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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
2,448x in 1 unique form(s)
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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), ὁ, 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): ὁ 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); ὁ 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); ἡ ἐλπίς τοῦ Ἰσραήλ Acts 28:20; ὁ Ἰσραήλ τοῦ Θεοῦ (genitive of possession), i. e. Christians, Galatians 6:16; ὁ 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 120 times in 104 verses in '2Sa' in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 3 (2Sa 1:3–2Sa 13:12)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:3 - David said to him, "Where do you come from?" And he said to him, "I have escaped from the camp of Israel."

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:12 - and they mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and for Jonathan his son and for the people of the LORD and for the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:19 - "Thy glory, O Israel, is slain upon thy high places! How are the mighty fallen!

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:24 - "Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you daintily in scarlet, who put ornaments of gold upon your apparel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:9 - and he made him king over Gilead and the Ash'urites and Jezreel and E'phraim and Benjamin and all Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:10 - Ish-bo'sheth, Saul's son, was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:17 - And the battle was very fierce that day; and Abner and the men of Israel were beaten before the servants of David.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:28 - So Jo'ab blew the trumpet; and all the men stopped, and pursued Israel no more, nor did they fight any more.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:10 - to transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul, and set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan to Beer-sheba."

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:12 - And Abner sent messengers to David at Hebron, saying, "To whom does the land belong? Make your covenant with me, and behold, my hand shall be with you to bring over all Israel to you."

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:17 - And Abner conferred with the elders of Israel, saying, "For some time past you have been seeking David as king over you.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:18 - Now then bring it about; for the LORD has promised David, saying, 'By the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel from the hand of the Philistines, and from the hand of all their enemies.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:19 - Abner also spoke to Benjamin; and then Abner went to tell David at Hebron all that Israel and the whole house of Benjamin thought good to do.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:21 - And Abner said to David, "I will arise and go, and will gather all Israel to my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may reign over all that your heart desires." So David sent Abner away; and he went in peace.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:37

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:37 - So all the people and all Israel understood that day that it had not been the king's will to slay Abner the son of Ner.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:38

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:38 - And the king said to his servants, "Do you not know that a prince and a great man has fallen this day in Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:1 - When Ish-bo'sheth, Saul's son, heard that Abner had died at Hebron, his courage failed, and all Israel was dismayed.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:1 - Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron, and said, "Behold, we are your bone and flesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:2 - In times past, when Saul was king over us, it was you that led out and brought in Israel; and the LORD said to you, 'You shall be shepherd of my people Israel, and you shall be prince over Israel.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:3 - So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron; and King David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the LORD, and they anointed David king over Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:5 - At Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months; and at Jerusalem he reigned over all Israel and Judah thirty-three years.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:12 - And David perceived that the LORD had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:17 - When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over Israel, all the Philistines went up in search of David; but David heard of it and went down to the stronghold.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:1 - David again gathered all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:5 - And David and all the house of Israel were making merry before the LORD with all their might, with songs and lyres and harps and tambourines and castanets and cymbals.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:15 - So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting, and with the sound of the horn.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:19 - and distributed among all the people, the whole multitude of Israel, both men and women, to each a cake of bread, a portion of meat, and a cake of raisins. Then all the people departed, each to his house.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:20 - And David returned to bless his household. But Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, "How the king of Israel honored himself today, uncovering himself today before the eyes of his servants' maids, as one of the vulgar fellows shamelessly uncovers himself!"

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:21 - And David said to Michal, "It was before the LORD, who chose me above your father, and above all his house, to appoint me as prince over Israel, the people of the LORD--and I will make merry before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:6 - I have not dwelt in a house since the day I brought up the people of Israel from Egypt to this day, but I have been moving about in a tent for my dwelling.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:7 - In all places where I have moved with all the people of Israel, did I speak a word with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd my people Israel, saying, "Why have you not built me a house of cedar?"'

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:8 - Now therefore thus you shall say to my servant David, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts, I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, that you should be prince over my people Israel;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:10 - And I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place, and be disturbed no more; and violent men shall afflict them no more, as formerly,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:11 - from the time that I appointed judges over my people Israel; and I will give you rest from all your enemies. Moreover the LORD declares to you that the LORD will make you a house.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:23 - What other nation on earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his people, making himself a name, and doing for them great and terrible things, by driving out before his people a nation and its gods?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:24 - And thou didst establish for thyself thy people Israel to be thy people for ever; and thou, O LORD, didst become their God.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:25 - And now, O LORD God, confirm for ever the word which thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and concerning his house, and do as thou hast spoken;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:27 - For thou, O LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, hast made this revelation to thy servant, saying, 'I will build you a house'; therefore thy servant has found courage to pray this prayer to thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:15 - So David reigned over all Israel; and David administered justice and equity to all his people.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:9 - When Jo'ab saw that the battle was set against him both in front and in the rear, he chose some of the picked men of Israel, and arrayed them against the Syrians;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:15 - But when the Syrians saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they gathered themselves together.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:17 - And when it was told David, he gathered all Israel together, and crossed the Jordan, and came to Helam. And the Syrians arrayed themselves against David, and fought with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:18 - And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew of the Syrians the men of seven hundred chariots, and forty thousand horsemen, and wounded Shobach the commander of their army, so that he died there.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:19 - And when all the kings who were servants of Hadade'zer saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with Israel, and became subject to them. So the Syrians feared to help the Ammonites any more.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:1 - In the spring of the year, the time when kings go forth to battle, David sent Jo'ab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they ravaged the Ammonites, and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:11 - Uri'ah said to David, "The ark and Israel and Judah dwell in booths; and my lord Jo'ab and the servants of my lord are camping in the open field; shall I then go to my house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? As you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do this thing."

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:7 - Nathan said to David, "You are the man. Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:8 - and I gave you your master's house, and your master's wives into your bosom, and gave you the house of Israel and of Judah; and if this were too little, I would add to you as much more.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:12 - For you did it secretly; but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:12 - She answered him, "No, my brother, do not force me; for such a thing is not done in Israel; do not do this wanton folly.

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