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.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders יִשְׂרָאֵל:
- ἸσραήλIsraēl“Israel”99%
Glossary entries
Usage patterns
Occurrences
2,506 total
- 2 Samuel 15:10יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל · of IsraelThen Absalom sent spies throughout the tribes of Israel with this message: “When you hear the sound of the horn, you are to say, ‘Absalom reigns in Hebron!’”
- 2 Samuel 15:13יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל · of IsraelThen a messenger came to David and reported, “The hearts of the men of Israel are with Absalom.”
- 2 Samuel 16:3יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · of Israel“Where is your master’s grandson?” asked the king. And Ziba answered, “Indeed, he is staying in Jerusalem, for he has said, ‘Today, the house of Israel will restore to me the kingdom of my grandfather.’”
- 2 Samuel 16:15יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · of IsraelThen Absalom and all the men of Israel came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel was with him.
- 2 Samuel 16:18יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל · of Israel“Not at all,” Hushai answered. “For the one chosen by the LORD, by this people, and by all the men of Israel—his I will be, and with him I will remain.
- 2 Samuel 16:21יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ · IsraelAhithophel replied, “Sleep with your father’s concubines, whom he has left to take care of the palace. When all Israel hears that you have become a stench to your father, then the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened.”
- 2 Samuel 16:22יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ · IsraelSo they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and he slept with his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.
- 2 Samuel 17:4יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ס · of IsraelThis proposal seemed good to Absalom and all the elders of Israel.
- 2 Samuel 17:10יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ · IsraelThen even the most valiant soldier with the heart of a lion will melt with fear, because all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man who has valiant men with him.
- 2 Samuel 17:11יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ · IsraelInstead, I advise that all Israel from Dan to Beersheba—a multitude like the sand on the seashore—be gathered to you, and that you yourself lead them into battle.
- 2 Samuel 17:13יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל · IsraelIf he retreats to a city, all Israel will bring ropes to that city, and we will drag it down to the valley until not even a pebble can be found there.”
- 2 Samuel 17:14יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · of IsraelThen Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel.” For the LORD had purposed to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel in order to bring disaster on Absalom.
- 2 Samuel 17:15יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל · of IsraelSo Hushai told Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, “This is what Ahithophel has advised Absalom and the elders of Israel, and this is what I have advised.
- 2 Samuel 17:24יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל · of IsraelThen David went to Mahanaim, and Absalom crossed the Jordan with all the men of Israel.
- 2 Samuel 17:26יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ · So the IsraelitesSo the Israelites and Absalom camped in the land of Gilead.
- 2 Samuel 18:6יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל · IsraelSo David’s army marched into the field to engage Israel, and the battle took place in the forest of Ephraim.
- 2 Samuel 18:7יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · of IsraelThere the people of Israel were defeated by David’s servants, and the slaughter was great that day—twenty thousand men.
- 2 Samuel 18:16יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל · of IsraelThen Joab blew the ram’s horn, and the troops broke off their pursuit of Israel because Joab had restrained them.
- 2 Samuel 18:17יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · the IsraelitesThey took Absalom, cast him into a large pit in the forest, and piled a huge mound of stones over him. Meanwhile, all the Israelites fled, each to his home.
- 2 Samuel 19:8וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · Meanwhile, the IsraelitesSo the king got up and sat in the gate, and all the people were told: “Behold, the king is sitting in the gate.” So they all came before the king. Meanwhile, the Israelites had fled, each man to his home.
- 2 Samuel 19:9יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל · of IsraelAnd all the people throughout the tribes of Israel were arguing, “The king rescued us from the hand of our enemies and delivered us from the hand of the Philistines, but now he has fled the land because of Absalom.
- 2 Samuel 19:11יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · IsraelThen King David sent this message to Zadok and Abiathar, the priests: “Say to the elders of Judah, ‘Why should you be the last to restore the king to his palace, since the talk of all Israel has reached the king at his quarters?
- 2 Samuel 19:22בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · in Israel; יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ · IsraelAnd David replied, “Sons of Zeruiah, what have I to do with you, that you should be my adversaries today? Should any man be put to death in Israel today? Am I not indeed aware that today I am king over Israel?”
- 2 Samuel 19:40יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ · of IsraelThen the king crossed over to Gilgal, and Chimham crossed over with him. All the troops of Judah and half the troops of Israel escorted the king.
- 2 Samuel 19:41יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל · of IsraelSoon all the men of Israel came to the king and asked, “Why did our brothers, the men of Judah, take you away secretly and bring the king and his household across the Jordan, together with all of David’s men?”
- 2 Samuel 19:42יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל · of IsraelAnd all the men of Judah replied to the men of Israel, “We did this because the king is our relative. Why does this anger you? Have we ever eaten at the king’s expense or received anything for ourselves?”
- 2 Samuel 19:43יִשְׂרָאֵל֩ · of Israel; יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ס · of Israel“We have ten shares in the king,” answered the men of Israel, “so we have more claim to David than you. Why then do you despise us? Were we not the first to speak of restoring our king?” But the men of Judah spoke more fiercely than the men of Israel.
- 2 Samuel 20:1יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ · O IsraelNow a worthless man named Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjamite, happened to be there, and he blew the ram’s horn and shouted: “We have no share in David, no inheritance in Jesse’s son. Every man to his tent, O Israel!”
- 2 Samuel 20:2יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ · of IsraelSo all the men of Israel deserted David to follow Sheba son of Bichri. But the men of Judah stayed by their king all the way from the Jordan to Jerusalem.
- 2 Samuel 20:14יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל · of IsraelSheba passed through all the tribes of Israel to Abel-beth-maacah and through the entire region of the Berites, who gathered together and followed him.
- 2 Samuel 20:19יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל · in Israel; בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · in IsraelI am among the peaceable and faithful in Israel, but you are trying to destroy a city that is a mother in Israel. Why would you swallow up the LORD’s inheritance?”
- 2 Samuel 20:23יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל · of IsraelNow Joab was over the whole army of Israel; Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites;
- 2 Samuel 21:2יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל; יִשְׂרָאֵל֙; יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לAt this, David summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not Israelites, but a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had taken an oath concerning them, but in his zeal for Israel and Judah, Saul had sought to kill them.)
- 2 Samuel 21:4בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל · anyone in IsraelThe Gibeonites said to him, “We need no silver or gold from Saul or his house, nor should you put to death anyone in Israel for us.” “Whatever you ask, I will do for you,” he replied.
- 2 Samuel 21:5יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ · of IsraelAnd they answered the king, “As for the man who consumed us and plotted against us to exterminate us from existing within any border of Israel,
- 2 Samuel 21:15יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל · IsraelOnce again the Philistines waged war against Israel, and David and his servants went down and fought against the Philistines. But David became exhausted.
- 2 Samuel 21:17יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃פ · of IsraelBut Abishai son of Zeruiah came to his aid, struck the Philistine, and killed him. Then David’s men swore to him, “You must never again go out with us to battle, so that the lamp of Israel may not be extinguished.”
- 2 Samuel 21:21יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל · Israel…and when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of David’s brother Shimei killed him.
- 2 Samuel 23:1יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ · of IsraelThese are the last words of David: “The oracle of David son of Jesse, the oracle of the man raised on high, the one anointed by the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel:
- 2 Samuel 23:3יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · of Israel; יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל · of IsraelThe God of Israel spoke; the Rock of Israel said to me, ‘He who rules the people with justice, who rules in the fear of God,
- 2 Samuel 23:9יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ · of IsraelNext in command was Eleazar son of Dodo the Ahohite. As one of the three mighty men, he went with David to taunt the Philistines who had gathered for battle at Pas-dammim. The men of Israel retreated,
- 2 Samuel 24:1בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל · against Israel; יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל · of IsraelAgain the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He stirred up David against them, saying, “Go and take a census of Israel and Judah.”
- 2 Samuel 24:2יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ · of IsraelSo the king said to Joab the commander of his army, who was with him, “Go now throughout the tribes of Israel from Dan to Beersheba and register the troops, so that I may know their number.”