Yisrᵉʼêlîy — H3481

Definition

patronymic adjective

a Jisreelite or descendant of Jisrael

1. Israelite = see Israel "God prevails"
2. a descendant or inhabitant of the nation of Israel

Usually translated as

of Israel, Israelite

Origin

patronymically from H3478

• Derived from Yisrâʼêl (H3478)

Occurrences

Yisrᵉʼêlîy occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Leviticus (1), 2 Samuel (1)

• Leviticus 24:10 — And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel: and this son of the Israelitish woman and a man of Israel (הַיִּשְׂרְאֵלִֽי) strove together in the camp;
• 2 Samuel 17:25 — And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa was a man’s son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite (הַיִּשְׂרְאֵלִ֔י), that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab’s mother.