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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 44 times in 41 verses in 'Hos' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:1 - The word of the LORD that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:4 - And the LORD said unto him, Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:5 - And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow of Israel H3478 in the valley of Jezreel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:6 - And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And God said unto him, Call her name Loruhamah: for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; H3478 but I will utterly take them away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:10 - Yet the number of the children of Israel H3478 shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:11 - Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel H3478 be gathered together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall come up out of the land: for great shall be the day of Jezreel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 3:1 - Then said the LORD unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the LORD toward the children of Israel, H3478 who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 3:4 - For the children of Israel H3478 shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim:

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 3:5 - Afterward shall the children of Israel H3478 return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:1 - Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: H3478 for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:15 - Though thou, Israel, H3478 play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Bethaven, nor swear, The LORD liveth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:16 - For Israel H3478 slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:1 - Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; H3478 and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:3 - I know Ephraim, and Israel H3478 is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel H3478 is defiled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:5 - And the pride of Israel H3478 doth testify to his face: therefore shall Israel H3478 and Ephraim fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:9 - Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel H3478 have I made known that which shall surely be.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:10 - I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: H3478 there is the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel H3478 is defiled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:1 - When I would have healed Israel, H3478 then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers spoileth without.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:10 - And the pride of Israel H3478 testifieth to his face: and they do not return to the LORD their God, nor seek him for all this.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:2 - Israel H3478 shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:3 - Israel H3478 hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:6 - For from Israel H3478 was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:8 - Israel H3478 is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:14 - For Israel H3478 hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:1 - Rejoice not, O Israel, H3478 for joy, as other people: for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved a reward upon every cornfloor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:7 - The days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are come; Israel H3478 shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad, for the multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:10 - I found Israel H3478 like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: but they went to Baalpeor, and separated themselves unto that shame; and their abominations were according as they loved.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:1 - Israel H3478 is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:6 - It shall be also carried unto Assyria for a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel H3478 shall be ashamed of his own counsel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:8 - The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, H3478 shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:9 - O Israel, H3478 thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah: there they stood: the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not overtake them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:15 - So shall Bethel do unto you because of your great wickedness: in a morning shall the king of Israel H3478 utterly be cut off.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:1 - When Israel H3478 was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:8 - How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? H3478 how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:12 - Ephraim compasseth me about with lies, and the house of Israel H3478 with deceit: but Judah yet ruleth with God, and is faithful with the saints.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:12 - And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel H3478 served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:13 - And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel H3478 out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:1 - When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; H3478 but when he offended in Baal, he died.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:9 - O Israel, H3478 thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:1 - O Israel, H3478 return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:5 - I will be as the dew unto Israel: H3478 he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
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