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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 62 times in 60 verses in 'Psa' in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Psa 14:7–Psa 131:3)

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:7 -

Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion!

When the LORD restores His captive people,

Then Jacob will rejoice, Israel will be glad.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:3 -

But You are holy,

O You who are enthroned in [the holy place where] the praises of Israel [are offered].

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:23 -

You who fear the LORD [with awe-inspired reverence], praise Him!

All you descendants of Jacob, honor Him.

Fear Him [with submissive wonder], all you descendants of Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:22 -

O God, redeem Israel,

Out of all his troubles.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:13 -

Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel,

From everlasting to everlasting [from this age to the next, and forever].

Amen and Amen (so be it).

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:7 -

“Hear, O My people, and I will speak;

O Israel, I will testify against you:

I am God, your God.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:6 -

Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion!

When God restores [the fortunes of] His people,

Let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:5 -

You, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel,

Arise to punish all the nations;

Spare no one and do not be merciful to any who treacherously plot evil. Selah.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:8 -

The earth trembled;

The heavens also poured down rain at the presence of God;

Sinai itself trembled at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:26 -

Bless God in the congregations, [give thanks, gratefully praise Him],

The LORD, you who are from [Jacob] the fountain of Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:34 -

Ascribe strength to God;

His majesty is over Israel

And His strength is in the skies.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:35 -

O God, You are awesome and profoundly majestic from Your sanctuary;

The God of Israel gives strength and power to His people.

Blessed be God!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:6 -

Do not let those who wait [confidently] for You be [fn]ashamed through me, O Lord [fn]GOD of hosts;

Do not let those who seek You [as necessary for life itself] be dishonored through me, O God of Israel,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:22 -

I will also praise You with the harp,

Your truth and faithfulness, O my God;

To You I will sing praises with the lyre,

O Holy One of Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:18 -

Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel,

Who alone does wonderful things.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:1 -

A Psalm of Asaph.

Truly God is good to Israel,

To those who are pure in heart.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:1 -

To the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. A Psalm of Asaph. A Song.

God is known in Judah;

His name is great in Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:5 -

For He established a testimony (a specific precept) in Jacob

And appointed a law in Israel,

Which He commanded our fathers

That they should teach to their children [the great facts of God’s transactions with Israel],

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:21 -

Therefore, when the LORD heard, He was full of wrath;

A fire was kindled against Jacob,

And His anger mounted up against Israel,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:31 -

The wrath of God rose against them

And killed some of the strongest of them,

And subdued the choice young men of Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:41 -

Again and again they tempted God,

And distressed the Holy One of Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:55 -

He also drove out the nations before the sons of Israel

And allotted their land as an inheritance, measured out and partitioned;

And He had the tribes of Israel dwell in their tents [the tents of those who had been dispossessed].

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:59 -

When God heard this, He was filled with [righteous] wrath;

And utterly rejected Israel, [greatly hating her ways],

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:71 -

[fn]From [fn]tending the ewes with nursing young He brought him

To shepherd Jacob His people,

And Israel His inheritance.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:1 -

To the Chief Musician; set to [the tune of] “Lilies, a Testimony.” A Psalm of Asaph.

Hear us O Shepherd of Israel,

You who lead Joseph like a flock;

You who sit enthroned above the cherubim [of the ark of the covenant], shine forth!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:4 -

For this is a statute for Israel,

An ordinance of the God of Jacob.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:8 -

“Hear, O My people, and I will admonish you—

O Israel, if you would listen to Me!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:11 -

“But My people would not listen to My voice,

And Israel did not [consent to] obey Me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:13 -

“Oh, that My people would listen to Me,

That Israel would walk in My ways!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:4 -

They have said, “Come, and let us wipe them out as a nation;

Let the name of Israel be remembered no more.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:18 -

For our shield belongs to the LORD,

And our king to the Holy One of Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:3 -

He has [graciously] remembered His lovingkindness and His faithfulness to the house of Israel;

All the ends of the earth have witnessed the salvation of our God.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:7 -

He made known His ways [of righteousness and justice] to Moses,

His acts to the children of Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:10 -

Which He confirmed to Jacob as a statute,

To Israel as an everlasting covenant,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:23 -

Israel also came into Egypt;

Thus Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:48 -

Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel,

From everlasting even to everlasting.

And let all the people say, “Amen.”

Praise the LORD! (Hallelujah!)

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 114:1 -

When Israel came out of Egypt,

The house of Jacob from a people of strange language,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 114:2 -

Judah became His sanctuary,

And Israel His dominion.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:9 -

O Israel, trust and take refuge in the LORD! [Be confident in Him, cling to Him, rely on His word!]

He is their help and their shield.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:12 -

The LORD has been mindful of us; He will bless,

He will bless the house of Israel;

He will bless the house of Aaron.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:2 -

Oh let Israel say,

“His lovingkindness endures forever.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 121:4 -

Behold, He who keeps Israel

Will neither slumber [briefly] nor sleep [soundly].

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 122:4 -

To which the [twelve] tribes go up, even the tribes of the LORD,

[As was decreed as] an ordinance for Israel,

To give thanks to the name of the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:1 -

A Song of [fn]Ascents. Of David.

“If it had not been the LORD who was on our side,”

Let Israel now say,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 125:5 -

But as for those who turn aside to their crooked ways [in unresponsiveness to God],

The LORD will lead them away with those who do evil.

Peace be upon Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 128:6 -

Indeed, may you see your [family perpetuated in your] children’s children.

Peace be upon Israel!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 129:1 -

A Song of [fn]Ascents.

“Many times they have persecuted me (Israel) from my youth,”

Let Israel now say,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 130:7 -

O Israel, hope in the LORD;

For with the LORD there is lovingkindness,

And with Him is abundant redemption.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 130:8 -

And He will redeem Israel

From all his sins.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 131:3 -

O Israel, hope in the LORD

From this time forth and forever.


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