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
- 1 Chronicles 12:32יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל · IsraelFrom Issachar, men who understood the times and knew what Israel should do: 200 chiefs with all their kinsmen at their command.
- 1 Chronicles 12:38יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל · Israel; יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל · of the IsraelitesAll these men of war, arrayed for battle, came to Hebron fully determined to make David king over all Israel. And all the rest of the Israelites were of one mind to make David king.
- 1 Chronicles 12:40בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃פ · in IsraelAnd their neighbors from as far away as Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali came bringing food on donkeys, camels, mules, and oxen—abundant supplies of flour, fig cakes and raisin cakes, wine and oil, oxen and sheep. Indeed, there was joy in Israel.
- 1 Chronicles 13:2יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל · of Israel; יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · of IsraelAnd he said to the whole assembly of Israel, “If it seems good to you, and if this is of the LORD our God, let us send word far and wide to the rest of our brothers in all the land of Israel, and also to the priests and Levites in their cities and pasturelands, so that they may join us.
- 1 Chronicles 13:5יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · IsraelSo David assembled all Israel, from the River Shihor in Egypt to Lebo-hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim.
- 1 Chronicles 13:6יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ · IsraelDavid and all Israel went up to Baalah of Judah (that is, Kiriath-jearim) to bring up from there the ark of God the LORD, who is enthroned between the cherubim—the ark that is called by the Name.
- 1 Chronicles 13:8יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל · the IsraelitesDavid and all the Israelites were celebrating before God with all their might, with songs and on harps and lyres, with tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.
- 1 Chronicles 14:2יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל · Israel; יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃פ · IsraelAnd David realized that the LORD had established him as king over Israel and had highly exalted his kingdom for the sake of His people Israel.
- 1 Chronicles 14:8יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · IsraelWhen the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over all Israel, they all went in search of him; but David learned of this and went out to face them.
- 1 Chronicles 15:3יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל · IsraelAnd David assembled all Israel in Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the LORD to the place he had prepared for it.
- 1 Chronicles 15:12יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · of IsraelAnd he said to them, “You are the heads of the Levitical families. You and your relatives must consecrate yourselves so that you may bring the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel, to the place I have prepared for it.
- 1 Chronicles 15:14יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ · of IsraelSo the priests and Levites consecrated themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel.
- 1 Chronicles 15:25יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל · of IsraelSo David, the elders of Israel, and the commanders of thousands went with rejoicing to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from the house of Obed-edom.
- 1 Chronicles 15:28יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל · IsraelSo all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, with the sounding of rams’ horns and trumpets, and with cymbals and the music of harps and lyres.
- 1 Chronicles 16:3יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · of IsraelThen he distributed to every man and woman of Israel a loaf of bread, a date cake, and a raisin cake.
- 1 Chronicles 16:4יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃פ · of IsraelDavid appointed some of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, to celebrate, to give thanks, and to praise the LORD, the God of Israel.
- 1 Chronicles 16:13יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל · IsraelO offspring of His servant Israel, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones.
- 1 Chronicles 16:17לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל · to IsraelHe confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant:
- 1 Chronicles 16:36יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · of IsraelBlessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting.” Then all the people said, “Amen!” and “Praise the LORD!”
- 1 Chronicles 16:40יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ · Israel to keep…to regularly present burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of burnt offerings, morning and evening, according to all that was written in the Law of the LORD, which He had commanded Israel to keep.
- 1 Chronicles 17:5יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · Israel up [out of Egypt]For I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought Israel up out of Egypt until this day, but I have moved from tent to tent and dwelling to dwelling.
- 1 Chronicles 17:6יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ · the Israelites; יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIn all My journeys with all the Israelites, have I ever asked any of the leaders I appointed to shepherd My people, ‘Why haven’t you built Me a house of cedar?’
- 1 Chronicles 17:7יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ · IsraelNow then, you are to tell My servant David that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be the ruler over My people Israel.
- 1 Chronicles 17:9יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל · IsraelAnd I will provide a place for My people Israel and will plant them so that they may dwell in a place of their own and be disturbed no more. No longer will the sons of wickedness oppress them as they did at the beginning
- 1 Chronicles 17:10יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · Israel…and have done since the day I appointed judges over My people Israel. And I will subdue all your enemies. Moreover, I declare to you that the LORD will build a house for you.
- 1 Chronicles 17:21יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · IsraelAnd who is like Your people Israel—the one nation on earth whom God went out to redeem as a people for Himself? You made a name for Yourself through great and awesome wonders by driving out nations from before Your people, whom You redeemed from Egypt.
- 1 Chronicles 17:22יִשְׂרָאֵ֧ל׀ · IsraelFor You have made Your people Israel Your very own forever, and You, O LORD, have become their God.
- 1 Chronicles 17:24יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · of Israel; לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל · over Israel…so that Your name will be established and magnified forever when it is said, ‘The LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, is God over Israel.’ And may the house of Your servant David be established before You.
- 1 Chronicles 18:14יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל · IsraelThus David reigned over all Israel and administered justice and righteousness for all his people:
- 1 Chronicles 19:10בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · men of IsraelWhen Joab saw the battle lines before him and behind him, he selected some of the best men of Israel and arrayed them against the Arameans.
- 1 Chronicles 19:16יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ · IsraelWhen the Arameans saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they sent messengers to bring more Arameans from beyond the Euphrates, with Shophach the commander of Hadadezer’s army leading them.
- 1 Chronicles 19:17יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ · IsraelWhen this was reported to David, he gathered all Israel, crossed the Jordan, advanced toward the Arameans, and arrayed for battle against them. When David lined up to engage them in battle, they fought against him.
- 1 Chronicles 19:18יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ · IsraelBut the Arameans fled before Israel, and David killed seven thousand of their charioteers and forty thousand foot soldiers. He also killed Shophach the commander of their army.
- 1 Chronicles 19:19יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · IsraelWhen Hadadezer’s subjects saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with David and became subject to him. So the Arameans were unwilling to help the Ammonites anymore.
- 1 Chronicles 20:7יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל · Israel…and when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of David’s brother Shimei killed him.
- 1 Chronicles 21:1יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל · Israel; יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ · of IsraelThen Satan rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census of Israel.
- 1 Chronicles 21:2יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · the IsraelitesSo David said to Joab and the commanders of the troops, “Go and count the Israelites from Beersheba to Dan and bring me a report, so that I may know their number.”
- 1 Chronicles 21:3לְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ · on IsraelBut Joab replied, “May the LORD multiply His troops a hundred times over. My lord the king, are they not all servants of my lord? Why does my lord want to do this? Why should he bring guilt on Israel?”
- 1 Chronicles 21:4יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · IsraelNevertheless, the king’s word prevailed against Joab. So Joab departed and traveled throughout Israel, and then he returned to Jerusalem.
- 1 Chronicles 21:5יִשְׂרָאֵ֡ל · IsraelAnd Joab reported to David the total number of the troops. In all Israel there were 1,100,000 men who drew the sword, including 470,000 in Judah.
- 1 Chronicles 21:7יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃פ · IsraelThis command was also evil in the sight of God; so He struck Israel.
- 1 Chronicles 21:12יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל · of Israel…between three years of famine, three months of being swept away before your enemies and overtaken by their swords, or three days of the sword of the LORD—days of plague upon the land, with the angel of the LORD ravaging every part of Israel.’ Now then, decide how I should reply to Him who sent me.”
- 1 Chronicles 21:14בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל · upon Israel; מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · of IsraelSo the LORD sent a plague upon Israel, and seventy thousand men of Israel fell dead.