Yizrᵉʻêʼl — H3157

H3157 · Hebrew — יזרעאל

Pronunciation: yiz-reh-ale'

Definition

masculine proper noun

Jizreel, the name of two places in Palestine and of two Israelites

  1. Jezreel = "God sows"
  2. n pr m
  3. a descendant of the father or founder of Etam of Judah
  4. first son of Hosea the prophet
  5. n pr loc
  6. a city in the Nekeb of Judah
  7. a city in Issachar on the northwest spur of Mount Gilboa

Usually translated as

Jezreel

Origin

from H2232 and H410; God will sow

Occurrences

Yizrᵉʻêʼl occurs 36 times in 32 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Joshua (3), Judges (1), 1 Samuel (3), 2 Samuel (2), 1 Kings (5), 2 Kings (12), 1 Chronicles (1), 2 Chronicles (1), Hosea (4)

Strong's Lexicon — Y