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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 151 times in 130 verses in '1Sa' in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (1Sa 1:17–1Sa 11:2)

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:17 - Then Eli answered and said, “Go in peace; and may the God of Israel H3478 grant your petition that you have asked of Him.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:14 - Then he would thrust it into the pan or kettle or caldron or pot; all that the fork would bring up the priest would take for himself. Thus they would do in Shiloh to all the Israelites H3478 who came there.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:22 -

Now Eli was very old; and he heard all that his sons were doing to all Israel H3478, and how they lay with the women who served at the doorway of the tent of meeting.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:28 - ‘And did I not choose them from all the tribes of Israel H3478 to be My priests, to go up to My altar, to burn incense, to carry an ephod before Me; and did I not give to the house of your father all the fire offerings of the sons of Israel H3478?
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:29 - ‘Why do you kick at My sacrifice and at My offering which I have commanded in My habitation, and honor your sons above Me, by making yourselves fat with the [fn]choicest of every offering of My people Israel H3478?’
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:30 - “Therefore Yahweh, the God of Israel H3478, declares, ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father should walk before Me forever’; but now Yahweh declares, ‘Far be it from Me—for those who honor Me I will honor, and those who despise Me will be cursed.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:32 - ‘And you will look upon the distress of My habitation, in spite of all the good that [fn]I do for Israel H3478; and an old man will not be in your house all the days.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:11 - And Yahweh said to Samuel, “Behold, I am about to do a thing in Israel H3478 at which both ears of everyone who hears it will tingle.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:20 - So all Israel H3478 from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:1 -

Thus the word of Samuel came to all Israel H3478. Now Israel H3478 went out to meet the Philistines in battle and camped beside Ebenezer, and the Philistines camped in Aphek.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:2 - And the Philistines arranged themselves to meet Israel H3478. Then the battle spread, and Israel H3478 was [fn]defeated before the Philistines who struck down about 4,000 men on the battlefield.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:3 - Then the people came into the camp, and the elders of Israel H3478 said, “Why has Yahweh [fn]defeated us today before the Philistines? Let us take to ourselves from Shiloh the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, that [fn]it may come among us and save us from the power of our enemies.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:5 -

And it happened that as the ark of the covenant of Yahweh came into the camp, all Israel H3478 shouted with a great shout, so that the earth was thrown into confusion.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:10 -

So the Philistines fought, and Israel H3478 was [fn]defeated, and every man fled to his tent; and the slaughter was very great, for there fell of Israel H3478 30,000 foot soldiers.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:17 - Then the one who brought the news answered and said, “Israel H3478 has fled before the Philistines, and there has also been a great slaughter among the people, and your two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God has been taken.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:18 - And it happened that when he mentioned the ark of God, [fn]Eli fell off the seat backward beside the gate, and his neck was broken, and he died, for the man was old and heavy. Thus he judged Israel H3478 forty years.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:21 - And she called the boy [fn]Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel H3478,” because the ark of God was taken and because of her father-in-law and her husband.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:22 - And she said, “The glory has departed from Israel H3478, for the ark of God was taken.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:7 - Thus the men of Ashdod saw that it was so and said, “The ark of the God of Israel H3478 must not remain with us, for His hand is severe on us and on Dagon our god.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:8 - So they sent and gathered all the lords of the Philistines to them and said, “What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel H3478?” And they said, “Let the ark of the God of Israel H3478 be brought around to Gath.” And they brought the ark of the God of Israel H3478 around.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:10 - So they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And as the ark of God came to Ekron the Ekronites cried out, saying, “They have brought the ark of the God of Israel H3478 around to [fn]us, to put [fn]us and [fn]our people to death.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:11 - They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines and said, “Send away the ark of the God of Israel H3478, and let it return to its own place, so that it will not put [fn]us and [fn]our people to death.” For there was a deadly confusion throughout the city; the hand of God was very glorious there.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:3 - So they said, “If you send away the ark of the God of Israel H3478, do not send it empty; but you shall surely return to Him a guilt offering. Then you will be healed, and it will be known to you why His hand is not turned away from you.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:5 - “So you shall make likenesses of your tumors and likenesses of your mice that bring the land to ruin, and you shall give glory to the God of Israel H3478; perhaps He will ease His hand from you, your gods, and your land.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:2 - Now it happened from the day when the ark remained at Kiriath-jearim, that the time was long; it was twenty years. And all the house of Israel H3478 lamented after Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:3 -

Then Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel H3478, saying, “If you are to return to Yahweh with all your heart, then remove the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you and set your hearts toward Yahweh and serve Him alone; and He will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:4 - So the sons of Israel H3478 removed the Baals and the Ashtaroth and served Yahweh alone.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:5 -

Then Samuel said, “Gather all Israel H3478 to Mizpah, and I will pray to Yahweh for you.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:6 - And they gathered to Mizpah and drew water and poured it out before Yahweh and fasted on that day and said there, “We have sinned against Yahweh.” And Samuel judged the sons of Israel H3478 at Mizpah.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:7 -

Then the Philistines heard that the sons of Israel H3478 had gathered to Mizpah. And the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel H3478. Then the sons of Israel H3478 heard it and were afraid of the Philistines.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:8 - So the sons of Israel H3478 said to Samuel, “Do not cease to cry out to Yahweh our God for us, that He may save us from the hand of the Philistines.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:9 - And Samuel took a suckling lamb and offered it for a whole burnt offering to Yahweh; and Samuel cried out to Yahweh for Israel H3478, and Yahweh answered him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:10 - Now Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, and the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel H3478. But Yahweh thundered with a great [fn]thunder on that day against the Philistines and confused them, so that they were [fn]defeated before Israel H3478.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:11 - So the men of Israel H3478 went out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistines and struck them down as far as below Beth-car.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:13 - So the Philistines were subdued, and they did not come anymore within the border of Israel H3478. And the hand of Yahweh was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:14 - And the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel H3478 were restored to Israel H3478, from Ekron even to Gath; and Israel H3478 delivered their territory from the hand of the Philistines. So there was peace between Israel H3478 and the Amorites.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:15 -

Thus Samuel judged Israel H3478 all the days of his life.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:16 - And he used to go annually on circuit to Bethel and Gilgal and Mizpah, and he judged Israel H3478 in all these places.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:17 - But his return would be to Ramah, for his house was there, and there he judged Israel H3478; and he built there an altar to Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:1 -

And it happened when Samuel was old that he appointed his sons judges over Israel H3478.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:4 -

Then all the elders of Israel H3478 gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah;

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:22 - Then Yahweh said to Samuel, “Listen to their voice and [fn]appoint them a king.” So Samuel said to the men of Israel H3478, “Go every man to his city.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:2 - Now he had a son whose name was Saul, a choice and handsome man, and there was not a more handsome person than he among the sons of Israel H3478; from his shoulders and up he was taller than any of the people.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:9 - (Formerly in Israel H3478, when a man went to inquire of God, he used to say, “Come, and let us go to the seer”; for he who is called a prophet now was formerly called a seer.)
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:16 - “About this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him to be ruler over My people Israel H3478; and he will save My people from the hand of the Philistines. For I have regarded My people because their cry has come to Me.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:20 - “As for your donkeys which were lost three days ago, do not set your heart on them, for they have been found. And for whom is all that is desirable in Israel H3478? Is it not for you and for all your father’s household?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:21 - And Saul answered and said, “Am I not a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel H3478, and my family the least of all the families of the [fn]tribe of Benjamin? Why then do you speak to me in this way?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:18 - and he said to the sons of Israel H3478, “Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel H3478, ‘I brought Israel H3478 up from Egypt, and I delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians and from the hand of all the kingdoms that were oppressing you.’
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:20 -

Thus Samuel brought all the tribes of Israel H3478 near, and the tribe of Benjamin was taken by lot.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:2 - But Nahash the Ammonite said to them, “I will cut it with you on this condition, that I will gouge out the right eye of every one of you, thus I will make it a reproach on all Israel H3478.”

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