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 17:26יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל · IsraelDavid asked the men who were standing with him, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Just who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?”
- 1 Samuel 17:45יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל · of IsraelBut David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD of Hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
- 1 Samuel 17:46לְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ · in IsraelThis day the LORD will deliver you into my hand. This day I will strike you down, cut off your head, and give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds of the air and the creatures of the earth. Then the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel.
- 1 Samuel 17:52יִשְׂרָאֵ֨ל · of IsraelThen the men of Israel and Judah charged forward with a shout and pursued the Philistines to the entrance of Gath and to the gates of Ekron. And the bodies of the Philistines were strewn along the Shaaraim road to Gath and Ekron.
- 1 Samuel 17:53יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לWhen the Israelites returned from their pursuit of the Philistines, they plundered their camps.
- 1 Samuel 18:6יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ · of IsraelAs the troops were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs, and with tambourines and other instruments.
- 1 Samuel 18:16יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ · IsraelBut all Israel and Judah loved David, because he was leading them out to battle and back.
- 1 Samuel 18:18בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל · in IsraelAnd David said to Saul, “Who am I, and what is my family or my father’s clan in Israel, that I should become the son-in-law of the king?”
- 1 Samuel 19:5יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · IsraelHe took his life in his hands when he struck down the Philistine, and the LORD worked a great salvation for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced, so why would you sin against innocent blood by killing David for no reason?”
- 1 Samuel 20:12יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ · of Israel…and Jonathan said, “By the LORD, the God of Israel, I will sound out my father by this time tomorrow or the next day. If he is favorable toward you, will I not send for you and tell you?
- 1 Samuel 23:10יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · of IsraelAnd David said, “O LORD, God of Israel, Your servant has heard that Saul intends to come to Keilah and destroy the city on my account.
- 1 Samuel 23:11יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · of IsraelWill the citizens of Keilah surrender me into his hand? Will Saul come down, as Your servant has heard? O LORD, God of Israel, please tell Your servant.” “He will,” said the LORD.
- 1 Samuel 23:17יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · Israel…saying, “Do not be afraid, for my father Saul will never lay a hand on you. And you will be king over Israel, and I will be your second-in-command. Even my father Saul knows this is true.”
- 1 Samuel 24:2יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל · IsraelSo Saul took three thousand chosen men from all Israel and went to look for David and his men in the region of the Rocks of the Wild Goats.
- 1 Samuel 24:14יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · of IsraelAgainst whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom are you pursuing? A dead dog? A flea?
- 1 Samuel 24:20יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ · of IsraelNow I know for sure that you will be king and that the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hands.
- 1 Samuel 25:1יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ · IsraelWhen Samuel died, all Israel gathered to mourn for him; and they buried him at his home in Ramah. Then David set out and went down to the Wilderness of Paran.
- 1 Samuel 25:30יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ · IsraelWhen the LORD has done for my lord all the good He promised, and when He has appointed you ruler over Israel,
- 1 Samuel 25:32יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · of IsraelThen David said to Abigail, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who sent you to meet me this day!
- 1 Samuel 25:34יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · of IsraelOtherwise, as surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, who has restrained me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, then surely no male belonging to Nabal would have been left alive by morning light.”
- 1 Samuel 26:2יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל · of IsraelSo Saul, accompanied by three thousand chosen men of Israel, went down to the Wilderness of Ziph to search for David there.
- 1 Samuel 26:15בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · in IsraelSo David said to Abner, “You are a man, aren’t you? And who in Israel is your equal? Why then did you not protect your lord the king when one of the people came to destroy him?
- 1 Samuel 26:20יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל · of IsraelSo do not let my blood fall to the ground far from the presence of the LORD. For the king of Israel has come out to look for a flea, like one who hunts a partridge in the mountains.”
- 1 Samuel 27:1יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · IsraelDavid, however, said to himself, “One of these days now I will be swept away by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will stop searching for me all over Israel, and I will slip out of his hand.”
- 1 Samuel 27:12בְיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · IsraelSo Achish trusted David, thinking, “Since he has made himself an utter stench to his people Israel, he will be my servant forever.”
- 1 Samuel 28:1בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל · against IsraelNow in those days the Philistines gathered their forces for warfare against Israel. So Achish said to David, “You must understand that you and your men are to go out to battle with me.”
- 1 Samuel 28:3יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · IsraelNow by this time Samuel had died, and all Israel had mourned for him and buried him in Ramah, his own city. And Saul had removed the mediums and spiritists from the land.
- 1 Samuel 28:4יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · IsraelThe Philistines gathered together and camped at Shunem, while Saul gathered all Israel and camped at Gilboa.
- 1 Samuel 28:19יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל · Israel; יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · of IsraelMoreover, the LORD will deliver Israel with you into the hand of the Philistines, and tomorrow you and your sons will be with me. And the LORD will deliver the army of Israel into the hand of the Philistines.”
- 1 Samuel 29:1וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל · while IsraelNow the Philistines brought all their forces together at Aphek, while Israel camped by the spring in Jezreel.
- 1 Samuel 29:3יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל · of IsraelThen the commanders of the Philistines asked, “What about these Hebrews?” Achish replied, “Is this not David, the servant of King Saul of Israel? He has been with me all these days, even years, and from the day he defected until today I have found no fault in him.”
- 1 Samuel 30:25לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · for IsraelAnd so it has been from that day forward. David established this statute and ordinance for Israel to this very day.
- 1 Samuel 31:1בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל · against Israel; יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ · of IsraelNow the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them, and many fell slain on Mount Gilboa.
- 1 Samuel 31:7יִ֠שְׂרָאֵל; יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · of IsraelWhen the Israelites along the valley and those on the other side of the Jordan saw that the army of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons had died, they abandoned their cities and ran away. So the Philistines came and occupied their cities.
- 2 Samuel 1:3יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל · from the Israelite“Where have you come from?” David asked. “I have escaped from the Israelite camp,” he replied.
- 2 Samuel 1:12יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · of IsraelThey mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the people of the LORD and the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.
- 2 Samuel 1:19יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · O Israel“Your glory, O Israel, lies slain on your heights. How the mighty have fallen!
- 2 Samuel 1:24יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · of IsraelO daughters of Israel, weep for Saul, who clothed you in scarlet and luxury, who decked your garments with ornaments of gold.
- 2 Samuel 2:9יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל · Israel…and made him king over Gilead, Asher, Jezreel, Ephraim, and Benjamin—over all Israel.
- 2 Samuel 2:10יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · IsraelSaul’s son Ish-bosheth was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned for two years. The house of Judah, however, followed David.
- 2 Samuel 2:17יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · of IsraelThe battle that day was intense, and Abner and the men of Israel were defeated by the servants of David.
- 2 Samuel 2:28יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל · IsraelSo Joab blew the ram’s horn, and all the troops stopped; they no longer pursued Israel or continued to fight.
- 2 Samuel 3:10יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ · Israel…to transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul and to establish the throne of David over Israel and Judah, from Dan to Beersheba.”
- 2 Samuel 3:12יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ · IsraelThen Abner sent messengers on his behalf to say to David, “To whom does the land belong? Make your covenant with me, and surely my hand will be with you to bring all Israel over to you.”
- 2 Samuel 3:17יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל · of IsraelNow Abner conferred with the elders of Israel and said, “In the past you sought David as your king.
- 2 Samuel 3:18יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ · IsraelNow take action, because the LORD has said to David, ‘Through My servant David I will save My people Israel from the hands of the Philistines and of all their enemies.’”
- 2 Samuel 3:19יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · to IsraelAbner also spoke to the Benjamites. Then he went to Hebron to tell David all that seemed good to Israel and to the whole house of Benjamin.