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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 2,507 times in 2,231 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 4 / 45 (Exo 24:10–Exo 40:38)

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:10 - and they saw the God of Israel H3478; and under His feet [fn]there appeared to be a pavement of sapphire, [fn]as clear as the sky itself.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:11 - Yet He did not stretch out His hand against the nobles of the sons of Israel H3478; and they beheld God, and they ate and drank.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:17 - And the appearance of the glory of Yahweh was like a consuming fire on the mountain top, in the eyes of the sons of Israel H3478.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:2 - “Speak with the sons of Israel H3478 so that they take a [fn]contribution for Me; from every man whose heart is willing you shall take My [fn]contribution.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:22 - “There I will meet with you; and from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, I will speak to you about all which I will command you for the sons of Israel H3478.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:20 -

“And you shall command the sons of Israel H3478, that they bring you clear oil of beaten olives for the [fn]light, to make a lamp [fn]burn continually.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:21 - “In the tent of meeting, outside the veil which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall keep it in order from evening to morning before Yahweh; it shall be a perpetual statute throughout their generations [fn]for the sons of Israel H3478.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:1 -

“Now as for you, bring near to yourself Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, from among the sons of Israel H3478, to minister as priests to Me—Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s sons.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:9 - “You shall take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel H3478,
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:11 - [fn]As a jeweler engraves a signet, you shall engrave the two stones according to the names of the sons of Israel H3478; you shall set them all around in filigree settings of gold.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:12 - “You shall put the two stones on the shoulder pieces of the ephod, as stones of remembrance for the sons of Israel H3478, and Aaron shall bear their names before Yahweh on his two shoulders for remembrance.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:21 - “The stones shall be according to the names of the sons of Israel H3478: twelve, according to their names; they shall be like the engravings of a signet, each according to his name for the twelve tribes.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:29 - “Aaron shall carry the names of the sons of Israel H3478 in the breastpiece of judgment over his heart when he comes into the holy place, for a remembrance before Yahweh continually.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:30 - “You shall put in the breastpiece of judgment the [fn]Urim and the Thummim, and they shall be over Aaron’s heart when he comes in before Yahweh; and Aaron shall carry the judgment of the sons of Israel H3478 over his heart before Yahweh continually.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:38 - “It shall be on Aaron’s forehead, and Aaron shall [fn]take away the iniquity of the holy things which the sons of Israel H3478 set apart as holy, with regard to all their holy gifts; and it shall continually be on his forehead, that they may be accepted before Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:28 - “It shall be for Aaron and his sons as a perpetual statute from the sons of Israel H3478, for it is a [fn]contribution offering; and it shall be a [fn]contribution offering from the sons of Israel H3478 from the sacrifices of their peace offerings, even their [fn]contribution offering to Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:43 - “I will meet there with the sons of Israel H3478, and it shall be set apart as holy by My glory.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:45 - “I will dwell among the sons of Israel H3478 and will be their God.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:12 - “When you take a [fn]census of the sons of Israel H3478 [fn]to number them, then each one of them shall give a price of atonement for [fn]himself to Yahweh when you [fn]number them, so that there will be no plague among them when you [fn]number them.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:16 - “And you shall take the atonement money from the sons of Israel H3478 and shall give it for the service of the tent of meeting, that it may be a remembrance for the sons of Israel H3478 before Yahweh, to make atonement for your souls.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:31 - “And you shall speak to the sons of Israel H3478, saying, ‘This shall be a holy anointing oil to Me throughout your generations.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:13 - “But as for you, speak to the sons of Israel H3478, saying, ‘You shall surely keep My sabbaths; for this is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am Yahweh who makes you holy.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:16 - ‘So the sons of Israel H3478 shall keep the sabbath, to [fn]celebrate the sabbath throughout their generations as an everlasting covenant.’
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:17 - “It is a sign between Me and the sons of Israel H3478 forever; for in six days Yahweh made heaven and earth, but on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:4 - And he took this from their hand and fashioned it with a graving tool and made it into a molten calf; and they said, “[fn]These are your gods, O Israel H3478, who brought you up from the land of Egypt.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:8 - “They have quickly turned aside from the way which I commanded them. They have made for themselves a molten calf and have worshiped it and have sacrificed to it and said, ‘[fn]These are your gods, O Israel H3478, who brought you up from the land of Egypt!’”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:13 - “Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel H3478, Your servants to whom You swore by Yourself, and You said to them, ‘I will multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens, and all this land of which I have spoken I will give to your seed, and they shall inherit it forever.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:20 - Then he took the calf which they had made and burned it with fire and ground it to powder and scattered it over the surface of the water and made the sons of Israel H3478 drink it.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:27 - And he said to them, “Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel H3478, ‘Every man among you put his sword upon his thigh, and go back and forth from gate to gate in the camp, and kill every man his brother and every man his friend and every man his [fn]neighbor.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:5 - So Yahweh said to Moses, “Say to the sons of Israel H3478, ‘You are a stiff-necked people; should I go up in your midst for one moment, I would consume you. So now, put off your ornaments from you, that I may know what I shall do with you.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:6 - So the sons of Israel H3478 stripped themselves of their ornaments, from Mount Horeb onward.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:23 - “Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord Yahweh, the God of Israel H3478.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:27 -

Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Write [fn]down these words, for in accordance with these words I have cut a covenant with you and with Israel H3478.”

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:30 - Then Aaron and all the sons of Israel H3478 saw Moses, and behold, the skin of his face shone, and they were afraid to come near him.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:32 - And afterward all the sons of Israel H3478 came near, and he commanded them everything that Yahweh had spoken [fn]to him on Mount Sinai.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:34 - But whenever Moses went in before Yahweh to speak with Him, he would take off the veil until he came out; and then he would come out and speak to the sons of Israel H3478 what he had been commanded,
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:35 - and the sons of Israel H3478 would see the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses’ face shone. So Moses would return the veil over his face until he went in to speak with Him.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:1 -

Then Moses assembled all the congregation of the sons of Israel H3478 and said to them, “These are the things that Yahweh has commanded you to [fn]do:

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:4 -

And Moses spoke to all the congregation of the sons of Israel H3478, saying, “This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded, saying,

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:20 -

Then all the congregation of the sons of Israel H3478 went out from Moses’ presence.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:29 - The sons of Israel H3478—all the men and women whose heart was willing to bring material for all the work, which Yahweh had commanded through the hand of Moses to do—brought a freewill offering to Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:30 -

Then Moses said to the sons of Israel H3478, “See, Yahweh has called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:3 - And they received from Moses the entire [fn]contribution which the sons of Israel H3478 had brought [fn]to do the work in the service of the sanctuary. And they still continued bringing to him freewill offerings every morning.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:6 -

They made the onyx stones, set all around in filigree settings of gold; they were engraved like the engravings of a signet, according to the names of the sons of Israel H3478.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:7 - And he placed them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod, as stones of remembrance for the sons of Israel H3478, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:14 - The stones were corresponding to the names of the sons of Israel H3478; they were twelve, corresponding to their names, engraved with the engravings of a signet, each with its name for the twelve tribes.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:32 -

Thus all the service of constructing the [fn]tabernacle of the tent of meeting was completed; and the sons of Israel H3478 did according to all that Yahweh had commanded Moses; so they did.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:42 - Thus, according to all that Yahweh had commanded Moses, so the sons of Israel H3478 did in all their service.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:36 - Now throughout all their journeys whenever the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the sons of Israel H3478 would set out;
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:38 - For throughout all their journeys, the cloud of Yahweh was on the tabernacle by day, and there was fire in it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel H3478.

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