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 Chronicles 33:16יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ · of Israel
    Then he restored the altar of the LORD and sacrificed peace offerings and thank offerings on it, and he told Judah to serve the LORD, the God of Israel.
  2. 2 Chronicles 33:18יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל · of Israel; יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ · of Israel
    As for the rest of the acts of Manasseh, along with his prayer to his God and the words of the seers who spoke to him in the name of the LORD, the God of Israel, they are indeed written in the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
  3. 2 Chronicles 34:7יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל · of Israel
    He tore down the altars and Asherah poles, crushed the idols to powder, and cut to pieces all the incense altars throughout the land of Israel. Then he returned to Jerusalem.
  4. 2 Chronicles 34:9יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · of Israel
    So they went to Hilkiah the high priest and gave him the money that had been brought into the house of God, which the Levites who guarded the doors had collected from the people of Manasseh and Ephraim, from all the remnant of Israel, from all Judah and Benjamin, and from the people of Jerusalem.
  5. 2 Chronicles 34:21בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל · in Israel
    “Go and inquire of the LORD for me and for those remaining in Israel and Judah concerning the words in the book that has been found. For great is the wrath of the LORD that has been poured out on us because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD by doing all that is written in this book.”
  6. 2 Chronicles 34:23יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל · of Israel
    And Huldah said to them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Tell the man who sent you
  7. 2 Chronicles 34:26יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · 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,
  8. 2 Chronicles 34:33יִשְׂרָאֵל֒; בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · in Israel
    And Josiah removed all the abominations from all the lands belonging to the Israelites, and he required everyone in Israel to serve the LORD their God. Throughout his reign they did not turn aside from following the LORD, the God of their fathers.
  9. 2 Chronicles 35:3יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל · Israel; יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · of Israel; יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ · Israel
    To the Levites who taught all Israel and were holy to the LORD, Josiah said: “Put the holy ark in the temple built by Solomon son of David king of Israel. It is not to be carried around on your shoulders. Now serve the LORD your God and His people Israel.
  10. 2 Chronicles 35:4יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · of Israel
    Prepare yourselves by families in your divisions, according to the instructions written by David king of Israel and Solomon his son.
  11. 2 Chronicles 35:17יִשְׂרָאֵ֧ל
    The Israelites who were present also observed the Passover at that time, as well as the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days.
  12. 2 Chronicles 35:18בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · in Israel; יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל׀ · of Israel; וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל · the Israelites
    No such Passover had been observed in Israel since the days of Samuel the prophet. None of the kings of Israel ever observed a Passover like the one that Josiah observed with the priests, the Levites, all Judah, the Israelites who were present, and the people of Jerusalem.
  13. 2 Chronicles 35:25יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל · Israel
    Then Jeremiah lamented over Josiah, and to this day all the male and female singers recite laments over Josiah. They established them as a statute for Israel, and indeed they are written in the Book of Laments.
  14. 2 Chronicles 35:27יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל · of Israel
    …his acts from beginning to end—they are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah.
  15. 2 Chronicles 36:8יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל · of Israel
    As for the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, the abominations he committed, and all that was found against him, they are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah. And his son Jehoiachin reigned in his place.
  16. 2 Chronicles 36:13יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ · of Israel
    He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God. But Zedekiah stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the LORD, the God of Israel.
  17. Ezra 1:3יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · of Israel
    Whoever among you belongs to His people, may his God be with him, and may he go to Jerusalem in Judah and build the house of the LORD, the God of Israel; He is the God who is in Jerusalem.
  18. Ezra 2:2יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ס · of Israel
    …accompanied by Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. This is the count of the men of Israel:
  19. Ezra 2:59מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֖ל · from Israel
    The following came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer, but they could not prove that their families were descended from Israel:
  20. Ezra 2:70יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל · of the Israelites
    So the priests, the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants, along with some of the people, settled in their own towns; and the rest of the Israelites settled in their towns.
  21. Ezra 3:1יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל
    By the seventh month, the Israelites had settled in their towns, and the people assembled as one man in Jerusalem.
  22. Ezra 3:2יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל · of Israel
    Then Jeshua son of Jozadak and his fellow priests, along with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and his associates, began to build the altar of the God of Israel to sacrifice burnt offerings on it, as it is written in the Law of Moses the man of God.
  23. Ezra 3:10יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ · of Israel
    When the builders had laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites (the sons of Asaph) with cymbals, took their positions to praise the LORD, as David king of Israel had prescribed.
  24. Ezra 3:11יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל · Israel
    And they sang responsively with praise and thanksgiving to the LORD: “For He is good; for His loving devotion to Israel endures forever.” Then all the people gave a great shout of praise to the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD had been laid.
  25. Ezra 4:1יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ · of Israel
    When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the exiles were building a temple for the LORD, the God of Israel,
  26. Ezra 4:3לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · of Israel; יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · of Israel
    But Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the other heads of the families of Israel replied, “You have no part with us in building a house for our God, since we alone must build it for the LORD, the God of Israel, as Cyrus king of Persia has commanded us.”
  27. Ezra 6:21יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל; יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ · of Israel
    The Israelites who had returned from exile ate it, together with all who had separated themselves from the uncleanness of the peoples of the land to seek the LORD, the God of Israel.
  28. Ezra 6:22יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃פ · of Israel
    For seven days they kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread with joy, because the LORD had made them joyful and turned the heart of the king of Assyria toward them to strengthen their hands in the work on the house of the God of Israel.
  29. Ezra 7:6יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל · of Israel
    …this Ezra came up from Babylon. He was a scribe skilled in the Law of Moses, which the LORD, the God of Israel, had given. The king had granted Ezra all his requests, for the hand of the LORD his God was upon him.
  30. Ezra 7:7יִ֠שְׂרָאֵל
    So in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes, he went up to Jerusalem with some of the Israelites, including priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, and temple servants.
  31. Ezra 7:10בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל · in Israel
    For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the LORD, to practice it, and to teach its statutes and ordinances in Israel.
  32. Ezra 7:11יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃פ · Israel
    This is the text of the letter King Artaxerxes had given to Ezra the priest and scribe, an expert in the commandments and statutes of the LORD to Israel:
  33. Ezra 7:28מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֛ל · of Israel
    …and who has shown me favor before the king, his counselors, and all his powerful officials. And because the hand of the LORD my God was upon me, I took courage and gathered the leaders of Israel to return with me.
  34. Ezra 8:18יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל · of Israel
    And since the gracious hand of our God was upon us, they brought us Sherebiah—a man of insight from the descendants of Mahli son of Levi, the son of Israel—along with his sons and brothers, 18 men;
  35. Ezra 8:25יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל · the Israelites
    …and I weighed out to them the contribution of silver and gold and the articles that the king, his counselors, his leaders, and all the Israelites there had offered for the house of our God.
  36. Ezra 8:29לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל · of the Israelite
    Guard them carefully until you weigh them out in the chambers of the house of the LORD in Jerusalem before the leading priests, Levites, and heads of the Israelite families.”
  37. Ezra 8:35יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל · of Israel; יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ · Israel
    Then the exiles who had returned from captivity sacrificed burnt offerings to the God of Israel: 12 bulls for all Israel, 96 rams, 77 lambs, and a sin offering of 12 male goats. All this was a burnt offering to the LORD.
  38. Ezra 9:1יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ · of Israel
    After these things had been accomplished, the leaders approached me and said, “The people of Israel, including the priests and Levites, have not kept themselves separate from the surrounding peoples whose abominations are like those of the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites.
  39. Ezra 9:4יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל · of Israel
    Then everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel gathered around me because of the unfaithfulness of the exiles, while I sat there in horror until the evening offering.
  40. Ezra 9:15יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ · of Israel
    O LORD, God of Israel, You are righteous! For we remain this day as a remnant. Here we are before You in our guilt, though because of it no one can stand before You.”
  41. Ezra 10:1מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֜ל · of Israelites
    While Ezra prayed and made this confession, weeping and falling facedown before the house of God, a very large assembly of Israelites—men, women, and children—gathered around him, and the people wept bitterly as well.