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 11:3יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל · Israel“Hold off for seven days,” replied the elders of Jabesh, “and let us send messengers throughout Israel. If there is no one to save us, we will surrender to you.”
- 1 Samuel 11:7יִשְׂרָאֵל֮ · of IsraelHe took a pair of oxen, cut them into pieces, and sent them by messengers throughout the land of Israel, proclaiming, “This is what will be done to the oxen of anyone who does not march behind Saul and Samuel.” Then the terror of the LORD fell upon the people, and they came out together as one man.
- 1 Samuel 11:8יִשְׂרָאֵל֙And when Saul numbered them at Bezek, there were 300,000 Israelites and 30,000 men of Judah.
- 1 Samuel 11:13בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ס · in IsraelBut Saul ordered, “No one shall be put to death this day, for today the LORD has worked salvation in Israel.”
- 1 Samuel 11:15יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל · the IsraelitesSo all the people went to Gilgal and confirmed Saul as king in the presence of the LORD. There they sacrificed peace offerings before the LORD, and Saul and all the Israelites rejoiced greatly.
- 1 Samuel 12:1יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · IsraelThen Samuel said to all Israel, “I have listened to your voice in all that you have said to me, and I have set over you a king.
- 1 Samuel 13:1יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ · IsraelSaul was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned over Israel forty-two years.
- 1 Samuel 13:2מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל֒ · of IsraelHe chose for himself three thousand men of Israel: Two thousand were with Saul at Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. And the rest of the troops he sent away, each to his own home.
- 1 Samuel 13:4יִשְׂרָאֵ֞ל · Israel; יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל · IsraelAnd all Israel heard the news: “Saul has attacked an outpost of the Philistines, and now Israel has become a stench to the Philistines!” Then the people were summoned to join Saul at Gilgal.
- 1 Samuel 13:5יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל · IsraelNow the Philistines assembled to fight against Israel with three thousand chariots, six thousand horsemen, and troops as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Michmash, east of Beth-aven.
- 1 Samuel 13:6יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל · of IsraelSeeing that they were in danger because their troops were hard-pressed, the men of Israel hid in caves and thickets, among the rocks, and in cellars and cisterns.
- 1 Samuel 13:13יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל · Israel“You have acted foolishly,” Samuel declared. “You have not kept the command that the LORD your God gave you; if you had, the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel for all time.
- 1 Samuel 13:19יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל · of IsraelAnd no blacksmith could be found in all the land of Israel, because the Philistines had said, “The Hebrews must not be allowed to make swords or spears.”
- 1 Samuel 13:20יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל · the IsraelitesInstead, all the Israelites would go down to the Philistines to sharpen their plowshares, mattocks, axes, and sickles.
- 1 Samuel 14:12יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ · of IsraelSo the men of the outpost called out to Jonathan and his armor-bearer, “Come on up, and we will teach you a lesson!” “Follow me,” Jonathan told his armor-bearer, “for the LORD has delivered them into the hand of Israel.”
- 1 Samuel 14:18יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Then Saul said to Ahijah, “Bring the ark of God.” (For at that time it was with the Israelites.)
- 1 Samuel 14:21יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · the IsraelitesAnd the Hebrews who had previously gone up into the surrounding camps to join the Philistines now went over to the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan.
- 1 Samuel 14:22יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל · the IsraelitesWhen all the Israelites who had been hiding in the hill country of Ephraim heard that the Philistines were fleeing, they also joined the battle in close pursuit.
- 1 Samuel 14:23יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל · IsraelSo the LORD saved Israel that day, and the battle moved on beyond Beth-aven.
- 1 Samuel 14:24יִשְׂרָאֵ֥ל · of IsraelNow the men of Israel were in distress that day, for Saul had placed the troops under an oath, saying, “Cursed is the man who eats any food before evening, before I have taken vengeance on my enemies.” So none of the troops tasted any food.
- 1 Samuel 14:37יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל · of IsraelSo Saul inquired of God, “Shall I go down after the Philistines? Will You give them into the hand of Israel?” But God did not answer him that day.
- 1 Samuel 14:39יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · IsraelAs surely as the LORD who saves Israel lives, even if it is my son Jonathan, he must die!” But not one of the troops said a word.
- 1 Samuel 14:40יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל · IsraelThen Saul said to all Israel, “You stand on one side, and I and my son Jonathan will stand on the other side.” “Do what seems good to you,” the troops replied.
- 1 Samuel 14:41יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל · of IsraelSo Saul said to the LORD, the God of Israel, “Why have You not answered Your servant this day? If the fault is with me or my son Jonathan, respond with Urim, but if the fault is with the men of Israel, respond with Thummim.” And Jonathan and Saul were selected, but the people were cleared of the charge.
- 1 Samuel 14:45בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל֒ · for IsraelBut the people said to Saul, “Must Jonathan die—he who accomplished such a great deliverance for Israel? Never! As surely as the LORD lives, not a hair of his head will fall to the ground, for with God’s help he has accomplished this today.” So the people rescued Jonathan, and he did not die.
- 1 Samuel 14:47יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל · IsraelAfter Saul had assumed the kingship over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side—the Moabites, the Ammonites, the Edomites, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. Wherever he turned, he routed them.
- 1 Samuel 14:48יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל · IsraelHe fought valiantly and defeated the Amalekites, delivering Israel from the hands of its plunderers.
- 1 Samuel 15:1יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל · IsraelThen Samuel said to Saul, “The LORD sent me to anoint you king over His people Israel. Now therefore, listen to the words of the LORD.
- 1 Samuel 15:2לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל · to the IsraelitesThis is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘I witnessed what the Amalekites did to the Israelites when they opposed them on their way up from Egypt.
- 1 Samuel 15:6יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לAnd he warned the Kenites, “Since you showed kindness to all the Israelites when they came up out of Egypt, go on and get away from the Amalekites. Otherwise I will sweep you away with them.” So the Kenites moved away from the Amalekites.
- 1 Samuel 15:17יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל · of Israel; יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ · IsraelAnd Samuel said, “Although you were once small in your own eyes, have you not become the head of the tribes of Israel? The LORD anointed you king over Israel
- 1 Samuel 15:26יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ס · Israel“I will not return with you,” Samuel replied. “For you have rejected the word of the LORD, and He has rejected you as king over Israel.”
- 1 Samuel 15:28יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל · of IsraelSo Samuel said to him, “The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to your neighbor who is better than you.
- 1 Samuel 15:29יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · of IsraelMoreover, the Glory of Israel does not lie or change His mind, for He is not a man, that He should change His mind.”
- 1 Samuel 15:30יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל · Israel“I have sinned,” Saul replied. “Please honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel. Come back with me, so that I may worship the LORD your God.”
- 1 Samuel 15:35יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃פ · IsraelAnd to the day of his death, Samuel never again visited Saul. Samuel mourned for Saul, and the LORD regretted that He had made Saul king over Israel.
- 1 Samuel 16:1יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל · IsraelNow the LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have selected from his sons a king for Myself.”
- 1 Samuel 17:2יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ · of IsraelSaul and the men of Israel assembled and camped in the Valley of Elah, arraying themselves for battle against the Philistines.
- 1 Samuel 17:3וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל · and the IsraelitesThe Philistines stood on one hill and the Israelites stood on another, with the valley between them.
- 1 Samuel 17:8יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · of IsraelAnd Goliath stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel, “Why do you come out and array yourselves for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and are you not servants of Saul? Choose one of your men and have him come down against me.
- 1 Samuel 17:10יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל · of IsraelThen the Philistine said, “I defy the ranks of Israel this day! Give me a man to fight!”
- 1 Samuel 17:11יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · the IsraelitesOn hearing the words of the Philistine, Saul and all the Israelites were dismayed and greatly afraid.
- 1 Samuel 17:19יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · of IsraelThey are with Saul and all the men of Israel in the Valley of Elah, fighting against the Philistines.”
- 1 Samuel 17:21יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ · And IsraelAnd Israel and the Philistines arrayed in formation against each other.
- 1 Samuel 17:24יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · of IsraelWhen all the men of Israel saw Goliath, they fled from him in great fear.
- 1 Samuel 17:25יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל · of Israel; יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל · Israel; בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ · in IsraelNow the men of Israel had been saying, “Do you see how this man keeps coming out to defy Israel? To the man who kills him the king will give great riches. And he will give him his daughter in marriage and exempt his father’s house from taxation in Israel.”