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

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:1 -

The word of [fn]Yahweh which came to 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.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:4 - And Yahweh said to him, “Name him Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will visit the bloodshed of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and I will cause the kingdom of the house of Israel H3478 to cease.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:5 - “And it will be in that day, that I will break the bow of Israel H3478 in the valley of Jezreel.”
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:6 -

Then she conceived again and gave birth to a daughter. And [fn]Yahweh said to him, “Name her [fn]Lo-ruhamah, for I will no longer have compassion on the house of Israel H3478, that I would ever forgive them.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:10 -

[fn]Yet the number of the sons of Israel H3478

Will be like the sand of the sea,

Which cannot be measured or numbered;

And it will be that in the place

Where it is said to them,

“You are not My people,”

It will be said to them,

You are the sons of the living God.”

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:11 -

And the sons of Judah and the sons of Israel H3478 will be gathered together,

And they will set for themselves one head,

And they will go up from the land,

For great will be the day of Jezreel.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 3:1 -

Then Yahweh said to me, “Go again, love a [fn]woman who is loved by her companion and is an adulteress, even as Yahweh loves the sons of Israel H3478, though they turn to other gods and love raisin cakes.”

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 3:4 - For the sons of Israel H3478 will remain for many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, and without ephod or [fn]household idols.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 3:5 - Afterward the sons of Israel H3478 will return and seek Yahweh their God and David their king; and they will come [fn]in dread to Yahweh and to His goodness in the last days.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:1 -

Listen to the word of Yahweh, O sons of Israel H3478,

For Yahweh has a contention against the inhabitants of the land,

Because there is no truth or [fn]lovingkindness

Or knowledge of God in the land.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:15 -

Though you, Israel H3478, play the harlot,

Do not let Judah become guilty;

Also do not go to Gilgal

Nor go up to Beth-aven

And swear the oath:

“As Yahweh lives!”

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:16 -

Since Israel H3478 is stubborn

Like a stubborn heifer,

[fn]Can Yahweh now feed them

Like a lamb in a large field?

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:1 -

Hear this, O priests!

Give heed, O house of Israel H3478!

Give ear, O house of the king!

For the judgment is for you,

For you have been a snare at Mizpah

And a net spread out on Tabor.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:3 -

I know Ephraim, and Israel H3478 is not hidden from Me;

For now, O Ephraim, you have played the harlot;

Israel H3478 has defiled itself.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:5 -

Moreover, the pride of Israel H3478 answers against him,

And Israel H3478 and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity;

Judah also has stumbled with them.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:9 -

Ephraim will become a desolation in the day of reproof;

Among the tribes of Israel H3478 I will make known what is true.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:10 -

In the house of Israel H3478 I have seen an appalling thing;

Ephraim’s harlotry is there; Israel H3478 has defiled itself.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:1 -

When I would heal Israel H3478,

Then the iniquity of Ephraim is uncovered,

And the evil deeds of Samaria,

For they work falsehood;

The thief enters in;

Raiders [fn]ransack outside,

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:10 -

So the pride of Israel H3478 answers against him,

Yet they have not returned to Yahweh their God,

Nor have they sought Him, for all this.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:2 -

They cry out to Me,

“My God, we of Israel H3478 know You!”

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:3 -

Israel H3478 has rejected the good;

The enemy will pursue him.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:6 -

For from Israel H3478 is even this!

A craftsman made it, so it is not God;

Surely the calf of Samaria will be smashed to splinters.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:8 -

Israel H3478 is swallowed up;

They are now among the nations

Like a vessel in which no one delights.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:14 -

So Israel H3478 has forgotten his Maker and built palaces;

And Judah has multiplied fortified cities,

But I will send a fire on its cities that it may consume its palatial dwellings.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:1 -

Do not be glad, O Israel H3478, [fn]with rejoicing like the peoples!

For you have played the harlot, [fn]forsaking your God.

You have loved harlots’ earnings on [fn]every threshing floor.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:7 -

The days of punishment have come;

The days of recompense have come;

[fn]Let Israel H3478 know this!

The prophet is an ignorant fool,

The [fn]inspired man has madness,

Because of the abundance of your iniquity

And because your hostility has abounded.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:10 -

I found Israel H3478 like grapes in the wilderness;

I saw your fathers as the earliest fruit on the fig tree in its first season.

But they came to Baal-peor and devoted themselves to [fn]shame,

And they became as detestable as that which they loved.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:1 -

Israel H3478 is a [fn]luxuriant vine;

He produces fruit for himself.

The more abundant his fruit,

The more altars he abounded;

The better his land,

The better [fn]he made the sacred pillars.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:6 -

The thing itself will be carried to Assyria

As tribute to [fn]King Jareb;

Ephraim will receive shame,

And Israel H3478 will be ashamed of its own counsel.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:8 -

Also the high places of Aven, the sin of Israel H3478, will be [fn]eradicated;

Thorn and thistle will grow on their altars;

Then they will say to the mountains,

“Cover us!” And to the hills, “Fall on us!”

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:9 -

From the days of Gibeah you have sinned, O Israel H3478;

There they stand!

Will not the battle against the sons of injustice overtake them in Gibeah?

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:15 -

Thus it will be done to you at Bethel because of your evil of evils.

At dawn the king of Israel H3478 will be completely ruined.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:1 -

When Israel H3478 was a youth I loved him,

And out of Egypt I called My son.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:8 -

How can I give you up, O Ephraim?

How can I surrender you, O Israel H3478?

How can I give you over to be like Admah?

How can I make you like Zeboiim?

My heart is turned over within Me;

[fn]All My compassions are stirred.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:12 -

[fn]Ephraim surrounds Me with [fn]lies

And the house of Israel H3478 with deceit;

And Judah is also unruly against God,

Even against the Holy One who is faithful.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:12 -

Now Jacob fled to the field of Aram,

And Israel H3478 worked for a wife,

And for a wife he kept sheep.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:13 -

But by a prophet Yahweh brought Israel H3478 up from Egypt,

And by a prophet he was kept.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:1 -

When Ephraim [fn]spoke, there was trembling.

He lifted himself up in Israel H3478,

But through Baal he became guilty and died.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:9 -

It is your ruin, O Israel H3478,

[fn]That you are against Me, against your help.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:1 -

[fn]Return, O Israel H3478, to Yahweh your God,

For you have stumbled in your iniquity.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:5 -

I will be like the dew to Israel H3478;

He will flourish like the lily,

And he will [fn]take root like the cedars of Lebanon.

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