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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

H3478

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Strong's Number H3478 matches the Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (yiśrā'ēl),
which occurs 117 times in 101 verses in '2Sa' in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (2Sa 1:3–2Sa 13:12)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:3 - And David said unto him, From whence comest thou? And he said unto him, Out of the camp of Israel H3478 am I escaped.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:12 - And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel; H3478 because they were fallen by the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:19 - The beauty of Israel H3478 is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen!

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:24 - Ye daughters of Israel, H3478 weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with other delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:9 - And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:10 - Ishbosheth Saul's son was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, H3478 and reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:17 - And there was a very sore battle that day; and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, H3478 before the servants of David.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:28 - So Joab blew a trumpet, and all the people stood still, and pursued after Israel H3478 no more, neither fought they any more.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:10 - To translate the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David over Israel H3478 and over Judah, from Dan even to Beersheba.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:12 - And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying also, Make thy league with me, and, behold, my hand shall be with thee, to bring about all Israel H3478 unto thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:17 - And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, H3478 saying, Ye sought for David in times past to be king over you:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:18 - Now then do it: for the LORD hath spoken of David, saying, By the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel H3478 out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:19 - And Abner also spake in the ears of Benjamin: and Abner went also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel, H3478 and that seemed good to the whole house of Benjamin.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:21 - And Abner said unto David, I will arise and go, and will gather all Israel H3478 unto my lord the king, that they may make a league with thee, and that thou mayest reign over all that thine heart desireth. And David sent Abner away; and he went in peace.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:37 - For all the people and all Israel H3478 understood that day that it was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:38 - And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel? H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:1 - And when Saul's son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands were feeble, and all the Israelites H3478 were troubled.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:1 - Then came all the tribes of Israel H3478 to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:2 - Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: H3478 and the LORD said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, H3478 and thou shalt be a captain over Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:3 - So all the elders of Israel H3478 came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the LORD: and they anointed David king over Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:5 - In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel H3478 and Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:12 - And David perceived that the LORD had established him king over Israel, H3478 and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel's H3478 sake.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:17 - But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, H3478 all the Philistines came up to seek David; and David heard of it, and went down to the hold.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:1 - Again, David gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, H3478 thirty thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:5 - And David and all the house of Israel H3478 played before the LORD on all manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:15 - So David and all the house of Israel H3478 brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:19 - And he dealt among all the people, even among the whole multitude of Israel, H3478 as well to the women as men, to every one a cake of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine. So all the people departed every one to his house.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:20 - Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel H3478 to day, who uncovered himself to day in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself!

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:21 - And David said unto Michal, It was before the LORD, which chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel: H3478 therefore will I play before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:6 - Whereas I have not dwelt in any house since the time that I brought up the children of Israel H3478 out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:7 - In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel H3478 spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, H3478 whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, H3478 saying, Why build ye not me an house of cedar?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:8 - Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel: H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:10 - Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, H3478 and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:11 - And as since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, H3478 and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies. Also the LORD telleth thee that he will make thee an house.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:23 - And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, H3478 whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:24 - For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel H3478 to be a people unto thee for ever: and thou, LORD, art become their God.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:26 - And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God over Israel: H3478 and let the house of thy servant David be established before thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:27 - For thou, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, H3478 hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:15 - And David reigned over all Israel; H3478 and David executed judgment and justice unto all his people.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:9 - When Joab saw that the front of the battle was against him before and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel, H3478 and put them in array against the Syrians:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:15 - And when the Syrians saw that they were smitten before Israel, H3478 they gathered themselves together.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:17 - And when it was told David, he gathered all Israel H3478 together, and passed over Jordan, and came to Helam. And the Syrians set themselves in array against David, and fought with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:18 - And the Syrians fled before Israel; H3478 and David slew the men of seven hundred chariots of the Syrians, and forty thousand horsemen, and smote Shobach the captain of their host, who died there.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:19 - And when all the kings that were servants to Hadarezer saw that they were smitten before Israel, H3478 they made peace with Israel, H3478 and served them. So the Syrians feared to help the children of Ammon any more.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:1 - And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; H3478 and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:11 - And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, H3478 and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:7 - And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, H3478 I anointed thee king over Israel, H3478 and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:8 - And I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel H3478 and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:12 - For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, H3478 and before the sun.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:12 - And she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not force me; for no such thing ought to be done in Israel: H3478 do not thou this folly.

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