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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

H3478

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Strong's Number H3478 matches the Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (yiśrā'ēl),
which occurs 184 times in 154 verses in 'Jdg' in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 4 (Jdg 1:1–Jdg 6:37)

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Now it came about after the death of Joshua that the sons of Israel H3478 inquired of the LORD, saying, “Who shall go up first for us against the Canaanites, to fight against them?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:28 - And it came about, when Israel H3478 became strong, that they put the Canaanites to forced labor; but they did not drive them out completely.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:4 - Now when the angel of the LORD spoke these words to all the sons of Israel H3478, the people raised their voices and wept.

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When Joshua had dismissed the people, the sons of Israel H3478 went, each one to his inheritance, to take possession of the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:7 - The people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who [fn]survived Joshua, who had seen all the great work of the LORD which He had done for Israel H3478.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:10 - All that generation also were gathered to their fathers; and another generation rose up after them who did not know the LORD, nor even the work which He had done for Israel H3478.

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Then the sons of Israel H3478 did evil in the sight of the LORD and [fn]served the Baals,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:14 - Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel H3478, and He handed them over to plunderers, and they plundered them; and He sold them into the hands of their enemies around them, so that they could no longer stand [fn]against their enemies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:20 - So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel H3478, and He said, “Because this nation has violated My covenant which I commanded their fathers, and has not listened to My voice,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:22 - in order to test Israel H3478 by them, whether they will keep the way of the LORD to walk in it as their fathers [fn]did, or not.”

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Now these are the nations that the LORD left, to test Israel H3478 by them (that is, all the Israelites who had not [fn]experienced any of the wars of Canaan;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:2 - only in order that the generations of the sons of Israel H3478 might [fn]be taught war, [fn]those who had not [fn]experienced it previously).

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:4 - They were left to test Israel H3478 by them, to find out if they would [fn]obey the commandments of the LORD, which He had commanded their fathers [fn]through Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:5 - The sons of Israel H3478 lived among the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites;

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So the sons of Israel H3478 did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, and they forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the [fn]Asheroth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:8 - Then the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel H3478, so that He sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim, king of [fn]Mesopotamia; and the sons of Israel H3478 served Cushan-rishathaim for eight years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:9 - But the sons of Israel H3478 cried out to the LORD, and the LORD raised up a deliverer for the sons of Israel H3478 to set them free, Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:10 - And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel H3478. When he went to war, the LORD handed over to him Cushan-rishathaim king of [fn]Mesopotamia, so that [fn]he prevailed over Cushan-rishathaim.

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Now the sons of Israel H3478 again did evil in the sight of the LORD. So the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel H3478, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:13 - And he gathered to himself the sons of Ammon and Amalek; and he went and [fn]defeated Israel H3478, and they took possession of the city of the palm trees.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:14 - And the sons of Israel H3478 served Eglon the king of Moab for eighteen years.

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But when the sons of Israel H3478 cried out to the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer for them, Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjaminite, a left-handed man. And the sons of Israel H3478 sent tribute by [fn]him to Eglon the king of Moab.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:27 - And [fn]when he arrived, he blew the trumpet in the hill country of Ephraim; and the sons of Israel H3478 went down with him from the hill country, and he was [fn]leading them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:30 - So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel H3478. And the land was at rest for eighty years.

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Now after him came Shamgar the son of Anath, who struck and killed six hundred Philistines with an [fn]oxgoad; and he also saved Israel H3478.

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Then the sons of Israel H3478 again did evil in the sight of the LORD, after Ehud died.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:3 - The sons of Israel H3478 cried out to the LORD; for he had nine hundred iron chariots, and he oppressed the sons of Israel H3478 severely for twenty years.

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Now Deborah, a [fn]prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel H3478 at that time.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:5 - She used to [fn]sit under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim; and the sons of Israel H3478 went up to her for judgment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:6 - Now she sent word and summoned Barak the son of Abinoam from Kedesh-naphtali, and said to him, “[fn]The LORD, the God of Israel H3478, has indeed commanded, ‘Go and march to Mount Tabor, and take with you ten thousand men from the sons of Naphtali and from the sons of Zebulun.

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So God subdued Jabin the king of Canaan on that day before the sons of Israel H3478.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:24 - And the hand of the sons of Israel H3478 pressed harder and harder upon Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had eliminated Jabin the king of Canaan.

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“For [fn]the leaders leading in Israel H3478,

For the people volunteering,

Bless the LORD!

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“Hear, you kings; listen, you dignitaries!

I myself—to the LORD, I myself will sing,

I will sing praise to the LORD, the God of Israel H3478!

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“The mountains [fn]flowed with water at the presence of the LORD,

This Sinai, at the presence of the LORD, the God of Israel H3478.

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“The [fn]peasantry came to an end, they came to an end in Israel H3478,

Until I, Deborah, arose,

Until I arose, a mother in Israel H3478.

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“New gods were chosen;

Then war was in the gates.

Not a shield or a spear was seen

Among forty thousand in Israel H3478.

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“My heart goes out to the commanders of Israel H3478,

The volunteers among the people;

Bless the LORD!

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“At the sound of those who distribute water among the watering places,

There they will recount the righteous deeds of the LORD,

The righteous deeds for His [fn]peasantry in Israel H3478.

Then the people of the LORD went down to the gates.

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Then the sons of Israel H3478 did what was evil in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD handed them over to Midian for seven years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:2 - The [fn]power of Midian prevailed against Israel H3478. Because of Midian the sons of Israel H3478 made for themselves the dens which were in the mountains and the caves and the strongholds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:3 - For whenever Israel H3478 had sown, the Midianites would come up with the Amalekites and the [fn]people of the east and [fn]march against them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:4 - So they would camp against them and destroy the produce of the earth [fn]as far as Gaza, and leave no sustenance in Israel H3478, nor a sheep, ox, or donkey.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:6 - So Israel H3478 was brought very low because of Midian, and the sons of Israel H3478 cried out to the LORD.

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Now it came about, when the sons of Israel H3478 cried out to the LORD on account of Midian,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:8 - that the LORD sent a prophet to the sons of Israel H3478, and he said to them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel H3478 says: ‘It was I who brought you up from Egypt, and brought you out of the house of [fn]slavery.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:14 - And the LORD [fn]looked at him and said, “Go in this strength of yours and save Israel H3478 from the hand of Midian. Have I not sent you?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:15 - But he said to Him, “O Lord, [fn]how am I to save Israel H3478? Behold, my family is the least in Manasseh, and I am the youngest in my father’s house.”

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Then Gideon said to God, “If You are going to save Israel H3478 [fn]through me, as You have spoken,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:37 - behold, I am putting a fleece of wool on the threshing floor. If there is dew on the fleece only, and it is dry on all the ground, then I will know that You will save Israel H3478 [fn]through me, as You have spoken.”

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