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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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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3478 matches the Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (yiśrā'ēl),
which occurs 32 times in 29 verses in 'Ezr' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 1:3 - ‘Whoever there is among you of all His people, may his God be with him! Let him go up to Jerusalem which is in Judah and rebuild the house of the LORD, the God of Israel; H3478 He is the God who is in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:2 - [fn]These came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, [fn]Seraiah, [fn]Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, [fn]Mispar, Bigvai, [fn]Rehum and Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel: H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 2:59

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:59 - Now these are those who came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, [fn]Addan and Immer, but they were not able to [fn]give evidence of their fathers’ households and their [fn]descendants, whether they were of Israel: H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 2:70

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:70 - Now the priests and the Levites, some of the people, the singers, the gatekeepers and the temple servants lived in their cities, and all Israel H3478 in their cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:1 - Now when the seventh month came, and the sons of Israel H3478 were in the cities, the people gathered together as one man to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:2 - Then Jeshua the son of Jozadak and his brothers the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and his brothers arose and built the altar of the God of Israel H3478 to offer burnt offerings on it, as it is written in the law of Moses, the man of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:10 - Now when the builders had laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, [fn]the priests stood in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites, the sons of Asaph, with cymbals, to praise the LORD according to the [fn]directions of King David of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:11 - They sang, praising and giving thanks to the LORD, saying, “For He is good, for His lovingkindness is upon Israel H3478 forever.” And all the people shouted with a great shout when they praised the LORD because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:1 - Now when the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the people of the exile were building a temple to the LORD God of Israel, H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:3 - But Zerubbabel and Jeshua and the rest of the heads of fathers’ households of Israel H3478 said to them, “You have nothing in common with us in building a house to our God; but we ourselves will together build to the LORD God of Israel, H3478 as King Cyrus, the king of Persia has commanded us.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:21 - The sons of Israel H3478 who returned from exile and all those who had separated themselves from the impurity of the nations of the land to join them, to seek the LORD God of Israel, H3478 ate the Passover.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:22 - And they observed the Feast of Unleavened Bread seven days with joy, for the LORD had caused them to rejoice, and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria toward them to [fn]encourage them in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:6 - This Ezra went up from Babylon, and he was a scribe skilled in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel H3478 had given; and the king granted him all [fn]he requested because the hand of the LORD his God was upon him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:7 - Some of the sons of Israel H3478 and some of the priests, the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers and the temple servants went up to Jerusalem in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:10 - For Ezra had set his heart to [fn]study the law of the LORD and to practice it, and to teach His statutes and ordinances in Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:11 - Now this is the copy of the decree which King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, [fn]learned in the words of the commandments of the LORD and His statutes to Israel: H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:28 - and has extended lovingkindness to me before the king and his counselors and before all the king’s mighty princes. Thus I was strengthened according to the hand of the LORD my God upon me, and I gathered [fn]leading men from Israel H3478 to go up with me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 8:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:18 - According to the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of insight of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel, H3478 namely Sherebiah, and his sons and brothers, 18 men;

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 8:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:25 - and I weighed out to them the silver, the gold and the utensils, the offering for the house of our God which the king and his counselors and his princes and all Israel H3478 present there had offered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 8:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:29 - “Watch and keep them until you weigh them before the leading priests, the Levites and the heads of the fathers’ households of Israel H3478 at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 8:35

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:35 - The exiles who had come from the captivity offered burnt offerings to the God of Israel: H3478 12 bulls for all Israel, H3478 96 rams, 77 lambs, 12 male goats for a sin offering, all as a burnt offering to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:1 - Now when these things had been completed, the princes approached me, saying, “The people of Israel H3478 and the priests and the Levites have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands, according to their abominations, those of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians and the Amorites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:4 - Then everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel H3478 on account of the unfaithfulness of the exiles gathered to me, and I sat appalled until the evening offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:15 - “O LORD God of Israel, H3478 You are righteous, for we have been left an escaped remnant, as it is this day; behold, we are before You in our guilt, for no one can stand before You because of this.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:1 - Now while Ezra was praying and making confession, weeping and prostrating himself before the house of God, a very large assembly, men, women and children, gathered to him from Israel; H3478 for the people wept bitterly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:2 - Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, said to Ezra, “We have been unfaithful to our God and have [fn]married foreign women from the peoples of the land; yet now there is hope for Israel H3478 in spite of this.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:5 - Then Ezra rose and made the leading priests, the Levites and all Israel, H3478 take oath that they would do according to this [fn]proposal; so they took the oath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:10 - Then Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, “You have been unfaithful and have married foreign wives adding to the guilt of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 10:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:25 - Of Israel, H3478 of the sons of Parosh there were Ramiah, Izziah, Malchijah, Mijamin, Eleazar, Malchijah and Benaiah;
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