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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 Israel’s deliverance would come from Zion!

When the LORD restores the fortunes of his people,[fn]

let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:3 -

But you are holy,

enthroned on the praises of Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:23 -

You who fear the LORD, praise him!

All you descendants of Jacob, honor him!

All you descendants of Israel, revere him!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:22 -

God, redeem Israel, from all its distresses.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:13 -

Blessed be the LORD God of Israel,

from everlasting to everlasting.

Amen and amen.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:7 -

“Listen, my people, and I will speak;

I will testify against you, Israel.

I am God, your God.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:6 -

Oh, that Israel’s deliverance would come from Zion!

When God restores the fortunes of his people,[fn]

let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:5 -

LORD God of Armies, you are the God of Israel.

Rise up to punish all the nations;

do not show favor to any wicked traitors.Selah

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:8 -

the earth trembled and the skies poured rain

before God, the God of Sinai,[fn]

before God, the God of Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:26 -

Bless God in the assemblies;

bless the LORD from the fountain of Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:34 -

Ascribe power to God.

His majesty is over Israel;

his power is among the clouds.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:35 -

God, you are awe-inspiring in your sanctuaries.

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

Blessed be God!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:6 -

Do not let those who put their hope in you

be disgraced because of me,

Lord GOD of Armies;

do not let those who seek you

be humiliated because of me,

God of Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:22 -

Therefore, I will praise you with a harp

for your faithfulness, my God;

I will sing to you with a lyre,

Holy One of Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:18 -

Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel,

who alone does wonders.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:1 -

God is indeed good to Israel,

to the pure in heart.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:1 -

God is known in Judah;

his name is great in Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:5 -

He established a testimony in Jacob

and set up a law in Israel,

which he commanded our ancestors

to teach to their children

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:21 -

Therefore, the LORD heard and became furious;

then fire broke out against Jacob,

and anger flared up against Israel

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:31 -

God’s anger flared up against them,

and he killed some of their best men.

He struck down Israel’s fit young men.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:41 -

They constantly tested God

and provoked the Holy One of Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:55 -

He drove out nations before them.

He apportioned their inheritance by lot

and settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:59 -

God heard and became furious;

he completely rejected Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:71 -

he brought him from tending ewes

to be shepherd over his people Jacob —

over Israel, his inheritance.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:1 -

Listen, Shepherd of Israel,

who leads Joseph like a flock;

you who sit enthroned between the cherubim,

shine

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:4 -

For this is a statute for Israel,

an ordinance of the God of Jacob.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:8 -

“Listen, my people, and I will admonish you.

Israel, if you would only listen to me!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:11 -

“But my people did not listen to my voice;

Israel did not obey me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:13 -

“If only my people would listen to me

and Israel would follow my ways,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:4 -

They say, “Come, let’s wipe them out as a nation

so that Israel’s name will no longer be remembered.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:18 -

Surely our shield[fn] belongs to the LORD,

our king to the Holy One of Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:3 -

He has remembered his love

and faithfulness to the house of Israel;

all the ends of the earth

have seen our God’s victory.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:7 -

He revealed his ways to Moses,

his deeds to the people of Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:10 -

and confirmed to Jacob as a decree

and to Israel as a permanent covenant:

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:23 -

Then Israel went to Egypt;

Jacob lived as an alien in the land of Ham.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:48 -

Blessed be the LORD God of Israel,

from everlasting to everlasting.

Let all the people say, “Amen! ”

Hallelujah!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 114:1 -

When Israel came out of Egypt —

the house of Jacob from a people

who spoke a foreign language —

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 114:2 -

Judah became his sanctuary,

Israel, his dominion.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:9 -

Israel,[fn] trust in the LORD!

He is their help and shield.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:12 -

The LORD remembers us and will bless us.

He will bless the house of Israel;

he will bless the house of Aaron;

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:2 -

Let Israel say,

“His faithful love endures forever.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 121:4 -

Indeed, the Protector of Israel

does not slumber or sleep.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 122:4 -

where the tribes, the LORD’s tribes, go up

to give thanks to the name of the LORD.

(This is an ordinance for Israel.)

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:1 -

If the LORD had not been on our side —

let Israel say —

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 125:5 -

But as for those who turn aside to crooked ways,

the LORD will banish them with the evildoers.

Peace be with Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 128:6 -

and will see your children’s children!

Peace be with Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 129:1 -

Since my youth they have often attacked me —

let Israel say —

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 130:7 -

Israel, put your hope in the LORD.

For there is faithful love with the LORD,

and with him is redemption in abundance.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 130:8 -

And he will redeem Israel

from all its iniquities.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 131:3 -

Israel, put your hope in the LORD,

both now and forever.


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