Yisrâʼêl — H3479

Definition

masculine proper noun

Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

1. Israel = "God prevails"
2. the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel
3. the name of the descendants and the nation of the descendants of Jacob
1. the name of the nation until the death of Solomon and the split
2. the name used and given to the northern kingdom consisting of the 10 tribes under Jeroboam; the southern kingdom was known as Judah
3. the name of the nation after the return from exile

Usually translated as

Israel

Origin

(Aramaic) corresponding to H3478

• Yisrâʼêl (H3478)

Occurrences

Yisrâʼêl occurs 8 times in 7 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Ezra (7)

• Ezra 5:1 — Then the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel (יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל), even unto them.
• Ezra 5:11 — And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded these many years ago, which a great king of Israel (לְיִשְׂרָאֵל֙) builded and set up.
• Ezra 6:14 — And the elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they builded, and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel (יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל), and according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.
• Ezra 6:16 — And the children of Israel (יִ֠שְׂרָאֵל), the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy,
• Ezra 6:17 — And offered at the dedication of this house of God an hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering for all Israel (יִשְׂרָאֵל֙), twelve he goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.
• Ezra 6:17 — And offered at the dedication of this house of God an hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering for all Israel, twelve he goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel (יִשְׂרָאֵֽל).
• Ezra 7:13 — I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel (יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל), and of his priests and Levites, in my realm, which are minded of their own freewill to go up to Jerusalem, go with thee.
• Ezra 7:15 — And to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellors have freely offered unto the God of Israel (יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל), whose habitation is in Jerusalem,