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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 3 / 45 (Exo 13:18–Exo 24:9)

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:18 - Hence God turned the people to the way of the wilderness to the [fn]Red Sea; and the sons of Israel H3478 went up in battle array from the land of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:19 - And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for he had made the sons of Israel H3478 solemnly swear, saying, “God will surely [fn]take care of you, and you shall bring up my bones from here with you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:2 - “Speak to the sons of Israel H3478 so that they turn back and camp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea; you shall camp in front of Baal-zephon, opposite it, by the sea.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:3 - “And Pharaoh will say of the sons of Israel H3478, ‘They are wandering in confusion in the land; the wilderness has shut them in.’
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:5 -

Then the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, and the heart of Pharaoh and his servants was changed toward the people, and they said, “What is this we have done, that we have let Israel H3478 go from serving us?”

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:8 - And Yahweh [fn]hardened the heart of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, with strength, and he pursued the sons of Israel H3478 as the sons of Israel H3478 were going out with an [fn]exalted hand.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:10 -

Now Pharaoh drew near, and the sons of Israel H3478 lifted up their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians were marching after them, and they became very afraid; so the sons of Israel H3478 cried out to Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:15 -

Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to Me? Speak to the sons of Israel H3478 so that they go forward.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:16 - “As for you, raise up your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea and split it, and the sons of Israel H3478 shall [fn]go through the midst of the sea on dry land.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:19 -

Then the angel of God, who had been going before the camp of Israel H3478, moved and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud moved from before them and stood behind them.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:20 - So it came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel H3478; and there was the cloud [fn]along with the darkness, yet it gave light at night. Thus the one did not come near the other all night.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:22 - So the sons of Israel H3478 [fn]went through the midst of the sea on the dry land, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:25 - And He [fn]caused their chariot wheels to swerve, and He made them drive with difficulty; so the Egyptians said, “Let [fn]us flee from Israel H3478, for Yahweh is fighting for them against the Egyptians.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:29 - But the sons of Israel H3478 walked on dry land through the midst of the sea, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:30 -

Thus Yahweh saved Israel H3478 that day from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel H3478 saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:31 - Then Israel H3478 saw the great hand which Yahweh had [fn]used against the Egyptians; and the people [fn]feared Yahweh, and they believed in Yahweh and in His servant Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:1 -

Then Moses and the sons of Israel H3478 sang this song to Yahweh [fn]and said,

[fn]I will sing to Yahweh, for He [fn]is highly exalted;

The horse and its rider He has hurled into the sea.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:19 -

For the horses of Pharaoh with his chariots and his horsemen went into the sea, and Yahweh brought back the waters of the sea on them, but the sons of Israel H3478 walked on dry land through the midst of the sea.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:22 -

Then Moses [fn]had Israel H3478 set out from the [fn]Red Sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness and found no water.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:1 -

Then they set out from Elim, and all the congregation of the sons of Israel H3478 came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departure from the land of Egypt.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:2 - And the whole congregation of the sons of Israel H3478 grumbled against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:3 - And the sons of Israel H3478 said to them, “Would that we had died by the hand of Yahweh in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the pots of [fn]meat, when we ate bread to the full; for you have brought us out into this wilderness to put this whole assembly to death with hunger.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:6 - So Moses and Aaron said to all the sons of Israel H3478, “At evening [fn]you will know that Yahweh has brought you out of the land of Egypt;
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:9 -

Then Moses said to Aaron, “Say to all the congregation of the sons of Israel H3478, ‘Come near before Yahweh, for He has heard your grumblings.’”

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:10 - Now it happened as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the sons of Israel H3478, that they turned toward the wilderness, and behold, the glory of Yahweh appeared in the cloud.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:12 - “I have heard the grumblings of the sons of Israel H3478; speak to them, saying, ‘[fn]At twilight you shall eat [fn]meat, and in the morning you shall be filled with bread, so that you shall know that I am Yahweh your God.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:15 - And the sons of Israel H3478 saw it and said to one another, “[fn]What is it?” For they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, “It is the bread which Yahweh has given you to eat.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:17 - And the sons of Israel H3478 did so; some gathered much and some little.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:31 -

And the house of Israel H3478 named it [fn]manna, and it was like coriander seed, white, and its taste was like wafers with honey.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:35 - And the sons of Israel H3478 ate the manna forty years, until they came to an inhabited land; they ate the manna until they came to the border of the land of Canaan.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:1 -

Then all the congregation of the sons of Israel H3478 journeyed by [fn]stages from the wilderness of Sin, according to the [fn]command of Yahweh, and they camped at Rephidim, and there was no water for the people to drink.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:5 - Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Pass before the people and take with you some of the elders of Israel H3478; and take in your hand your staff with which you struck the Nile, and go.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:6 - “Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock at Horeb; and you shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink.” And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel H3478.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:7 - So he named the place [fn]Massah and [fn]Meribah because of the contending of the sons of Israel H3478, and because they tested Yahweh, saying, “Is Yahweh among us or not?”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:8 -

Then Amalek came and fought against Israel H3478 at Rephidim.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:11 - So it happened when Moses raised his hand up, that Israel H3478 prevailed, and when he let his hand [fn]down, Amalek prevailed.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:1 -

Now Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses and for Israel H3478 His people, how Yahweh had brought Israel H3478 out of Egypt.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:8 - And Moses recounted to his father-in-law all that Yahweh had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel’s H3478 sake, all the hardship that had befallen them on the journey, and how Yahweh had delivered them.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:9 - And Jethro rejoiced over all the goodness which Yahweh had done to Israel H3478, that He had delivered [fn]them from the hand of the Egyptians.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:12 - Then Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God, and Aaron came with all the elders of Israel H3478 to eat [fn]a meal with Moses’ father-in-law before God.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:25 - And Moses chose excellent men out of all Israel H3478 and made them heads over the people, leaders of thousands, [fn]of hundreds, [fn]of fifties, and [fn]of tens.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:1 -

In the third month after the sons of Israel H3478 had gone out of the land of Egypt, on this day they came into the wilderness of Sinai.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:2 - Then they set out from Rephidim and came to the wilderness of Sinai and camped in the wilderness; and there Israel H3478 camped in front of the mountain.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:3 -

Now Moses went up to God, and Yahweh called to him from the mountain, saying, “Thus you shall say to the house of Jacob and tell the sons of Israel H3478:

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:6 - and you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you shall speak to the sons of Israel H3478.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:22 -

Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel H3478, ‘You yourselves have seen that I have spoken [fn]to you from heaven.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:1 -

Then He said to Moses, “Come up to Yahweh, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu and seventy of the elders of Israel H3478, and you all shall worship at a distance.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:4 - And Moses wrote down all the words of Yahweh. Then he arose early in the morning and built an altar [fn]at the foot of the mountain with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel H3478.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:5 - And he sent young men of the sons of Israel H3478, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls as peace offerings to Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:9 -

Then Moses went up [fn]with Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel H3478,


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