יִשְׂרָאֵל
yis.ra.elIsraelHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentName of a man2,506 occurrences34 books2,231 verses
This is the name of Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes.
Definition
from H8280 and H410; he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
Traditional renderings: Israel.
Traditional renderings: Israel.
Glossary entries
Usage patterns
Occurrences
2,506 total
- 1 Samuel 4:3יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · of IsraelWhen the troops returned to the camp, the elders of Israel asked, “Why has the LORD brought defeat on us before the Philistines today? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Shiloh, so that it may go with us to save us from the hand of our enemies.”
- 1 Samuel 4:5יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל · the IsraelitesWhen the ark of the covenant of the LORD entered the camp, all the Israelites raised such a great shout that the ground shook.
- 1 Samuel 4:10יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ · and Israel; מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · of IsraelSo the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and each man fled to his tent. The slaughter was very great—thirty thousand foot soldiers of Israel fell.
- 1 Samuel 4:17יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ · IsraelThe messenger answered, “Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been a great slaughter among the people. Your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are both dead, and the ark of God has been captured.”
- 1 Samuel 4:18יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל · IsraelAs soon as the ark of God was mentioned, Eli fell backward from his chair by the city gate, and being old and heavy, he broke his neck and died. And Eli had judged Israel forty years.
- 1 Samuel 4:21מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֑ל · from IsraelAnd she named the boy Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel,” because the ark of God had been captured and her father-in-law and her husband had been killed.
- 1 Samuel 4:22מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֑ל · from Israel“The glory has departed from Israel,” she said, “for the ark of God has been captured.”
- 1 Samuel 5:7יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ · of IsraelAnd when the men of Ashdod saw what was happening, they said, “The ark of the God of Israel must not stay here with us, because His hand is heavy upon us and upon our god Dagon.”
- 1 Samuel 5:8יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · Israel; יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל; יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ס · of IsraelSo they called together all the rulers of the Philistines and asked, “What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel?” “It must be moved to Gath,” they replied. So they carried away the ark of the God of Israel.
- 1 Samuel 5:10יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · of IsraelSo they sent the ark of God to Ekron, but as it arrived, the Ekronites cried out, “They have brought us the ark of the God of Israel in order to kill us and our people!”
- 1 Samuel 5:11יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ · of IsraelThen the Ekronites called together all the rulers of the Philistines and said, “Send away the ark of the God of Israel. It must return to its place, so that it will not kill us and our people!” For a deadly confusion had pervaded the city; the hand of God was very heavy upon it.
- 1 Samuel 6:3יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ · of IsraelThey replied, “If you return the ark of the God of Israel, do not send it away empty, but by all means return it to Him with a guilt offering. Then you will be healed, and you will understand why His hand has not been lifted from you.”
- 1 Samuel 6:5יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל · of IsraelMake images of your tumors and of the rats that are ravaging the land. Give glory to the God of Israel, and perhaps He will lift His hand from you and your gods and your land.
- 1 Samuel 7:2יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל · of IsraelAnd from that day a long time passed, twenty years in all, as the ark remained at Kiriath-jearim. And all the house of Israel mournfully sought the LORD.
- 1 Samuel 7:3יִשְׂרָאֵל֮ · of IsraelThen Samuel said to all the house of Israel, “If you are returning to the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the foreign gods and Ashtoreths among you, prepare your hearts for the LORD, and serve Him only. And He will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.”
- 1 Samuel 7:4יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לSo the Israelites put away the Baals and Ashtoreths and served only the LORD.
- 1 Samuel 7:5יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל · IsraelThen Samuel said, “Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the LORD on your behalf.”
- 1 Samuel 7:6יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לWhen they had gathered at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the LORD. On that day they fasted, and there they confessed, “We have sinned against the LORD.” And Samuel judged the Israelites at Mizpah.
- 1 Samuel 7:7יִשְׂרָאֵל֙; יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל · Israel; יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לWhen the Philistines heard that the Israelites had gathered at Mizpah, their rulers marched up toward Israel. And when the Israelites learned of this, they feared the Philistines
- 1 Samuel 7:8יִשְׂרָאֵל֙…and said to Samuel, “Do not stop crying out to the LORD our God for us, that He may save us from the hand of the Philistines.”
- 1 Samuel 7:9יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · IsraelThen Samuel took a suckling lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the LORD. He cried out to the LORD on behalf of Israel, and the LORD answered him.
- 1 Samuel 7:10בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל · against Israel; יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ · IsraelAs the Philistines drew near to fight against Israel, Samuel was offering up the burnt offering. But that day the LORD thundered loudly against the Philistines and threw them into such confusion that they fled before Israel.
- 1 Samuel 7:11יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ · of IsraelThen the men of Israel charged out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistines, striking them down all the way to an area below Beth-car.
- 1 Samuel 7:13יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל · of IsraelSo the Philistines were subdued, and they stopped invading the territory of Israel. And the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.
- 1 Samuel 7:14יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל׀; לְיִשְׂרָאֵל֙ · to Israel; יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל · [who]; יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל · the IsraelitesThe cities from Ekron to Gath, which the Philistines had taken, were restored to Israel, who also delivered the surrounding territory from the hand of the Philistines. And there was peace between the Israelites and the Amorites.
- 1 Samuel 7:15יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · IsraelSo Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.
- 1 Samuel 7:16יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · IsraelEvery year he would go on a circuit from Bethel to Gilgal to Mizpah, judging Israel in all these places.
- 1 Samuel 7:17יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל · IsraelThen he would return to Ramah because his home was there, and there he judged Israel and built an altar to the LORD.
- 1 Samuel 8:1לְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ · over IsraelWhen Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons as judges over Israel.
- 1 Samuel 8:4יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל · of IsraelSo all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah.
- 1 Samuel 8:22יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · of Israel“Listen to their voice,” the LORD said to Samuel. “Appoint a king for them.” Then Samuel told the men of Israel, “Everyone must go back to his city.”
- 1 Samuel 9:2יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לAnd he had a son named Saul, choice and handsome, without equal among the Israelites—a head taller than any of the people.
- 1 Samuel 9:9בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל · in Israel(Formerly in Israel, a man on his way to inquire of God would say, “Come, let us go to the seer.” For the prophet of today was formerly called the seer.)
- 1 Samuel 9:16יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · Israel“At this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you are to anoint him ruler over My people Israel; he will save them from the hand of the Philistines. For I have looked upon My people, because their cry has come to Me.”
- 1 Samuel 9:20יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · of IsraelAs for the donkeys you lost three days ago, do not worry about them, for they have been found. And upon whom is all the desire of Israel, if not upon you and all your father’s house?”
- 1 Samuel 9:21יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · of IsraelSaul replied, “Am I not a Benjamite from the smallest tribe of Israel, and is not my clan the least of all the clans of Benjamin? So why would you say such a thing to me?”
- 1 Samuel 10:18יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל פ; יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · of Israel; יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל · Israel…and said to the Israelites, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I brought Israel up out of Egypt, and I rescued you from the hands of the Egyptians and of all the kingdoms that oppressed you.’
- 1 Samuel 10:20יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל · of IsraelThus Samuel had all the tribes of Israel come forward, and the tribe of Benjamin was selected.
- 1 Samuel 11:2יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ · IsraelBut Nahash the Ammonite replied, “I will make a treaty with you on one condition, that I may put out everyone’s right eye and bring reproach upon all Israel.”