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. 2 Kings 18:9יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל · over Israel
    In the fourth year of Hezekiah’s reign, which was the seventh year of the reign of Hoshea son of Elah over Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria marched against Samaria and besieged it.
  2. 2 Kings 18:10יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · of Israel
    And at the end of three years, the Assyrians captured it. So Samaria was captured in the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel.
  3. 2 Kings 18:11יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל · the Israelites
    The king of Assyria exiled the Israelites to Assyria and settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.
  4. 2 Kings 19:15יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ · of Israel
    And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD: “O LORD, God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim, You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth.
  5. 2 Kings 19:20יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · of Israel
    Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah: “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I have heard your prayer concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria.
  6. 2 Kings 19:22יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ · of Israel
    Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!
  7. 2 Kings 21:2יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD by following the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
  8. 2 Kings 21:3יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · of Israel
    For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed, and he raised up altars for Baal. He made an Asherah pole, as King Ahab of Israel had done, and he worshiped and served all the host of heaven.
  9. 2 Kings 21:7יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · of Israel
    Manasseh even took the carved Asherah pole he had made and set it up in the temple, of which the LORD had said to David and his son Solomon, “In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will establish My Name forever.
  10. 2 Kings 21:8יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · of the Israelites
    I will never again cause the feet of the Israelites to wander from the land that I gave to their fathers, if only they are careful to do all I have commanded them—the whole Law that My servant Moses commanded them.”
  11. 2 Kings 21:9יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
    But the people did not listen and Manasseh led them astray, so that they did greater evil than the nations that the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.
  12. 2 Kings 21:12יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · of Israel
    …this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I am bringing such calamity upon Jerusalem and Judah that the news will reverberate in the ears of all who hear it.
  13. 2 Kings 22:15יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל · of Israel
    And Huldah said to them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Tell the man who sent you
  14. 2 Kings 22:18יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · of Israel
    But as for the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the LORD, tell him that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘As for the words that you heard,
  15. 2 Kings 23:13יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל · of Israel
    The king also desecrated the high places east of Jerusalem, to the south of the Mount of Corruption, which King Solomon of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
  16. 2 Kings 23:15יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · had caused Israel
    He even pulled down the altar at Bethel, the high place set up by Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had caused Israel to sin. Then he burned the high place, ground it to powder, and burned the Asherah pole.
  17. 2 Kings 23:19יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ · of Israel
    Just as Josiah had done at Bethel, so also in the cities of Samaria he removed all the shrines of the high places set up by the kings of Israel who had provoked the LORD to anger.
  18. 2 Kings 23:22יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל · Israel; יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל · of Israel
    No such Passover had been observed from the days of the judges who had governed Israel through all the days of the kings of Israel and Judah.
  19. 2 Kings 23:27יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל · Israel
    For the LORD had said, “I will remove Judah from My sight, just as I removed Israel. I will reject this city Jerusalem, which I chose, and the temple of which I said, ‘My Name shall be there.’”
  20. 2 Kings 24:13יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ · of Israel
    As the LORD had declared, Nebuchadnezzar also carried off all the treasures from the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he cut into pieces all the gold articles that Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD.
  21. 1 Chronicles 1:34וְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ס · and Israel
    Abraham was the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel.
  22. 1 Chronicles 1:43יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל
    These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the Israelites: Bela son of Beor. His city was named Dinhabah.
  23. 1 Chronicles 2:1יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל · of Israel
    These were the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,
  24. 1 Chronicles 2:7יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · upon Israel
    The son of Carmi: Achar, who brought trouble upon Israel by violating the ban on devoted things.
  25. 1 Chronicles 4:10יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל · of Israel
    And Jabez called out to the God of Israel, “If only You would bless me and enlarge my territory! May Your hand be with me and keep me from harm, so that I will be free from pain.” And God granted the request of Jabez.
  26. 1 Chronicles 5:1יִשְׂרָאֵל֮ · of Israel; יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל · of Israel
    These were the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel. Though he was the firstborn, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph son of Israel, because Reuben defiled his father’s bed. So he is not reckoned according to birthright.
  27. 1 Chronicles 5:3יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל · of Israel
    The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
  28. 1 Chronicles 5:17יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃פ · of Israel
    All of them were recorded in the genealogies during the reigns of Jotham king of Judah and Jeroboam king of Israel.
  29. 1 Chronicles 5:26יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל · of Israel
    So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria (that is, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria) to take the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh into exile. And he brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river of Gozan, where they remain to this day.
  30. 1 Chronicles 6:38יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ · of Israel
    …the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.
  31. 1 Chronicles 6:49יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · Israel
    But Aaron and his sons did all the work of the Most Holy Place. They presented the offerings on the altar of burnt offering and on the altar of incense to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.
  32. 1 Chronicles 6:64יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל
    So the Israelites gave to the Levites these cities and their pasturelands.
  33. 1 Chronicles 7:29יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃פ · of Israel
    And along the borders of Manasseh were Beth-shean, Taanach, Megiddo, and Dor, together with their villages. The descendants of Joseph son of Israel lived in these towns.
  34. 1 Chronicles 9:1יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ · Israel; יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל · of Israel
    So all Israel was recorded in the genealogies written in the Book of the Kings of Israel. But Judah was exiled to Babylon because of their unfaithfulness.
  35. 1 Chronicles 9:2יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ · were Israelites
    Now the first to resettle their own property in their cities were Israelites, priests, Levites, and temple servants.
  36. 1 Chronicles 10:1בְיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל · against Israel; יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ · of Israel
    Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them, and many fell slain on Mount Gilboa.
  37. 1 Chronicles 10:7יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל
    When all the Israelites in the valley saw that the army 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.
  38. 1 Chronicles 11:1יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל · Israel
    Then all Israel came together to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.
  39. 1 Chronicles 11:2יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל · Israel out; יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · Israel; יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
    Even in times past, while Saul was king, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And the LORD your God said, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be ruler over them.’”
  40. 1 Chronicles 11:3יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל · of Israel; יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · Israel
    So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where David made a covenant with them before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD through Samuel.
  41. 1 Chronicles 11:4יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל · the Israelites
    Then David and all the Israelites marched to Jerusalem (that is, Jebus), where the Jebusites inhabited the land.
  42. 1 Chronicles 11:10יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל · Israel; יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ס · Israel
    Now these were the chiefs of David’s mighty men, who, together with all Israel, bolstered and strengthened his kingdom, according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel.