יִשְׂרָאֵל
Israel
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Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Proper
- A name of a specific person, place, or people (e.g. Abraham, Zion, Israel).
Every verse where H3478 appears in the Book of 2 Samuel — 101 distinct verses. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
2 Samuel
- 2 Samuel 1:3 יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל n Proper David said to him, From whence come you? He said to him, Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped.
- 2 Samuel 1:12 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל n Proper and they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of Yahweh, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.
- 2 Samuel 1:19 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל n Proper Your glory, Israel, is slain on your high places! How are the mighty fallen!
- 2 Samuel 1:24 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל n Proper You daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, Who clothed you in scarlet delicately, Who put ornaments of gold on your clothing.
- 2 Samuel 2:9 יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל n Proper and he made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.
- 2 Samuel 2:10 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל n Proper Ish-bosheth, Saul's son, was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David.
- 2 Samuel 2:17 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל n Proper The battle was very severe that day: and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.
- 2 Samuel 2:28 יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל n Proper So Joab blew the trumpet; and all the people stood still, and pursued after Israel no more, neither fought they any more.
- 2 Samuel 3:10 יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ n Proper to transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beersheba.
- 2 Samuel 3:12 יִשְׂרָאֵֽל n Proper Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying [also], Make your league with me, and, behold, my hand shall be with you, to bring about all Israel to you.
- 2 Samuel 3:17 יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל n Proper Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, In times past you sought for David to be king over you:
- 2 Samuel 3:18 יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ n Proper now then do it; for Yahweh has spoken of David, saying, By the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies.
- 2 Samuel 3:19 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל n Proper Abner also spoke in the ears of Benjamin: and Abner went also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel, and to the whole house of Benjamin.
- 2 Samuel 3:21 יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל n Proper Abner said to David, I will arise and go, and will gather all Israel to my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may reign over all that your soul desires. David sent Abner away; and he went in peace.
- 2 Samuel 3:37 יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל n Proper So all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to kill Abner the son of Ner.
- 2 Samuel 3:38 בְּ/יִשְׂרָאֵֽל prep + n Proper The king said to his servants, "Don't you know that there a prince and a great man has fallen this day in Israel?
- 2 Samuel 4:1 יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל n Proper When [Ish-bosheth], Saul's son, heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands became feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.
- 2 Samuel 5:1 יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל n Proper Then came all the tribes of Israel to David to Hebron, and spoke, saying, Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.
- 2 Samuel 5:2 יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל יִשְׂרָאֵֽל n Proper n Proper n Proper In times past, when Saul was king over us, it was you who led out and brought in Israel: and Yahweh said to you, You shall be shepherd of my people Israel, and you shall be prince over Israel.
- 2 Samuel 5:3 יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל יִשְׂרָאֵֽל n Proper n Proper So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a covenant with them in Hebron before Yahweh: and they anointed David king over Israel.
- 2 Samuel 5:5 יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל n Proper In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months; and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.
- 2 Samuel 5:12 יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל יִשְׂרָאֵֽל n Proper n Proper David perceived that Yahweh had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel's sake.
- 2 Samuel 5:17 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל n Proper When the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David; and David heard of it, and went down to the stronghold.
- 2 Samuel 6:1 בְּ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל prep + n Proper David again gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.
- 2 Samuel 6:5 יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל n Proper David and all the house of Israel played before Yahweh with all manner of [instruments made of] fir-wood, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with tambourines, and with castanets, and with cymbals.
- 2 Samuel 6:15 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל n Proper So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of Yahweh with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.
- 2 Samuel 6:19 יִשְׂרָאֵל֮ n Proper He dealt among all the people, even among the whole multitude of Israel, both to men and women, to everyone a cake of bread, and a portion [of flesh], and a cake of raisins. So all the people departed everyone to his house.
- 2 Samuel 6:20 יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל n Proper Then David returned to bless his household. Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel today, who uncovered himself today in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovers himself!
- 2 Samuel 6:21 יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל n Proper David said to Michal, [It was] before Yahweh, who chose me above your father, and above all his house, to appoint me prince over the people of Yahweh, over Israel: therefore will I play before Yahweh.
- 2 Samuel 7:6 יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ n Proper for I have not lived in a house since the day that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tent.
- 2 Samuel 7:7 יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל n Proper n Proper n Proper In all places in which I have walked with all the children of Israel, spoke I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to be shepherd of my people Israel, saying, Why have you not built me a house of cedar?
- 2 Samuel 7:8 יִשְׂרָאֵֽל n Proper Now therefore thus shall you tell my servant David, Thus says Yahweh of Hosts, I took you from the sheep pen, from following the sheep, that you should be prince over my people, over Israel;
- 2 Samuel 7:10 לְ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל prep + n Proper I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place, and be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as at the first,
- 2 Samuel 7:11 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל n Proper and [as] from the day that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel; and I will cause you to rest from all your enemies. Moreover Yahweh tells you that Yahweh will make you a house.
- 2 Samuel 7:23 כְּ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל prep + n Proper What one nation in the earth is like your people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem to himself for a people, and to make him a name, and to do great things for you, and awesome things for your land, before your people, whom you redeem to you out of Egypt, [from] the nations and their gods?
- 2 Samuel 7:24 יִשְׂרָאֵ֧ל n Proper You did establish to yourself your people Israel to be a people to you forever; and you, Yahweh, became their God.
- 2 Samuel 7:26 יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל n Proper Let your name be magnified forever, saying, Yahweh of hosts is God over Israel; and the house of your servant David shall be established before you.
- 2 Samuel 7:27 יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל n Proper For you, Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel, have revealed to your servant, saying, I will build you a house: therefore has your servant found in his heart to pray this prayer to you.
- 2 Samuel 8:15 יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל n Proper David reigned over all Israel; and David executed justice and righteousness to all his people.
- 2 Samuel 10:9 ב/ישראל יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל prep + n Proper n Proper Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians:
- 2 Samuel 10:15 יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל n Proper When the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they gathered themselves together.
- 2 Samuel 10:17 יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ n Proper It was told David; and he gathered all Israel together, and passed over the Jordan, and came to Helam. The Syrians set themselves in array against David, and fought with him.
- 2 Samuel 10:18 יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ n Proper The Syrians fled before Israel; and David killed of the Syrians [the men of] seven hundred chariots, and forty thousand horsemen, and struck Shobach the captain of their host, so that he died there.
- 2 Samuel 10:19 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל n Proper n Proper When all the kings who were servants to Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they made peace with Israel, and served them. So the Syrians feared to help the children of Ammon any more.
- 2 Samuel 11:1 יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל n Proper It happened, at the return of the year, at the time when kings go out [to battle], that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem.
- 2 Samuel 11:11 וְ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֨ל conj + n Proper Uriah said to David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in booths; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open field; shall I then go into my house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do this thing.
- 2 Samuel 12:7 יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל n Proper n Proper Nathan said to David, "You are the man. This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says: 'I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul.
- 2 Samuel 12:8 יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל n Proper I gave you your master's house, and your master's wives into your bosom, and gave you the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that would have been too little, I would have added to you many more such things.
- 2 Samuel 12:12 יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל n Proper For you did it secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.'"
- 2 Samuel 13:12 בְּ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל prep + n Proper She answered him, No, my brother, do not force me; for no such thing ought to be done in Israel. Don't you do this folly.
- 2 Samuel 13:13 בְּ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל prep + n Proper I, where shall I carry my shame? and as for you, you will be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, please speak to the king; for he will not withhold me from you.
- 2 Samuel 14:25 יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל n Proper Now in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.
- 2 Samuel 15:2 יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל n Proper Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was so, that when any man had a suit which should come to the king for judgment, then Absalom called to him, and said, Of what city are you? He said, Your servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.
- 2 Samuel 15:6 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל יִשְׂרָאֵֽל n Proper n Proper In this manner Absalom did to all Israel who came to the king for judgment: so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
- 2 Samuel 15:10 יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל n Proper But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then you shall say, Absalom is king in Hebron.
- 2 Samuel 15:13 יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל n Proper There came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom.
- 2 Samuel 16:3 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל n Proper The king said, Where is your master's son? Ziba said to the king, Behold, he abides at Jerusalem; for he said, Today will the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father.
- 2 Samuel 16:15 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל n Proper Absalom, and all the people, the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.
- 2 Samuel 16:18 יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל n Proper Hushai said to Absalom, No; but whom Yahweh, and this people, and all the men of Israel have chosen, his will I be, and with him will I abide.
- 2 Samuel 16:21 יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ n Proper Ahithophel said to Absalom, Go in to your father's concubines, that he has left to keep the house; and all Israel will hear that you are abhorred of your father: then will the hands of all who are with you be strong.
- 2 Samuel 16:22 יִשְׂרָאֵֽל n Proper So they spread Absalom a tent on the top of the house; and Absalom went in to his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.
- 2 Samuel 17:4 יִשְׂרָאֵֽל n Proper The saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
- 2 Samuel 17:10 יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ n Proper Even he who is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, will utterly melt; for all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man, and those who are with him are valiant men.
- 2 Samuel 17:11 יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ n Proper But I counsel that all Israel be gathered together to you, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that you go to battle in your own person.
- 2 Samuel 17:13 יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל n Proper Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there not be one small stone found there.
- 2 Samuel 17:14 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל n Proper Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For Yahweh had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that Yahweh might bring evil on Absalom.
- 2 Samuel 17:15 יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל n Proper Then said Hushai to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I counseled.
- 2 Samuel 17:24 יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל n Proper Then David came to Mahanaim. Absalom passed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
- 2 Samuel 17:26 יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ n Proper Israel and Absalom encamped in the land of Gilead.
- 2 Samuel 18:6 יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל n Proper So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the forest of Ephraim.
- 2 Samuel 18:7 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל n Proper The people of Israel were struck there before the servants of David, and there was a great slaughter there that day of twenty thousand men.
- 2 Samuel 18:16 יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל n Proper Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel; for Joab held back the people.
- 2 Samuel 18:17 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל n Proper They took Absalom, and cast him into the great pit in the forest, and raised over him a very great heap of stones: and all Israel fled everyone to his tent.
- 2 Samuel 19:8 וְ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל conj + n Proper Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. They told to all the people, saying, Behold, the king is sitting in the gate: and all the people came before the king. Now Israel had fled every man to his tent.
- 2 Samuel 19:9 יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל n Proper All the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, The king delivered us out of the hand of our enemies, and he saved us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he is fled out of the land from Absalom.
- 2 Samuel 19:11 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל n Proper King David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak to the elders of Judah, saying, Why are you the last to bring the king back to his house? seeing the speech of all Israel is come to the king, [to bring him] to his house.
- 2 Samuel 19:22 בְּ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל יִשְׂרָאֵֽל prep + n Proper n Proper David said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you should this day be adversaries to me? shall there any man be put to death this day in Israel? for don't I know that I am this day king over Israel?
- 2 Samuel 19:40 יִשְׂרָאֵֽל n Proper So the king went over to Gilgal, and Chimham went over with him: and all the people of Judah brought the king over, and also half the people of Israel.
- 2 Samuel 19:41 יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל n Proper Behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said to the king, Why have our brothers the men of Judah stolen you away, and brought the king, and his household, over the Jordan, and all David's men with him?
- 2 Samuel 19:42 יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל n Proper All the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king is a close relative to us: why then are you angry for this matter? have we eaten at all at the king's cost? or has he given us any gift?
- 2 Samuel 19:43 יִשְׂרָאֵל֩ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל n Proper n Proper The men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more [right] in David than you: why then did you despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? The words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.
- 2 Samuel 20:1 יִשְׂרָאֵֽל n Proper There happened to be there a base fellow, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew the trumpet, and said, We have no portion in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, Israel.
- 2 Samuel 20:2 יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ n Proper So all the men of Israel went up from following David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri; but the men of Judah joined with their king, from the Jordan even to Jerusalem.
- 2 Samuel 20:14 יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל n Proper He went through all the tribes of Israel to Abel, and to Beth Maacah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him.
- 2 Samuel 20:19 יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל בְּ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל n Proper prep + n Proper I am of those who are peaceable and faithful in Israel: you seek to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why will you swallow up the inheritance of Yahweh?
- 2 Samuel 20:23 יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל n Proper Now Joab was over all the host of Israel; and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites;
- 2 Samuel 21:2 יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל n Proper n Proper n Proper The king called the Gibeonites, and said to them (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn to them: and Saul sought to kill them in his zeal for the children of Israel and Judah);
- 2 Samuel 21:4 בְּ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל prep + n Proper The Gibeonites said to him, It is no matter of silver or gold between us and Saul, or his house; neither is it for us to put any man to death in Israel. He said, What you shall say, that will I do for you.
- 2 Samuel 21:5 יִשְׂרָאֵֽל n Proper They said to the king, The man who consumed us, and who devised against us, [that] we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the borders of Israel,
- 2 Samuel 21:15 יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל n Proper The Philistines had war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines. David grew faint;
- 2 Samuel 21:17 יִשְׂרָאֵֽל n Proper But Abishai the son of Zeruiah helped him, and struck the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David swore to him, saying, You shall go no more out with us to battle, that you don't quench the lamp of Israel.
- 2 Samuel 21:21 יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל n Proper When he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimei, David's brother, killed him.
- 2 Samuel 23:1 יִשְׂרָאֵֽל n Proper Now these are the last words of David. David the son of Jesse says, The man who was raised on high says, The anointed of the God of Jacob, The sweet psalmist of Israel:
- 2 Samuel 23:3 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל n Proper n Proper The God of Israel said, The Rock of Israel spoke to me: One who rules over men righteously, Who rules in the fear of God,
- 2 Samuel 23:9 יִשְׂרָאֵֽל n Proper After him was Eleazar the son of Dodai the son of an Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines who were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away.
- 2 Samuel 24:1 בְּ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל prep + n Proper n Proper Again the anger of Yahweh was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them, saying, Go, number Israel and Judah.
- 2 Samuel 24:2 יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ n Proper The king said to Joab the captain of the host, who was with him, Go now back and forth through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, and number you the people, that I may know the sum of the people.
- 2 Samuel 24:4 יִשְׂרָאֵֽל n Proper Notwithstanding, the king's word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the host. Joab and the captains of the host went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel.
- 2 Samuel 24:9 יִשְׂרָאֵ֡ל n Proper Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people to the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men who drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.
- 2 Samuel 24:15 בְּ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל prep + n Proper So Yahweh sent a pestilence on Israel from the morning even to the time appointed; and there died of the people from Dan even to Beersheba seventy thousand men.
- 2 Samuel 24:25 יִשְׂרָאֵֽל n Proper David built there an altar to Yahweh, and offered burnt offerings and peace-offerings. So Yahweh was entreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.
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“Israel” is the headline sense of the Hebrew name ישראל (Yisrâʼêl). Scripture first uses it in Genesis 32:28. It appears 2,231 verses across 34 books of the Hebrew Bible, among its most common vocabulary. The sections below give every occurrence and version rendering.
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About this word
Strong's H3478 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
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- 2,231
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 2,231 distinct verses.
- 34 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 34 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #16
- by frequency
- Top 25 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 16 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
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Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 2,231 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 1,317 verses · 59%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 533 verses · 24%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 381 verses · 17%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 2 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: Israel 2,121×, All israel 113×, Over israel 63×
- American Standard Version†: Israel 2,017×, All israel 107×, Over israel 62×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Israel 1,723×, Israelites 104×, One of israel 26×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Israel 2,399×, The 17×, Against israel 13×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H3478 across 2,505† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 73 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H3478 across 2,505† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 130 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H3478 across 1,998† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 46 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 507 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H3478 across 2,455† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 15 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
7 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 7 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
ישראל I , and deriv., v. sub i. שׂרה.
ישראל II
- 1. n.pr.m. second name of Jacob Gn 32:29 + 28 times Gn (JE), Ex 32:13 (JE), Ho 12:13; Ju 18:29; Ex 6:14; Nu 1:20; 26:5 (all P), 2 K 17:34 1 Ch 1:34 + 8 times Chr, ψ 105:23; בֵּית יִשׂ׳ Ru 4:11; בְּנֵי יִשׂ׳ (lit.) Gn 42:5 + 3 times E, 2 times P + Ex 1:7 (P; transition to wider use), 1 K 18:31 1 Ch 2:1 +; = 12 tribes Ex 28:9 + 7 times P; אֱלֹהֵי אַבְרָהָם יִצְחָק וְיִשׂ׳ †1 K 18:36; 1 Ch 29:18; 2 Ch 30:6. e.g. Genesis 32:29
- 2. n.pr.gent. (usually m. Ju 11:17 f. but f. 1 S 17:21; 2 S 24:9 [not ‖ 1 Ch 21:5], cf. Drad loc. AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 57 f.): name of Hebrew nation; usually der. from 1, but יִשׂ׳ more common in early usage than בְּנֵי יִשׂ׳ (v. בֵּן p. 120b): e.g. Judges 11:17
- a. (1) undivided kingdom; יִשׂ׳ Gn 47:27 (J), 49:7 (poem in J) + 108 times JE, Dt 1:1; 18:6; 33:10 (poem) + 76 times D, Gn 34:7 Ex 12:15 + 42 times P; Ju 5:2, 7(×2) + 104 times Ju, often 1 and 2 S, 1 K 1–12; כָּל־יִשׂ׳ of whole people 2 S 8:15 +, of whole army 11:1 +, opp. Judah 2:9 + (so also later). (2) יִשׂ׳ = N. tribes, disting. from Judah, even before disruption, 2 S 2:9, cf. v 10 3:10; 4:1; 5:5; 12:7; 20:1 1 K 1:35; 4:20; 5:5 +; so at disruption 12:16(×3), 18, 19; then usually of N. kingdom, till its fall, v 28; 24:7, 10 + very often K, Am 1:1; 2:6; 3:14 +, Ho 1:5; 4:15(×2); 5:3(×2), 5 +, Mi 1:13, etc. (3) יִשׂ׳ of S. kingdom, Judah, rarely bef. fall of Samaria Is 1:3; 8:18 Mi 1:14, 15, so בְּנֵי יִשׂ׳ 1 K 12:17; after fall of Sam., יִשׂ׳ (less often בְּנֵי יִשׂ׳) occurs of entire people, in reference to past or future 2 K 21:8; 23:22; Is 17:9 ψ 103:7; Je 2:3; 50:17, 19 +; יִשׂ׳ also = Judah Je 2:14, 31; 4:1 +, Ez 13:2, 4, 16; 14:1, 7, 9 +, Is 40:27; 41:8; 42:24 +, Ezr 2:59 = Ne 7:61, Ezr 2:70; 3:11 +, Ne 10:34; 10:3 +, ψ 14:7(×2) = 53:7(×2), 147:2; 149:2 +, etc. (4) usage in Chr: יִשׂ׳ of whole people 1 Ch 2:7 + 110 times, of N. kingdom 2 Ch 11:1 + 16 times, of Judah 12:6; 19:8 + 9 times (5) יִשׂ׳ personif. as עֶבֶד י׳, Is 44:1, 21; 49:3 e.g. Genesis 47:27
- b. בְּנֵי יִשׂ׳, (1) of undiv. people Ex 1:12 (J), 3:9 (E) + 72 times JE, Dt 3:18; 10:6 + 25 times D, Gn 32:33 + 327 times P; Ju 1:1 + 60 times Ju; seld. 1 and 2 Sm, 1 K 1–12; in 13–2 K 25 pass. in ref. to older hist. (rarely otherwise). (2) seldom of N. kingdom Am 2:11 + 9 times Am Ho, 2 Ch 13:12 + 7 times Chr. (3) of Judah (late) Ez 2:3; Ne 1:6(×2) Ezr 3:1; Jo 4:16 +, 2 Ch 31:5. e.g. Exodus 1:12
- c. בֵּית יִשׂ׳ Ex 16:31; 40:38 + 142 times (v. בַּיִת 5 d (δ); 81 times Ez, where = Judah; v. especially 37:16); שְׁנֵי בָֽתֵּי יִשׂ׳ Is 8:14. e.g. Exodus 16:31
- d. other phrases, v. sub אִישׁ, אֶרֶץ, בַּת, בְּתוּלָה, גְּבוּל, הַר, כִּסֵּא, מֶלֶךְ, נטה) מַטֶּה), יעד) עֵדָה), עַם, שֵׁבֶט; also (in epith. of י׳) sub אָבִיר, אוֹר, אֱלֹהִים, I. גָּאַל, מֶלֶךְ, מִקְוֶה (I. קוה), i. צוּר (V. צור), קָדוֹשׁ, I. רָעָה 1 d (3).
- e. יִשׂ׳ =the laity, opp. priests, etc. (late): Ezr 10:25; Ne 11:3; 1 Ch 9:2 כָּל־יִשׂ׳ Ezr 2:70; 10:5; הָעָם יִשׂ׳ 9:1; בְּנֵי יִשׂ׳ Ne 10:40, cf. שְׁאָר יִשׂ׳ 11:20. e.g. Ezra 10:25
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
I. n.pr., and deriv., v. sub i. שׂרה.
II. n.pr.m. et gent. Israel (E†l persisteth, persevereth (or juss. Let E†l persist) [usually contendeth (NesEg 60 ff.) or Let E†l contend (GrayProp. N. 218), but v. DrHastDict. Bib. Jacob 530]; on vocalization v. LagBN 131 f. Kit 1 Ch 4:16 (Hpt); MI5, + 5 times ישראל; in Egyptian Y-si-r-ʾl SteindorffZAW xvi (1896), 331, cf. BreastedBib. World ix (1897), 62 ff. PatonSyriac and Pal. 134; Assyrian Sir-ʾ-lai (= יִשְׂרְאֵלִי) SchrKG 356 ff., 364; COT Gn 36:31, 1 K 16:29.—On a poss. relation of יִשׂ׳ to n.pr. שָׂרַי, שָׂרָה v. RSK 257, 2nd ed. 34;—cf. שְׂרָיָה(וּ));—Ισραηλ:
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from שרה (sârâh) (H8280) — to contend.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
יִשְׂרָאֵל
- Israel.
- 1. I. (Jacob), the patriarch. Gen. R. s. 68 י׳ סבא the patriarch I. the patriarch I. (not the people); a. fr.
- 2. I., the people. Ber. 6ᵃ; a. fr.—שונאי י׳ the enemies of Israel, often euphem. for Israel. Ib. 32ᵃ נתמוטטו … של ש׳ י׳ the feet of Israel would totter (in judgment); a. fr.—V. כְּנֶסֶת.
- 3. י׳ (= בן י׳) an Israelite, a) one not belonging to the priestly or levitic tribe; b) a Jew, opp. נכרי, גוי. Gitt. V, 8. Tosef. Kidd. V, 3; a. fr.—Tosef. Ab. Zar. III, 5, sq. Ab. Zar. II, 6; a. fr.—בַּת י׳ an Israelitish woman. Tosef. l. c. 1; 3; a. fr.—Pl. יִשְׂרְאֵלוֹת (opp. to כַּהֲנוֹת, לְוִיּוֹת). Tosef. Snh. IV, 2.
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 83 distinct written forms H3478 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | Noun, Proper | Amos 1:1 | 477 |
| יִשְׂרָאֵֽל | Noun, Proper | Amos 4:12 | 371 |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | Noun, Proper | Amos 3:1 | 355 |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | Noun, Proper | Amos 2:11 | 351 |
| יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ | Noun, Proper | Deuteronomy 5:1 | 212 |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל | Noun, Proper | Amos 3:12 | 155 |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל | Noun, Proper | Daniel 1:3 | 89 |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל | Noun, Proper | Amos 1:1 | 50 |
| בְּ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | Noun, Proper | Deuteronomy 25:10 | 34 |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל | Noun, Proper | Ezekiel 8:6 | 31 |
| בְּ/יִשְׂרָאֵֽל | Noun, Proper | Deuteronomy 17:4 | 30 |
| יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ | Noun, Proper | Amos 9:14 | 29 |
| בְּ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | Noun, Proper | Deuteronomy 22:21 | 27 |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל | Noun, Proper | Deuteronomy 21:8 | 26 |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֥ל | Noun, Proper | Exodus 12:35 | 22 |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֧ל | Noun, Proper | Deuteronomy 34:8 | 13 |
| יִ֠שְׂרָאֵל | Noun, Proper | Ezekiel 8:11 | 12 |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֡ל | Noun, Proper | Ezekiel 14:4 | 12 |
| יִשְׂרָאֵל֮ | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 5:1 | 12 |
| וְ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | Noun, Proper | Hosea 5:3 | 11 |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֨ל | Noun, Proper | Deuteronomy 33:28 | 11 |
| לְ/יִשְׂרָאֵֽל | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 21:3 | 11 |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֘ל | Noun, Proper | Deuteronomy 31:7 | 9 |
| לְ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | Noun, Proper | Deuteronomy 33:10 | 9 |
| מִ/יִּשְׂרָאֵֽל | Noun, Proper | Deuteronomy 17:12 | 9 |
| בְּ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | Noun, Proper | Deuteronomy 34:10 | 8 |
| לְ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | Noun, Proper | Ezra 4:3 | 8 |
| לְ/יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ | Noun, Proper | Genesis 46:2 | 8 |
| יִ֭שְׂרָאֵל | Noun, Proper | Psalms 50:7 | 7 |
| מִ/יִּשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | Noun, Proper | 1 Samuel 4:21 | 6 |
| בְּ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל | Noun, Proper | Ezekiel 39:11 | 5 |
| וְ/יִשְׂרָאֵֽל | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 1:34 | 5 |
| יִ֝שְׂרָאֵ֗ל | Noun, Proper | Psalms 81:8 | 5 |
| לְ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | Noun, Proper | Ezra 8:29 | 5 |
| מִ/יִּשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | Noun, Proper | Exodus 12:15 | 5 |
| מִ/יִּשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | Noun, Proper | Deuteronomy 19:13 | 5 |
| וּ/לְ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | Noun, Proper | Exodus 18:1 | 4 |
| וְ/יִ֨שְׂרָאֵ֔ל | Noun, Proper | Amos 7:11 | 3 |
| וְ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | Noun, Proper | 1 Kings 18:36 | 3 |
| וְ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל | Noun, Proper | Hosea 5:5 | 3 |
| יִשְׂרָ֫אֵ֥ל | Noun, Proper | Psalms 14:7 | 3 |
| יִשְׂרָאֵל֩ | Noun, Proper | 1 Samuel 4:1 | 3 |
| בְ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | Noun, Proper | Ezekiel 20:5 | 2 |
| בְ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | Noun, Proper | 1 Kings 19:18 | 2 |
| בְּ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל | Noun, Proper | 2 Chronicles 34:21 | 2 |
| בְּ/יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ | Noun, Proper | Ezekiel 14:7 | 2 |
| וְ/יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 29:18 | 2 |
| וּ/בְ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | Noun, Proper | Isaiah 44:23 | 2 |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֞ל | Noun, Proper | Daniel 9:7 | 2 |
| לְ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל | Noun, Proper | Joshua 11:23 | 2 |
| לְ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל | Noun, Proper | Psalms 81:4 | 2 |
| לְ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֥ל | Noun, Proper | Psalms 73:1 | 2 |
| מִ/יִּשְׂרָאֵ֗ל | Noun, Proper | 2 Chronicles 25:6 | 2 |
| מִ/יִּשְׂרָאֵל֙ | Noun, Proper | Hosea 8:6 | 2 |
| ב/ישראל | Noun, Proper | 2 Samuel 10:9 | 1 |
| בְ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 10:1 | 1 |
| בְ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל | Noun, Proper | Genesis 34:7 | 1 |
| בְ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל | Noun, Proper | Judges 20:21 | 1 |
| בְ/יִשְׂרָאֵֽל | Noun, Proper | Psalms 78:21 | 1 |
| בְּ/יִשְׂרָ֫אֵ֥ל | Noun, Proper | Psalms 78:5 | 1 |
The 60 most common forms are shown; 23 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H3478, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
- שריה Sᵉrâyâh H8304 Seraiah
- Ισραηλ Israḗl G2474 Israel
- ישראל Yisrâʼêl H3479 Israel
- ישראלי Yisrᵉʼêlîy H3481 Israelite
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 7 — not the complete family. 4 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Bible dictionary
Public-domain dictionary articles matched to this entry by name (Israel). A biblical name can be shared by more than one person or place, so an article may treat several.
Easton's Bible Dictionary · M. G. Easton, 1897
The name conferred on Jacob after the great prayer-struggle at Peniel (Gen. 32:28), because "as a prince he had power with God and prevailed." (See JACOB.) This is the common name given to Jacob's descendants. The whole people of the twelve tribes are called "Israelites," the "children of Israel" (Josh. 3:17; 7:25; Judg. 8:27; Jer. 3:21), and the "house of Israel" (Ex. 16:31; 40:38).
This name Israel is sometimes used emphatically for the true Israel (Ps. 73:1: Isa. 45:17; 49:3; John 1:47; Rom. 9:6; 11:26).
After the death of Saul the ten tribes arrogated to themselves this name, as if they were the whole nation (2 Sam. 2:9, 10, 17, 28; 3:10, 17; 19:40-43), and the kings of the ten tribes were called "kings of Israel," while the kings of the two tribes were called "kings of Judah."
After the Exile the name Israel was assumed as designating the entire nation.
Smith's Bible Dictionary · William Smith, 1863
(the prince that prevails with God).
+ The name given, (Genesis 32:28) to Jacob after his wrestling with the angel, (Hosea 12:4) at Peniel. Gesenius interprets Israel "soldier of God." + It became the national name of the twelve tribes collectively. They are so called in (Exodus 3:16) and afterward. + It is used in a narrower sense, excluding Judah, in (1 Samuel 11:8; 2 Samuel 20:1; 1 Kings 12:16) Thenceforth it was assumed and accepted as the name of the northern kingdom. + After the Babylonian captivity, the returned exiles resumed the name Israel as the designation of their nation. The name Israel is also used to denote lay-men, as distinguished from priests, Levites and other ministers. (Ezra 6:16; 9:1; 10:25; Nehemiah 11:3) etc.
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · Roswell D. Hitchcock, 1869
who prevails with God
Classic public-domain reference works; full attribution on Sources.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 2,113 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 2,231 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 32:28
- Exodus 1:1
- Leviticus 1:2
- Numbers 1:2
- Deuteronomy 1:1
- Joshua 1:2
- Judges 1:1
- Ruth 2:12
- 1 Samuel 1:17
- 2 Samuel 1:3
- 1 Kings 1:3
- 2 Kings 1:1
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.