H3478

יִשְׂרָאֵל

yiśrā'ēl

Appears in 16 Bible verses

Strong's Definition

he will rule as God Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob also (typically) of his posterity &#8212 Israel.

Detailed Meaning

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

Part of Speech

proper masculine noun

KJV Translation Counts

Israelites(16x)

Related Words

H8280 | שָׂרָה | power