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Lexicon :: Strong's H3478 - yiśrā'ēl

Strong's

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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)

From שָׂרָה (H8280) and אֵל (H410)

Strong's Info

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).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

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.

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STRONGS H3478: Abbreviations

יִשְׂרָאֵל ₂₅₀₇ proper name, masculine and of a people Israel (Ēl persisteth, persevereth (or jussive Let Ēl persist) [usually contendeth (Nes^{Eg.60 ff.}) or Let Ēl contend (Gray^{Prop. N. 218}), but see Dr^{Hast. DB JACOB 530}]; on vocalization see Lag^{BN 131 f.} Kit ^{1 Chronicles 4:16} (Hpt); MI⁵, + 5 times ישראל; in Egyptian Y-si-r-'l Steind^{ZAW xvi (1896), 331}, compare Breasted^{Bib. World ix (1897), 62 ff.} Paton^{Syr. and Pal. 134}; Assyrian Sir-'-lai (= יִשְׂרְאֵלִי) Schr^{KG 356 ff., 364}; COT Genesis 36:31; 1 Kings 16:29. — On a possibly relation of יִשׂ׳ to proper name שָׂרַי, שָׂרָה see RS^{K 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 masculine^{Judges 11:17 f} but feminine 1 Samuel 17:21; 2 Samuel 24:9 [not || 1 Chronicles 21:5], compare Dr^{on the passage} Albr^{ZAW xvi (1896), 57 f.}): name of Hebrew nation; usually derived from 1, but יִשׂ׳ more common in early usage than בְּנֵי יִשׂ׳ (see בֵּן):

(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

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Strong's Number H3478 matches the Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (yiśrā'ēl),
which occurs 22 times in 19 verses in 'Neh' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Neh 1:6 - let Your ear now be attentive and Your eyes open to hear the prayer of Your slave which I am praying before You today, day and night, on behalf of the sons of Israel^H3478 Your slaves, confessing the sins of the sons of Israel^H3478 which we have sinned against You; I and my father’s house have sinned.

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Neh 2:10 - Then Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite [fn]official heard about it, and it was a very great evil to them that someone had come to seek the good of the sons of Israel^H3478.

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Neh 7:7 - who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, [fn]Azariah, [fn]Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, [fn]Mispereth, Bigvai, [fn]Nehum, Baanah.

The number^H4557 of men^H376 of the people^H5971 of Israel^H3478:

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Neh 7:61 -

Now these^H428 were those who came^H5927 up^H5927 from Tel-melah^H8528, Tel-harsha^H8521, Cherub^H3743, [fn]Addon^H114, and Immer^H564; but they were not able^H3201 to declare^H5046 their fathers’^H1 houses^H1004 or their fathers’ seed^H2233, whether^H518 they were of Israel^H3478:

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Neh 7:73 -

So the priests^H3548, the Levites^H3881, the gatekeepers^H7778, the singers^H7891, some^H4480 of the people^H5971, the temple^H5411 servants^H5411, and all^H3605 Israel^H3478 lived^H3427 in their cities^H5892.

Then the seventh^H7637 month^H2320 came^H5060, and the sons^H1121 of Israel^H3478 were in their cities^H5892.

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And all^H3605 the people^H5971 gathered^H622 as one^H259 man^H376 at the square^H7339 which^H834 was in front^H6440 of the Water^H4325 Gate^H8179, and they said^H559 to Ezra^H5830 the scribe^H5608 to bring^H935 the book^H5612 of the law^H8451 of Moses^H4872 which^H834 Yahweh^H3068 had commanded^H6680 to Israel^H3478.

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Neh 8:14 - They found written in the law how Yahweh had commanded by the hand of Moses that the sons of Israel^H3478 should live in booths during the feast of the seventh month,

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Neh 8:17 - The entire assembly of those who had returned from the captivity made booths and lived in the booths. The sons of Israel^H3478 had indeed not done so from the days of Joshua the son of Nun to that day. And there was exceedingly great gladness.

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Neh 9:1 -

Now on the twenty-fourth^H6242^H702 day^H3117 of this^H2088 month^H2320 the sons^H1121 of Israel^H3478 gathered^H622 with fasting^H6685, in sackcloth^H8242 and with dirt^H127 upon them.

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Neh 9:2 - The seed of Israel^H3478 separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.

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Neh 10:33 - for the showbread, for the continual grain offering, for the continual burnt offering, the sabbaths, the new moon, for the appointed times, for the holy things and for the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel^H3478, and all the work of the house of our God.

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Neh 10:39 - For the sons of Israel^H3478 and the sons of Levi shall bring the contribution of the grain, the new wine and the oil to the chambers; the utensils of the sanctuary are there, as well as the priests who are ministering and the gatekeepers and the singers. Thus we will not forsake the house of our God.

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Neh 11:3 -

Now these^H428 are the heads^H7218 of the provinces^H4082 who^H834 lived^H3427 in Jerusalem^H3389, but in the cities^H5892 of Judah^H3063 each^H376 lived^H3427 in his own possession^H272 in their cities^H5892—[fn]the Israelites^H3478, the priests^H3548, the Levites^H3881, the [fn]temple^H5411 servants^H5411, and the sons^H1121 of Solomon’s^H8010 servants^H5650.

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Neh 11:20 - The rest of Israel^H3478, of the priests and of the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, each on his own inheritance.

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Neh 12:47 - So all Israel^H3478 in the days of Zerubbabel and Nehemiah were giving the portions due the singers and the gatekeepers as each day required, and set apart the holy portion for the Levites, and the Levites set apart the holy portion for the sons of Aaron.

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Neh 13:2 - because they did not meet the sons of Israel^H3478 with bread and water, but hired Balaam against them to curse them. However, our God turned the curse into a blessing.

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Neh 13:3 - So when they heard the law, they separated all foreigners from Israel^H3478.

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Neh 13:18 - “Did not your fathers do the same, so our God brought on us and on this city all this calamity? Yet you are adding to His anger on Israel^H3478 by profaning the sabbath.”

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Neh 13:26 - “Did not Solomon king of Israel^H3478 sin regarding these things? Yet among the many nations there was no king like him, and he was loved by his God, and God gave him to be king over all Israel^H3478; nevertheless the foreign women caused even him to sin.

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