Strong H3478יִשְׂרָאֵל
Israel
- Transliteration
- yiώrâ'êl
- Pronunciation
- yis-raw-ale'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
Meaning of the name
Israel = "God prevails"
Detailed definition
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.25.26;
son of: Isaac (H3327) and Rebekah (H7259);
brother of: Esau (H6215); married to Rachel (H7354), Leah (H3812), Zilpah (H2153) and Bilhah (H1090A);
father of: Reuben (H7205), Simeon (H8095), Levi (H3878), Judah (H3063), Dan (H1835H), Naphtali (H5321), Gad (H1410), Asher (H836), Issachar (H3485), Zebulun (H2074), Dinah (H1783), Joseph (H3130) and Benjamin (H1144); also called Jacob frequently
son of: Isaac (H3327) and Rebekah (H7259);
brother of: Esau (H6215); married to Rachel (H7354), Leah (H3812), Zilpah (H2153) and Bilhah (H1090A);
father of: Reuben (H7205), Simeon (H8095), Levi (H3878), Judah (H3063), Dan (H1835H), Naphtali (H5321), Gad (H1410), Asher (H836), Issachar (H3485), Zebulun (H2074), Dinah (H1783), Joseph (H3130) and Benjamin (H1144); also called Jacob frequently
In the biblical story
Israel
Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes
Israel, also named Jacob, was the son of Isaac, the father of the twelve tribes of Israel, and a key patriarch of the Jewish people.
In the Bible
Strong H3478 appears in 2,229 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- israel2,178
- make21
- israelites16
- s9
- let5
- pass5
- thou3
- side2
- wherefore2
- cause1
- come1
- like1
First verses
- Genesis 32:28And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
- Genesis 32:32Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob’s thigh in the sinew that shrank.
- Genesis 34:7And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob’s daughter; which thing ought not to be done.
- Genesis 35:10And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel.
- Genesis 35:21And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar.
- Genesis 35:22And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:
- Genesis 36:31And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel.
- Genesis 37:3Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.
- Genesis 37:13And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I.
- Genesis 42:5And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
- Genesis 43:6And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?
- Genesis 43:8And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones.
- Genesis 43:11And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:
- Genesis 45:21And the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way.
- Genesis 45:28And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.
- Genesis 46:1And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beer–sheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.
- Genesis 46:2And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.
- Genesis 46:5And Jacob rose up from Beer–sheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.
- Genesis 46:8And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn.
- Genesis 46:29And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.
Occurrences by book
- Genesis39
- Exodus160
- Leviticus59
- Numbers208
- Deuteronomy65
- Joshua139
- Judges154
- Ruth4
- 1 Samuel130
- 2 Samuel101
- 1 Kings171
- 2 Kings146
- 1 Chronicles97
- 2 Chronicles162
- Ezra29
- Nehemiah19
- Psalms60
- Proverbs1
- Ecclesiastes1
- Song of Songs1
- Isaiah87
- Jeremiah122
- Lamentations3
- Ezekiel169
- Daniel4
- Hosea41
- Joel3
- Amos26
- Obadiah1
- Micah12
- Nahum1
- Zephaniah4
- Zechariah5
- Malachi5