Strong's Lexicon: H3478 יִשׂרָאֵל

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H3478
Word:	יִשׂרָאֵל
Part of Speech:	name
Etymology:	from H8280 and H410
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	2507
Transliteration:	Yisra'el
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	yis-raw-ale'
Meaning:	1. he will rule as God 2. Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob 3. (typically) of his posterity
KJV Renderings:	Israel.

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BDB3770

יִשְׂרָאֵל proper name and derivatives, see below I. שׂרה.

BDB8317

יִשְׂרָאֵל₂₅₀₇ proper name, masculine [also of a people] Israel (El persisteth, persevereth (or jussive Let El persist ) [usually contendeth (Nes^{Eg.60 ff.} ) or Let El contend (Gray^{Prop. N. 218} ), but see Dr^{Hast. DB JACOB 530}]; on vocalization see Lag^{BN 131 f.} Kit^{1Chr 4:16} (Hpt); MI⁵ , + 5 t. 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 Gen 36:31; 1Kgs 16:29. — On a possibly relation of ׳ יִשׂ to proper name שָׂרַי, שָׂרָה see RS^{K 257, 2nd ed. 34}; — compare שְׂרָיָה(וּׅ; — Ισραηλ:

1. proper name, masculine second name of Jacob Gen 32:29 + 28 t. Genesis ( J E ), Exod 32:13 ( J E ), Hos 12:13; Judg 18:29; Exod 6:14; Num 1:20 ; Num 26:5 (all P ), 2Kgs 17:34; 1Chr 1:34 + 8 t. Chronicles, Ps 105:23 ׳ בֵּית יִשׂ Ruth 4:11 ׳ בְּנֵי יִשׂ (literal) Gen 42:5 + 3 t. E , 2 t. P + Exod 1:7 ( P ; transition to wider use), 1Kgs 18:31; 1Chr 2:1 +; = 12 tribes Exod 28:9 + 7 t. P ; ׳ אֱלֹהֵי אַבְרָהָם יִצְחָק וְיִשׂ 1Kgs 18:36; 1Chr 29:18; 2Chr 30:6.

2. proper name [of a people] (usually masculine^{Judg 11:17}f. but feminine 1Sam 17:21; 2Sam 24:9 [not || 1Chr 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 p. 120:b):

a. (1) undivided kingdom; ׳ יִשׂ Gen 47:27 ( J ), Gen 49:7 (poem in J ) + 108 t. J E , Deut 1:1 ; Deut 18:6; Deut 33:10 (poem) + 76 t. D , Gen 34:7 ; Exod 12:15 + 42 t. P ; Judg 5:2 ; Judg 5:7 (twice in verse) + 104 t. Judges; often 1 and 2 Samuel; 1 Ki 1-12; ׳ כָּליִֿשׂ of whole people 2Sam 8:15 +, of whole army 2Sam 11:1 +, opposed to Judah 2Sam 2:9 + (so also later). (2) ׳ יִשׂ = Northern tribes, distinguished from Judah, even before disruption, 2Sam 2:9, compare 2Sam 2:10; 2Sam 3:10; 2Sam 4:1; 2Sam 5:5; 2Sam 12:7; 2Sam 20:1; 1Kgs 1:35; 1Kgs 4:20; 1Kgs 5:5 +; so at disruption 1Kgs 12:16 (3 t. in verse); 1Kgs 12:18; 1Kgs 12:19 then usually of Northern kingdom, till its fall, 1Kgs 12:28 ; 1Kgs 24:7; 1Kgs 24:10 + very often Kings, Amos 1:1 ; Amos 2:6; Amos 3:14 +, Hos 1:5; Hos 4:15 (twice in verse); Hos 5:3 (twice in verse); Hos 5:5 +, Mic 1:13, etc. (3) ׳ יִשׂ of Southern kingdom, Judah, rarely before fall of Samaria Isa 1:3; Isa 8:18; Mic 1:14; Mic 1:15, so ׳ בְּנֵי יִשׂ 1Kgs 12:17 after fall of Samaria, ׳ יִשׂ (less often ׳ בְּנֵי יִשׂ) occurs of entire people, in reference to past or future 2Kgs 21:8; 2Kgs 23:22 ; Isa 17:9; Ps 103:7; Jer 2:3; Jer 50:17; Jer 50:19 +; ׳ יִשׂ also = Judah Jer 2:14; Jer 2:31; Jer 4:1 +, Ezek 13:2; Ezek 13:4; Ezek 13:16; Ezek 14:1; Ezek 14:7; Ezek 14:9 +, Isa 40:27; Isa 41:8; Isa 42:24 +, Ezra 2:59 = Neh 7:61; Ezra 2:70; Ezra 3:11 +, Neh 10:34; Neh 10:3 +, Ps 14:7 (twice in verse) = Ps 53:7 (twice in verse), Ps 147:2; Ps 149:2 +, etc. (4) usage in Chronicles: ׳ יִשׂ of whole people 1Chr 2:7 + 110 t., of Northern kingdom 2Chr 11:1 + 16 t., of Judah 2Chr 12:6; 2Chr 19:8 + 9 t. (5) ׳ יִשׂ personified as ׳ עֶבֶד י, Isa 44:1; Isa 44:21; Isa 49:3.

b. ׳ בְּנֵי יִשׂ, (1) of undivided people Exod 1:12 ( J ), Exod 3:9 ( E ) + 72 t. J E , Deut 3:18 ; Deut 10:6 + 25 t. D , Gen 32:33 + 327 t. P ; Judg 1:1 + 60 t. Judges; seldom 1 and 2 Samuel, 1 Ki 1-12; in 1Kings 13—2Kings 25 passive in reference to older history (rarely otherwise). (2) seldom of Northern kingdom Amos 2:11 + 9 t. Amos, Hosea; 2Chr 13:12 + 7 t. Chronicles. (3) of Judah (late) Ezek 2:3; Neh 1:6 (twice in verse); Ezra 3:1 ; Joel 4:16 +, 2Chr 31:5.

c. בֵּית ׳ יִשׂ Exod 16:31; Exod 40:38 + 142 t. (see בַּיִת 5.d. (δ); 81 t. Ezekiel, where = Judah; see especially Exod 37:16); ׳ שְׁנֵי בָֽתֵּי יִשׂ Isa 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 1.d. (3).

e. ׳ יִשׂ = the laity, opposed to priests, etc. (late): Ezra 10:25; Neh 11:3 ; 1Chr 9:2 ׳ כָּליִֿשׂ Ezra 2:70; Ezra 10:5 ׳ הָעָם יִשׂ Ezra 9:1 ׳ בְּנֵי יִשׂ Neh 10:40, compare ׳ שְׁאָר יִשׂ Neh 11:20.

BDB9596

יִשְׂרָאֵל proper name [of a people] Israel (Biblical Hebrew id., √ I. שָׂרָה ); — ׳ אֱלַהּ יִשׁ Ezra 5:1; Ezra 6:14; Ezra 7:15 ׳ מֶלֶךְ לְיִשׂ Ezra 5:11 ׳ בְּנֵי יִשׂ Ezra 6:16, ׳ עַמָּא יִשׂ Ezra 7:13.