belongs to Me.”

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