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.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders יִשְׂרָאֵל:

Glossary entries

Jacob Jeshurun Israel (Person) Israelite Jesurun

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

2,506 total
  1. 1 Kings 22:39יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ · of Israel
    As for the rest of the acts of Ahab, along with all his accomplishments and the ivory palace and all the cities he built, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
  2. 1 Kings 22:41יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ · over Israel
    In the fourth year of Ahab’s reign over Israel, Jehoshaphat son of Asa became king of Judah.
  3. 1 Kings 22:44יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ · of Israel
    Jehoshaphat also made peace with the king of Israel.
  4. 1 Kings 22:51יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ · Israel; יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל
    In the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat’s reign over Judah, Ahaziah son of Ahab became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria two years.
  5. 1 Kings 22:52יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ · had caused Israel
    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and walked in the ways of his father and mother and of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had caused Israel to sin.
  6. 1 Kings 22:53יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · of Israel, {to anger}
    Ahaziah served and worshiped Baal, provoking the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger, just as his father had done.
  7. 2 Kings 1:1בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · against Israel
    After the death of Ahab, Moab rebelled against Israel.
  8. 2 Kings 1:3בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · in Israel
    But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, “Go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria and ask them, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are on your way to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron?’
  9. 2 Kings 1:6בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · in Israel
    They replied, “A man came up to meet us and said, ‘Go back to the king who sent you and tell him that this is what the LORD says: Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending these men to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not get up from the bed on which you are lying. You will surely die.’”
  10. 2 Kings 1:16בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · in Israel
    And Elijah said to King Ahaziah, “This is what the LORD says: Is there really no God in Israel for you to inquire of His word? Is that why you have sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not get up from the bed on which you are lying. You will surely die.”
  11. 2 Kings 1:18יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃פ · of Israel
    As for the rest of the acts of Ahaziah, along with his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
  12. 2 Kings 2:12יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ · of Israel
    As Elisha watched, he cried out, “My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel!” And he saw Elijah no more. So taking hold of his own clothes, he tore them in two.
  13. 2 Kings 3:1יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ · Israel
    In the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat’s reign over Judah, Jehoram son of Ahab became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria twelve years.
  14. 2 Kings 3:3יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל · had caused Israel
    Nevertheless, he clung to the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit; he did not turn away from them.
  15. 2 Kings 3:4יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ · of Israel
    Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep breeder, and he would render to the king of Israel a hundred thousand lambs and the wool of a hundred thousand rams.
  16. 2 Kings 3:5יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ · of Israel
    But after the death of Ahab, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
  17. 2 Kings 3:6יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ · Israel
    So at that time King Jehoram set out from Samaria and mobilized all Israel.
  18. 2 Kings 3:9יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל · of Israel
    So the king of Israel, the king of Judah, and the king of Edom set out, and after they had traveled a roundabout route for seven days, they had no water for their army or for their animals.
  19. 2 Kings 3:10יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל · of Israel
    “Alas,” said the king of Israel, “for the LORD has summoned these three kings to deliver them into the hand of Moab!”
  20. 2 Kings 3:11יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ · of Israel
    But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there no prophet of the LORD here? Let us inquire of the LORD through him.” And one of the servants of the king of Israel answered, “Elisha son of Shaphat is here. He used to pour water on the hands of Elijah.”
  21. 2 Kings 3:12יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל · of Israel
    Jehoshaphat affirmed, “The word of the LORD is with him.” So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.
  22. 2 Kings 3:13יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ · of Israel; יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · of Israel
    Elisha, however, said to the king of Israel, “What have we to do with each other? Go to the prophets of your father and of your mother!” “No,” replied the king of Israel, “for it is the LORD who has summoned these three kings to deliver them into the hand of Moab.”
  23. 2 Kings 3:24יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ · of Israel; יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ · the Israelites
    But when the Moabites came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and attacked them, and they fled before them. So the Israelites invaded their land and struck down the Moabites.
  24. 2 Kings 3:27יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל · the Israelites
    So he took his firstborn son, who was to succeed him, and offered him as a burnt offering on the city wall. And there was great fury against the Israelites, so they withdrew and returned to their own land.
  25. 2 Kings 5:2יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל · of Israel
    At this time the Arameans had gone out in bands and had taken a young girl from the land of Israel, and she was serving Naaman’s wife.
  26. 2 Kings 5:4יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ · of Israel
    And Naaman went and told his master what the girl from the land of Israel had said.
  27. 2 Kings 5:5יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל · of Israel
    “Go now,” said the king of Aram, “and I will send you with a letter to the king of Israel.” So Naaman departed, taking with him ten talents of silver, six thousand shekels of gold, and ten sets of clothing.
  28. 2 Kings 5:6יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל · of Israel
    And the letter that he took to the king of Israel stated: “With this letter I am sending my servant Naaman, so that you may cure him of his leprosy.”
  29. 2 Kings 5:7יִשְׂרָאֵ֨ל · of Israel
    When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and asked, “Am I God, killing and giving life, that this man expects me to cure a leper? Surely you can see that he is seeking a quarrel with me!”
  30. 2 Kings 5:8יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ · of Israel; בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ · in Israel
    Now when Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes, he sent a message to the king: “Why have you torn your clothes? Please let the man come to me, and he will know that there is a prophet in Israel.”
  31. 2 Kings 5:12יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · of Israel
    Are not the Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not have washed in them and been cleansed?” So he turned and went away in a rage.
  32. 2 Kings 5:15בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל · in Israel
    Then Naaman and all his attendants went back to the man of God, stood before him, and declared, “Now I know for sure that there is no God in all the earth except in Israel. So please accept a gift from your servant.”
  33. 2 Kings 6:8בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל · against Israel
    Now the king of Aram was at war against Israel. After consulting with his servants, he said, “My camp will be in such and such a place.”
  34. 2 Kings 6:9יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ · of Israel
    Then the man of God sent word to the king of Israel: “Be careful not to pass by this place, for the Arameans are going down there.”
  35. 2 Kings 6:10יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל · of Israel
    So the king of Israel sent word to the place the man of God had pointed out. Time and again Elisha warned the king, so that he was on his guard in such places.
  36. 2 Kings 6:11יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ · of Israel
    For this reason the king of Aram became enraged and called his servants to demand of them, “Tell me, which one of us is on the side of the king of Israel?”
  37. 2 Kings 6:12בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · in Israel; יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · of Israel
    But one of his servants replied, “No one, my lord the king. For Elisha, the prophet in Israel, tells the king of Israel the very words you speak in your bedroom.”
  38. 2 Kings 6:21יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ · of Israel
    And when the king of Israel saw them, he asked Elisha, “My father, shall I kill them? Shall I kill them?”
  39. 2 Kings 6:23יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃פ · of Israel
    So the king prepared a great feast for them, and after they had finished eating and drinking, he sent them away, and they returned to their master. And the Aramean raiders did not come into the land of Israel again.
  40. 2 Kings 6:26יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · of Israel
    As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, “Help me, my lord the king!”
  41. 2 Kings 7:6יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל · of Israel
    For the Lord had caused the Arameans to hear the sound of chariots, horses, and a great army, so that they said to one another, “Look, the king of Israel must have hired the kings of the Hittites and Egyptians to attack us.”
  42. 2 Kings 7:13יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ · the Israelites; יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל · all the Israelites
    But one of his servants replied, “Please, have scouts take five of the horses that remain in the city. Their plight will be no worse than all the Israelites who are left here. You can see that all the Israelites here are doomed. So let us send them and find out.”
  43. 2 Kings 8:12יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל · to the Israelites
    “Why is my lord weeping?” asked Hazael. “Because I know the evil you will do to the Israelites,” Elisha replied. “You will set fire to their fortresses, kill their young men with the sword, dash their little ones to pieces, and rip open their pregnant women.”
  44. 2 Kings 8:16יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · over Israel
    In the fifth year of the reign of Joram son of Ahab over Israel, Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat succeeded his father as king of Judah.