Strong's Hebrew · H3478

יִשְׂרָאֵל

Yisrâʼêl · yis-raw-ale'

DefinitionJisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
Derivationfrom H8280 (שָׂרָה) and H410 (אֵל); he will rule as God;
KJV usageIsrael.
Occurrences2,505 in the KJV · 2,230 verses

יִשְׂרָאֵל in Scripture

Genesis 32:28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed. Genesis 32:32 Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob' s thigh in the sinew that shrank. Genesis 34:7 And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it : and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob' s daughter; which thing ought not to be done. Genesis 35:10 And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel. Genesis 35:21 And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar. Genesis 35:22 And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father' s concubine: and Israel heard it . Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: Genesis 36:31 And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel. Genesis 37:3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours. Genesis 37:13 And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I . Genesis 42:5 And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan. Genesis 43:6 And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother? Genesis 43:8 And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones.
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