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Lexicon :: Strong's G2474 - israēl

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Ἰσραήλ
Transliteration
israēl (Key)
Pronunciation
is-rah-ale'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
Of Hebrew origin יִשְׂרָאֵל (H3478)
mGNT
68x in 2 unique form(s)
TR
70x in 2 unique form(s)
LXX
2,461x in 1 unique form(s)
Dictionary Aids

TDNT Reference: 3:356,372

Strong’s Definitions

Ἰσραήλ Israḗl, is-rah-ale'; of Hebrew origin (H3478); Israel (i.e. Jisrael), the adopted name of Jacob, including his descendants (literally or figuratively):—Israel.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 70x

The KJV translates Strong's G2474 in the following manner: Israel (70x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 70x
The KJV translates Strong's G2474 in the following manner: Israel (70x).
  1. Israel = "he shall be a prince of God"

    1. the name given to the patriarch Jacob (and borne by him in addition to his former name)

    2. the family or descendants of Israel, the nation of Israel

    3. Christians, the Israel of God (Gal 6:16), for not all those who draw their bodily descent from Israel are true Israelites, i.e. are those whom God pronounces to be Israelites and has chosen to salvation

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
Ἰσραήλ Israḗl, is-rah-ale'; of Hebrew origin (H3478); Israel (i.e. Jisrael), the adopted name of Jacob, including his descendants (literally or figuratively):—Israel.
STRONGS G2474:
Ἰσραήλ (Josephus, Ἰσραηλος, Ἰσραηλου), , indeclinable, (יִשְׂרָאֵל, from שָׂרָה and אֵל, wrestler with God, Genesis 32:28; Hosea 12:4, cf. Genesis 35:10), Israel, a name given to the patriarch Jacob (and borne by him in addition to his former name from Genesis 32:28 on): οἶκος Ἰσραήλ, the family or descendants of Israel, the race of Israel (A. V. the house of Israel), Matthew 10:6; Matthew 15:24; Acts 7:42 (Exodus 16:31; 1 Samuel 7:2, and often); οἱ υἱοί Ἰσραήλ the (sons, i. e. the children, the) posterity of Israel, Luke 1:16; Acts 5:21; Acts 7:23, 37; Romans 9:27; αἱ φυλαί τοῦ Ἰσραήλ, Matthew 19:28; Luke 22:30; Revelation 7:4. By metonymy, for the posterity of Israel i. e. the Israelites (a name of especially honor because it made reference to the promises of salvation through the Messiah, which were given to Jacob in preference to Esau, and to be fulfilled to his posterity (see Ἰουδαῖος, b.)): Matthew 2:6; Matthew 8:10; Matthew 9:33; Luke 1:54, 68, 80; Acts 4:8 (R G); Ephesians 2:12; Romans 11:2, 7, 26, etc. (Exodus 5:2; Exodus 11:7, and often); λαός Ἰσραήλ, Acts 4:10, 27; γῆ Ἰσραήλ i. e. Palestine ((1 Samuel 13:19, etc.)), Matthew 2:20f; βασιλεύς Ἰσραήλ, Matthew 27:42; John 1:49 (50); ἐλπίς τοῦ Ἰσραήλ Acts 28:20; Ἰσραήλ τοῦ Θεοῦ (genitive of possession), i. e. Christians, Galatians 6:16; Ἰσραήλ κατά σάρκα, Israelites by birth, i. e. Jews, 1 Corinthians 10:18; in an emphatic sense, οὐ γάρ πάντες οἱ ἐξ Ἰσραήλ κτλ., for not all those that draw their bodily descent from Israel are true Israelites, i. e. are those whom God pronounces to be Israelites and has chosen to salvation, Romans 9:6.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
32:28; 32:28; 35:10
Exodus
5:2; 11:7; 16:31
1 Samuel
7:2; 13:19
Hosea
12:4
Matthew
2:6; 2:20; 8:10; 9:33; 10:6; 15:24; 19:28; 27:42
Luke
1:16; 1:54; 1:68; 1:80; 22:30
John
1:49
Acts
4:8; 4:10; 4:27; 5:21; 7:23; 7:37; 7:42; 28:20
Romans
9:6; 9:27; 11:2; 11:7; 11:26
1 Corinthians
10:18
Galatians
6:16
Ephesians
2:12
Revelation
7:4

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2474 matches the Greek Ἰσραήλ (israēl),
which occurs 2,461 times in 2,185 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 44 (Gen 32:28–Exo 3:10)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:28 - Then he said, “Your name shall no longer be Jacob, but [fn]Israel; for you have contended with God and with men, and have prevailed.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:32 - Therefore, to this day the sons of Israel do not eat the tendon of the hip which is on the socket of the hip, because he touched the socket of Jacob’s hip in the tendon of the hip.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:20 - Then he erected there an altar and called it [fn]El-Elohe-Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:7 - Now the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard about it; and the men were grieved, and they were very angry because he had done a [fn]disgraceful thing in Israel by [fn]sleeping with Jacob’s daughter, for such a thing ought not to be done.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:5 -

As they journeyed, there was [fn]a great terror upon the cities which were around them, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:10 - God said to him,

“Your name is Jacob;

[fn]You shall no longer be called Jacob,

But Israel shall be your name.”

So He called [fn]him Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:22 -

And it came about, while Israel was living in that land, that Reuben went and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it.

Now there were twelve sons of Jacob

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:31 -

Now these are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the sons of Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:2 - These are the records of the generations of Jacob.

Joseph, when he was seventeen years of age, was pasturing the flock with his brothers, while he was still a youth, along with the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives. And Joseph brought back a bad report about them to their father.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:13 - And Israel said to Joseph, “Are your brothers not pasturing the flock in Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them.” And he said to him, “[fn]I will go.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:14 - Then he said to him, “Go now and see about the welfare of your brothers and the welfare of the flock, and bring word back to me.” So he sent him from the Valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:5 - So the sons of Israel came to buy grain among those who were coming, because the famine was also in the land of Canaan.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:6 - Then Israel said, “Why did you treat me so badly, [fn]by telling the man whether you still had another brother?”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:8 - So Judah said to his father Israel, “Send the boy with me and we will arise and go, so that we may live and not die, we as well as you and our little ones.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:11 -

Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: take some of the best products of the land in your [fn]bags, and carry down to the man as a gift, a little balsam and a little honey, labdanum resin and [fn]myrrh, pistachio nuts and almonds.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:21 -

Then the sons of Israel did so; and Joseph gave them wagons according to the [fn]command of Pharaoh, and gave them provisions for the journey.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:28 - Then Israel said, “It is enough; my son Joseph is still alive. I will go and see him before I die.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:1 -

So Israel set out with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:2 - And God spoke to Israel [fn]in visions of the night and said, “Jacob, Jacob.” And he said, “Here I am.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:5 -

Then Jacob left Beersheba, and the sons of Israel carried their father Jacob and their little ones and their wives in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:8 -

Now these are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:29 - And Joseph [fn]prepared his chariot and went up to Goshen to meet his father Israel; as soon as he appeared to him, Joseph threw himself on his neck and wept on his neck a long time.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:30 - Then Israel said to Joseph, “Now let me die, since I have seen your face, that you are still alive.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:27 -

Now Israel lived in the land of Egypt, in [fn]Goshen, and they acquired property in it and were fruitful and became very numerous.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:29 -

When [fn]the time for Israel to die drew near, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “Please, if I have found favor in your sight, place your hand under my thigh now and deal with me in kindness and [fn]faithfulness: please do not bury me in Egypt,

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:31 - And he said, “Swear to me.” So he swore to him. Then Israel bowed in worship at the head of the bed.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:2 - When [fn]it was told to Jacob, “Behold, your son Joseph has come to you,” Israel [fn]collected his strength and sat [fn]up in the bed.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:8 -

When Israel saw Joseph’s sons, he said, “Who are these?”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:10 - Now the eyes of Israel were so [fn]dim from age that he could not see. And [fn]Joseph brought them close to him, and he kissed them and embraced them.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:11 - And Israel said to Joseph, “I never [fn]expected to see your face, and behold, God has let me see your [fn]children as well!”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:13 - And Joseph took them both, Ephraim with his right hand toward Israel’s left, and Manasseh with his left hand toward Israel’s right, and brought them close to him.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:14 - But Israel reached out his right hand and placed it on the head of Ephraim, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh’s head, crossing his hands, although Manasseh was the firstborn.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:20 - So he blessed them that day, saying,

“By you Israel will pronounce blessing, saying,

‘May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh!’”

And so he put Ephraim before Manasseh.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:21 - Then Israel said to Joseph, “Behold, I am about to die, but God will be with you, and bring you back to the land of your fathers.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:2 -

“Gather together and listen, sons of Jacob;

Yes, listen to Israel your father.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:7 -

“Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce;

And their wrath, for it is cruel.

I will scatter them in Jacob,

And disperse them among Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:16 -

“Dan shall judge his people,

As one of the tribes of Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:24 -

But his bow remained [fn]firm,

And [fn]his arms were agile,

From the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob

(From there is the Shepherd, the Stone of Israel),

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:2 - Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:25 - Then Joseph made the sons of Israel swear, saying, “God will assuredly [fn]take care of you, and you shall carry my bones up from here.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:1 -

Now these are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob; they came, each one [fn]with his household:

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:7 - But the sons of Israel were fruitful and [fn]increased greatly, and multiplied, and became exceedingly [fn]mighty, so that the land was filled with them.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:9 - And he said to his people, “Behold, the people of the sons of Israel are [fn]too many and too mighty for us.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:12 - But the more they oppressed them, the more they multiplied and the more they [fn]spread out, so that they dreaded the sons of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:13 - The Egyptians [fn]used violence to compel the sons of Israel to labor;
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:11 -

Now it came about in those days, when Moses had grown up, that he went out to his [fn]fellow Hebrews and looked at their [fn]hard labors; and he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his [fn]fellow Hebrews.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:23 -

Now it came about in the course of those many days that the king of Egypt died. And the sons of Israel groaned because of the bondage, and they cried out; and their cry for help because of their bondage ascended to God.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:25 - And God saw the sons of Israel, and God [fn]took notice of them.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:9 - “And now, behold, the cry of the sons of Israel has come to Me; furthermore, I have seen the oppression with which the Egyptians are oppressing them.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:10 - “And now come, and I will send you to Pharaoh, so that you may bring My people, the sons of Israel, out of Egypt.”

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