Hebrew - English Dictionary
H3478 - Israel
| Strong's No.: | H3478 |
| Hebrew: | יִשְׂרָאֵל |
| Transliteration: | Yisrâʼêl |
| Phonetic: | yis-raw-ale' |
| Word Origin: | From H8280 and H410 |
| Bible Usage: | Israel. |
| Part of Speech: | Proper Name Masculine |
| Strongs Definition: | he will rule as God; {Jisrael} a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity |
| Brown Driver Biggs Definition: | 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 a. the name of the nation until the death of Solomon and the split b. the name used and given to the northern kingdom consisting of the 10 tribes under Jeroboam; the southern kingdom was known as Judah c. the name of the nation after the return from exile |
| Bible References:
Israel |
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| Translation Occurrences: |
Israel ( 2437 )
Israelites ( 16 )
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Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.