יִשְׂרָאֵל
Israel
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- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
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- Proper
- A name of a specific person, place, or people (e.g. Abraham, Zion, Israel).
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Judges 154 verses
- Judges 20:25 יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל n Proper Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword.
- Judges 20:26 יִשְׂרָאֵ֨ל n Proper Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came to Bethel, and wept, and sat there before Yahweh, and fasted that day until even; and they offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings before Yahweh.
- Judges 20:27 יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל n Proper The children of Israel asked of Yahweh (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,
- Judges 20:29 יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ n Proper Israel set liers-in-wait against Gibeah round about.
- Judges 20:30 יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל n Proper The children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and set themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times.
- Judges 20:31 בְּ/יִשְׂרָאֵֽל prep + n Proper The children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to strike and kill of the people, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goes up to Bethel, and the other to Gibeah, in the field, about thirty men of Israel.
- Judges 20:32 יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל n Proper The children of Benjamin said, They are struck down before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them away from the city to the highways.
- Judges 20:33 יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל n Proper n Proper All the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and set themselves in array at Baal Tamar: and the liers-in-wait of Israel broke forth out of their place, even out of Maareh Geba.
- Judges 20:34 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל n Proper There came over against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore; but they didn't know that evil was close on them.
- Judges 20:35 יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל n Proper n Proper Yahweh struck Benjamin before Israel; and the children of Israel destroyed of Benjamin that day twenty-five thousand one hundred men: all these drew the sword.
- Judges 20:36 יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל n Proper So the children of Benjamin saw that they were struck; for the men of Israel gave place to Benjamin, because they trusted to the liers-in-wait whom they had set against Gibeah.
- Judges 20:38 יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל n Proper Now the appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers-in-wait was that they should make a great cloud of smoke rise up out of the city.
- Judges 20:39 יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ n Proper n Proper The men of Israel turned in the battle, and Benjamin began to strike and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons; for they said, Surely they are struck down before us, as in the first battle.
- Judges 20:41 יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ n Proper The men of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin were dismayed; for they saw that evil had come on them.
- Judges 20:42 יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ n Proper Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel to the way of the wilderness; but the battle followed hard after them; and those who came out of the cities destroyed them in the midst of it.
- Judges 20:48 יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל n Proper The men of Israel turned again on the children of Benjamin, and struck them with the edge of the sword, both the entire city, and the cattle, and all that they found: moreover all the cities which they found they set on fire.
- Judges 21:1 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל n Proper Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpah, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter to Benjamin as wife.
- Judges 21:3 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל בְּ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל מִ/יִּשְׂרָאֵ֖ל n Proper prep + n Proper prep + n Proper They said, Yahweh, the God of Israel, why has this happened in Israel, that there should be today one tribe lacking in Israel?
- Judges 21:5 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל n Proper n Proper The children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel who didn't come up in the assembly to Yahweh? For they had made a great oath concerning him who didn't come up to Yahweh to Mizpah, saying, He shall surely be put to death.
- Judges 21:6 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל מִ/יִּשְׂרָאֵֽל n Proper prep + n Proper The children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.
- Judges 21:8 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל n Proper They said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel who didn't come up to Yahweh to Mizpah? Behold, there came none to the camp from Jabesh Gilead to the assembly.
- Judges 21:15 יִשְׂרָאֵֽל n Proper The people repented them for Benjamin, because that Yahweh had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
- Judges 21:17 מִ/יִּשְׂרָאֵֽל prep + n Proper They said, There must be an inheritance for those who are escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe not be blotted out from Israel.
- Judges 21:18 יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ n Proper However we may not give them wives of our daughters, for the children of Israel had sworn, saying, Cursed be he who gives a wife to Benjamin.
- Judges 21:24 יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ n Proper The children of Israel departed there at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from there every man to his inheritance.
- Judges 21:25 בְּ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל prep + n Proper In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
Ruth 4 verses
- Ruth 2:12 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל n Proper Yahweh recompense your work, and a full reward be given you of Yahweh, the God of Israel, under whose wings you are come to take refuge.
- Ruth 4:7 בְּ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל בְּ/יִשְׂרָאֵֽל prep + n Proper prep + n Proper Now this was [the custom] in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning exchanging, to confirm all things: a man drew off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbor; and this was the [manner of] attestation in Israel.
- Ruth 4:11 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל n Proper All the people who were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. Yahweh make the woman who has come into your house like Rachel and like Leah, which two built the house of Israel: and do you worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Bethlehem:
- Ruth 4:14 בְּ/יִשְׂרָאֵֽל prep + n Proper The women said to Naomi, Blessed be Yahweh, who has not left you this day without a near kinsman; and let his name be famous in Israel.
1 Samuel 130 verses
- 1 Samuel 1:17 יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל n Proper Then Eli answered, Go in peace; and the God of Israel grant your petition that you have asked of him.
- 1 Samuel 2:14 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל n Proper and he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the flesh-hook brought up the priest took therewith. So they did in Shiloh to all the Israelites who came there.
- 1 Samuel 2:22 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל n Proper Now Eli was very old; and he heard all that his sons did to all Israel, and how that they lay with the women who served at the door of the tent of meeting.
- 1 Samuel 2:28 יִשְׂרָאֵ֥ל יִשְׂרָאֵֽל n Proper n Proper and did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up to my altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give to the house of your father all the offerings of the children of Israel made by fire?
- 1 Samuel 2:29 יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל n Proper Why kick you at my sacrifice and at my offering, which I have commanded in [my] habitation, and honor your sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the best of all the offerings of Israel my people?
- 1 Samuel 2:30 יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ n Proper Therefore Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, I said indeed that your house, and the house of your father, should walk before me forever: but now Yahweh says, Be it far from me; for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
- 1 Samuel 2:32 יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל n Proper You shall see the affliction of [my] habitation, in all the wealth which [God] shall give Israel; and there shall not be an old man in your house forever.
- 1 Samuel 3:11 בְּ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל prep + n Proper Yahweh said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of everyone who hears it shall tingle.
- 1 Samuel 3:20 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל n Proper All Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of Yahweh.
- 1 Samuel 4:1 יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל יִשְׂרָאֵל֩ n Proper n Proper The word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and encamped beside Ebenezer: and the Philistines encamped in Aphek.
- 1 Samuel 4:2 יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל n Proper n Proper The Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and when they joined battle, Israel was struck before the Philistines; and they killed of the army in the field about four thousand men.
- 1 Samuel 4:3 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל n Proper When the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Why has Yahweh struck us today before the Philistines? Let us get the ark of the covenant of Yahweh out of Shiloh to us, that it may come among us, and save us out of the hand of our enemies.
- 1 Samuel 4:5 יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל n Proper When the ark of the covenant of Yahweh came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again.
- 1 Samuel 4:10 יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ מִ/יִּשְׂרָאֵ֔ל n Proper prep + n Proper The Philistines fought, and Israel was struck, and they fled every man to his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.
- 1 Samuel 4:17 יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ n Proper He who brought the news answered, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there has been also a great slaughter among the people, and your two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.
- 1 Samuel 4:18 יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל n Proper It happened, when he made mention of the ark of God, that [Eli] fell from off his seat backward by the side of the gate; and his neck broke, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. He had judged Israel forty years.
- 1 Samuel 4:21 מִ/יִּשְׂרָאֵ֑ל prep + n Proper She named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel; because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father-in-law and her husband.
- 1 Samuel 4:22 מִ/יִּשְׂרָאֵ֑ל prep + n Proper She said, The glory is departed from Israel; for the ark of God is taken.
- 1 Samuel 5:7 יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ n Proper When the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us; for his hand is sore on us, and on Dagon our god.
- 1 Samuel 5:8 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל יִשְׂרָאֵֽל n Proper n Proper n Proper They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines to them, and said, What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel? They answered, Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried about to Gath. They carried the ark of the God of Israel [there].
- 1 Samuel 5:10 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל n Proper So they sent the ark of God to Ekron. It happened, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to kill us and our people.
- 1 Samuel 5:11 יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ n Proper They sent therefore and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and they said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to its own place, that it not kill us and our people. For there was a deadly confusion throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.
- 1 Samuel 6:3 יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ n Proper They said, "If you send away the ark of the God of Israel, don't send it empty; but by all means return him a trespass-offering: then you shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not removed from you."
- 1 Samuel 6:5 יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל n Proper Therefore you shall make images of your tumors, and images of your mice that mar the land; and you shall give glory to the God of Israel: peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land.
- 1 Samuel 7:2 יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל n Proper It happened, from the day that the ark abode in Kiriath Jearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after Yahweh.
- 1 Samuel 7:3 יִשְׂרָאֵל֮ n Proper Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, If you do return to Yahweh with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you, and direct your hearts to Yahweh, and serve him only; and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.
- 1 Samuel 7:4 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל n Proper Then the children of Israel did put away the Baals and the Ashtaroth, and served Yahweh only.
- 1 Samuel 7:5 יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל n Proper Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray for you to Yahweh.
- 1 Samuel 7:6 יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל n Proper They gathered together to Mizpah, and drew water, and poured it out before Yahweh, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against Yahweh. Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpah.
- 1 Samuel 7:7 יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל n Proper n Proper n Proper When the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together at Mizpah, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. When the children of Israel heard it, they were afraid of the Philistines.
- 1 Samuel 7:8 יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ n Proper The children of Israel said to Samuel, "Don't cease to cry to Yahweh our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines."
- 1 Samuel 7:9 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל n Proper Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a whole burnt-offering to Yahweh: and Samuel cried to Yahweh for Israel; and Yahweh answered him.
- 1 Samuel 7:10 בְּ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל יִשְׂרָאֵֽל prep + n Proper n Proper As Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel; but Yahweh thundered with a great thunder on that day on the Philistines, and confused them; and they were struck down before Israel.
- 1 Samuel 7:11 יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ n Proper The men of Israel went out of Mizpah, and pursued the Philistines, and struck them, until they came under Beth Kar.
- 1 Samuel 7:13 יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל n Proper So the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more within the border of Israel: and the hand of Yahweh was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.
- 1 Samuel 7:14 יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל לְ/יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל n Proper prep + n Proper n Proper n Proper The cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron even to Gath; and the border of it did Israel deliver out of the hand of the Philistines. There was peace between Israel and the Amorites.
- 1 Samuel 7:15 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל n Proper Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.
- 1 Samuel 7:16 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל n Proper He went from year to year in circuit to Bethel and Gilgal, and Mizpah; and he judged Israel in all those places.
- 1 Samuel 7:17 יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל n Proper His return was to Ramah, for there was his house; and there he judged Israel: and he built there an altar to Yahweh.
- 1 Samuel 8:1 לְ/יִשְׂרָאֵֽל prep + n Proper It happened, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.
- 1 Samuel 8:4 יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל n Proper Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel to Ramah;
- 1 Samuel 8:22 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל n Proper Yahweh said to Samuel, Listen to their voice, and make them a king. Samuel said to the men of Israel, Go you every man to his city.
- 1 Samuel 9:2 יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל n Proper He had a son, whose name was Saul, an impressive young man; and there was not among the children of Israel a better person than he. From his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people.
- 1 Samuel 9:9 בְּ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל prep + n Proper (In earlier times in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, thus he said, Come, and let us go to the seer; for he who is now called a Prophet was before called a Seer.)
- 1 Samuel 9:16 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל n Proper Tomorrow about this time I will send you a man out of the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him to be prince over my people Israel; and he shall save my people out of the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked on my people, because their cry is come to me.
- 1 Samuel 9:20 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל n Proper As for your donkeys who were lost three days ago, don't set your mind on them; for they are found. For whom is all that is desirable in Israel? Is it not for you, and for all your father's house?
- 1 Samuel 9:21 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל n Proper Saul answered, Am I not a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? why then speak you to me after this manner?
- 1 Samuel 10:18 יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל n Proper n Proper n Proper and he said to the children of Israel, Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all the kingdoms that oppressed you:
- 1 Samuel 10:20 יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל n Proper So Samuel brought all the tribes of Israel near, and the tribe of Benjamin was taken.
- 1 Samuel 11:2 יִשְׂרָאֵֽל n Proper Nahash the Ammonite said to them, On this condition will I make it with you, that all your right eyes be put out; and I will lay it for a reproach on all Israel.
- 1 Samuel 11:3 יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל n Proper The elders of Jabesh said to him, Give us seven days' respite, that we may send messengers to all the borders of Israel; and then, if there be none to save us, we will come out to you.
- 1 Samuel 11:7 יִשְׂרָאֵל֮ n Proper He took a yoke of oxen, and cut them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the borders of Israel by the hand of messengers, saying, Whoever doesn't come forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen. The dread of Yahweh fell on the people, and they came out as one man.
- 1 Samuel 11:8 יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ n Proper He numbered them in Bezek; and the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
- 1 Samuel 11:13 בְּ/יִשְׂרָאֵֽל prep + n Proper Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day; for today Yahweh has worked deliverance in Israel.
- 1 Samuel 11:15 יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל n Proper All the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before Yahweh in Gilgal; and there they offered sacrifices of peace-offerings before Yahweh; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.
- 1 Samuel 12:1 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל n Proper Samuel said to all Israel, Behold, I have listened to your voice in all that you said to me, and have made a king over you.
- 1 Samuel 13:1 יִשְׂרָאֵֽל n Proper Saul was [forty] years old when he began to reign; and when he had reigned two years over Israel,
- 1 Samuel 13:2 מִ/יִּשְׂרָאֵל֒ prep + n Proper Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel, of which two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in the Mount of Bethel, and one thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.
- 1 Samuel 13:4 יִשְׂרָאֵ֞ל יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל n Proper n Proper All Israel heard say that Saul had struck the garrison of the Philistines, and also that Israel was had in abomination with the Philistines. The people were gathered together after Saul to Gilgal.
- 1 Samuel 13:5 יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל n Proper The Philistines assembled themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea-shore in multitude: and they came up, and encamped in Michmash, eastward of Beth Aven.
- 1 Samuel 13:6 יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל n Proper When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait (for the people were distressed), then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in coverts, and in pits.
- 1 Samuel 13:13 יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל n Proper Samuel said to Saul, You have done foolishly; you have not kept the commandment of Yahweh your God, which he commanded you: for now would Yahweh have established your kingdom on Israel forever.
- 1 Samuel 13:19 יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל n Proper Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel; for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears:
- 1 Samuel 13:20 יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל n Proper but all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his plowshare, mattock, axe, and sickle;
- 1 Samuel 14:12 יִשְׂרָאֵֽל n Proper The men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his armor bearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will show you a thing. Jonathan said to his armor bearer, Come up after me; for Yahweh has delivered them into the hand of Israel.
- 1 Samuel 14:18 יִשְׂרָאֵֽל n Proper Saul said to Ahijah, Bring here the ark of God. For the ark of God was [there] at that time with the children of Israel.
- 1 Samuel 14:21 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל n Proper Now the Hebrews who were with the Philistines as before, and who went up with them into the camp, [from the country] round about, even they also [turned] to be with the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan.
- 1 Samuel 14:22 יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל n Proper Likewise all the men of Israel who had hid themselves in the hill-country of Ephraim, when they heard that the Philistines fled, even they also followed hard after them in the battle.
- 1 Samuel 14:23 יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל n Proper So Yahweh saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over by Beth Aven.
- 1 Samuel 14:24 יִשְׂרָאֵ֥ל n Proper The men of Israel were distressed that day; for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man who eats any food until it be evening, and I be avenged on my enemies. So none of the people tasted food.
- 1 Samuel 14:37 יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל n Proper Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the Philistines? will you deliver them into the hand of Israel? But he didn't answer him that day.
- 1 Samuel 14:39 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל n Proper For, as Yahweh lives, who saves Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But there was not a man among all the people who answered him.
- 1 Samuel 14:40 יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל n Proper Then said he to all Israel, Be you on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side. The people said to Saul, Do what seems good to you.
- 1 Samuel 14:41 יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל n Proper Therefore Saul said to Yahweh, the God of Israel, Show the right. Jonathan and Saul were taken [by lot]; but the people escaped.
- 1 Samuel 14:45 בְּ/יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ prep + n Proper The people said to Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who has worked this great salvation in Israel? Far from it: as Yahweh lives, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he has worked with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he didn't die.
- 1 Samuel 14:47 יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל n Proper Now when Saul had taken the kingdom over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines: and wherever he turned himself, he put [them] to the worse.
- 1 Samuel 14:48 יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל n Proper He did valiantly, and struck the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of those who despoiled them.
- 1 Samuel 15:1 יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל n Proper Samuel said to Saul, Yahweh sent me to anoint you to be king over his people, over Israel: now therefore listen you to the voice of the words of Yahweh.
- 1 Samuel 15:2 לְ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל prep + n Proper Thus says Yahweh of Hosts, I have marked that which Amalek did to Israel, how he set himself against him in the way, when he came up out of Egypt.
- 1 Samuel 15:6 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל n Proper Saul said to the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them; for you shown kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.
- 1 Samuel 15:17 יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל יִשְׂרָאֵֽל n Proper n Proper Samuel said, "Though you were little in your own sight, weren't you made the head of the tribes of Israel? Yahweh anointed you king over Israel;
- 1 Samuel 15:26 יִשְׂרָאֵֽל n Proper Samuel said to Saul, I will not return with you; for you have rejected the word of Yahweh, and Yahweh has rejected you from being king over Israel.
- 1 Samuel 15:28 יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל n Proper Samuel said to him, Yahweh has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this day, and has given it to a neighbor of yours who is better than you.
- 1 Samuel 15:29 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל n Proper Also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent; for he is not a man, that he should repent.
- 1 Samuel 15:30 יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל n Proper Then he said, I have sinned: yet honor me now, Please, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship Yahweh your God.
- 1 Samuel 15:35 יִשְׂרָאֵֽל n Proper Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death; for Samuel mourned for Saul: and Yahweh repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.
- 1 Samuel 16:1 יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל n Proper Yahweh said to Samuel, How long will you mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from being king over Israel? fill your horn with oil, and go: I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite; for I have provided me a king among his sons.
- 1 Samuel 17:2 יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ n Proper Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and encamped in the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines.
- 1 Samuel 17:3 וְ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל conj + n Proper The Philistines stood on the mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on the mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.
- 1 Samuel 17:8 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל n Proper He stood and cried to the armies of Israel, and said to them, Why are you come out to set your battle in array? am I not a Philistine, and you servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me.
- 1 Samuel 17:10 יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל n Proper The Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.
- 1 Samuel 17:11 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל n Proper When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.
- 1 Samuel 17:19 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל n Proper Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
- 1 Samuel 17:21 יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ n Proper Israel and the Philistines put the battle in array, army against army.
- 1 Samuel 17:24 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל n Proper All the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid.
- 1 Samuel 17:25 יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בְּ/יִשְׂרָאֵֽל n Proper n Proper prep + n Proper The men of Israel said, Have you seen this man who is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who kills him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel.
- 1 Samuel 17:26 יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל n Proper David spoke to the men who stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man who kills this Philistine, and takes away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?
- 1 Samuel 17:45 יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל n Proper Then said David to the Philistine, You come to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a javelin: but I come to you in the name of Yahweh of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
- 1 Samuel 17:46 לְ/יִשְׂרָאֵֽל prep + n Proper This day will Yahweh deliver you into my hand; and I will strike you, and take your head from off you; and I will give the dead bodies of the host of the Philistines this day to the birds of the sky, and to the wild animals of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel,
- 1 Samuel 17:52 יִשְׂרָאֵ֨ל n Proper The men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until you come to Gai, and to the gates of Ekron. The wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even to Gath, and to Ekron.
- 1 Samuel 17:53 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל n Proper The children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they plundered their camp.
- 1 Samuel 18:6 יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ n Proper It happened as they came, when David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tambourines, with joy, and with instruments of music.
- 1 Samuel 18:16 יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ n Proper But all Israel and Judah loved David; for he went out and came in before them.
- 1 Samuel 18:18 בְּ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל prep + n Proper David said to Saul, Who am I, and what is my life, [or] my father's family in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?
- 1 Samuel 19:5 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל n Proper for he put his life in his hand, and struck the Philistine, and Yahweh worked a great victory for all Israel: you saw it, and did rejoice; why then will you sin against innocent blood, to kill David without a cause?
- 1 Samuel 20:12 יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ n Proper Jonathan said to David, Yahweh, the God of Israel, [be witness]: when I have sounded my father about this time tomorrow, [or] the third day, behold, if there be good toward David, shall I not then send to you, and disclose it to you?
- 1 Samuel 23:10 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל n Proper Then said David, O Yahweh, the God of Israel, your servant has surely heard that Saul seeks to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.
- 1 Samuel 23:11 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל n Proper Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come down, as your servant has heard? Yahweh, the God of Israel, I beg you, tell your servant. Yahweh said, He will come down.
- 1 Samuel 23:17 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל n Proper He said to him, Don't be afraid; for the hand of Saul my father shall not find you; and you shall be king over Israel, and I shall be next to you; and that also Saul my father knows.
- 1 Samuel 24:2 יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל n Proper Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men on the rocks of the wild goats.
- 1 Samuel 24:14 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל n Proper After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom do you pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.
- 1 Samuel 24:20 יִשְׂרָאֵֽל n Proper Now, behold, I know that you shall surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in your hand.
- 1 Samuel 25:1 יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ n Proper Samuel died; and all Israel gathered themselves together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.
- 1 Samuel 25:30 יִשְׂרָאֵֽל n Proper It shall come to pass, when Yahweh shall have done to my lord according to all the good that he has spoken concerning you, and shall have appointed you prince over Israel,
- 1 Samuel 25:32 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל n Proper David said to Abigail, Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me:
- 1 Samuel 25:34 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל n Proper For in very deed, as Yahweh, the God of Israel, lives, who has withheld me from hurting you, except you had hurried and come to meet me, surely there wouldn't have been left to Nabal by the morning light so much as one man-child.
- 1 Samuel 26:2 יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל n Proper Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.
- 1 Samuel 26:15 בְּ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל prep + n Proper David said to Abner, Aren't you a [valiant] man? and who is like you in Israel? why then have you not kept watch over your lord, the king? for there came one of the people in to destroy the king your lord.
- 1 Samuel 26:20 יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל n Proper Now therefore, don't let my blood fall to the earth away from the presence of Yahweh: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one does hunt a partridge in the mountains.
- 1 Samuel 27:1 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל n Proper David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me any more in all the borders of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.
- 1 Samuel 27:12 בְ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל prep + n Proper Achish believed David, saying, He has made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant forever.
- 1 Samuel 28:1 בְּ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל prep + n Proper It happened in those days, that the Philistines gathered their hosts together for warfare, to fight with Israel. Achish said to David, Know you assuredly, that you shall go out with me in the host, you and your men.
- 1 Samuel 28:3 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל n Proper Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. Saul had put away those who had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land.
- 1 Samuel 28:4 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל n Proper The Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and encamped in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they encamped in Gilboa.
- 1 Samuel 28:19 יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל n Proper n Proper Moreover Yahweh will deliver Israel also with you into the hand of the Philistines; and tomorrow shall you and your sons be with me: Yahweh will deliver the host of Israel also into the hand of the Philistines.
- 1 Samuel 29:1 וְ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל conj + n Proper Now the Philistines gathered together all their hosts to Aphek: and the Israelites encamped by the spring which is in Jezreel.
- 1 Samuel 29:3 יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל n Proper Then said the princes of the Philistines, What [do] these Hebrews [here]? Achish said to the princes of the Philistines, Isn't this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, who has been with me these days, or [rather] these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell away [to me] to this day?
- 1 Samuel 30:25 לְ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל prep + n Proper It was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel to this day.
- 1 Samuel 31:1 בְּ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ prep + n Proper n Proper Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain on Mount Gilboa.
- 1 Samuel 31:7 יִ֠שְׂרָאֵל יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל n Proper n Proper When the men of Israel who were on the other side of the valley, and those who were beyond the Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and lived in them.
2 Samuel 101 verses
- 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:
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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.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H3478 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 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).
View all 2,231 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
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.
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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
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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.
