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Lexicon :: Strong's H3157 - yizrᵊʿe'l

Aa
יִזְרְעֶאל
Transliteration
yizrᵊʿe'l
Pronunciation
yiz-reh-ale'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun, proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

יִזְרְעֵאל Yizrᵉʻêʼl, yiz-reh-ale'; from H2232 and H410; God will sow; Jizreel, the name of two places in Palestine and of two Israelites:—Jezreel.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 36x

The KJV translates Strong's H3157 in the following manner: Jezreel (36x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 36x
The KJV translates Strong's H3157 in the following manner: Jezreel (36x).

  1. Jezreel = "God sows"

    proper masculine noun

    1. a descendant of the father or founder of Etam of Judah

    2. first son of Hosea the prophet

      proper locative noun

    3. a city in the Nekeb of Judah

    4. a city in Issachar on the northwest spur of Mount Gilboa

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יִזְרְעֵאל Yizrᵉʻêʼl, yiz-reh-ale'; from H2232 and H410; God will sow; Jizreel, the name of two places in Palestine and of two Israelites:—Jezreel.
STRONGS H3157: Abbreviations
† יִזְרְעֶאל
1. proper name, of a location (God soweth; Sabean אלדֿרא MordtZMG 1879, 489; see LagBN 131) — י׳ Joshua 15:56; 2 Samuel 2:9 +; יִזְרְעֶ֑אל 1 Samuel 25:43; Joshua 17:16 +; יִזְרְעֶ֫אלָה Joshua 19:18 + 6 times:
a. city in the Negeb of Judah Joshua 15:56; 1 Samuel 25:43 (home of Ahinoam, one of David's wives), site unknown; compare proper name, masculine 1 Chronicles 4:3.
b. city in Issachar Joshua 19:18 on northwest spur of Mt. Gilboa 2 Samuel 4:4 (compare 1 Samuel 31:1, 8) 1 Kings 4:12 (compare 1 Samuel 31:10, 12), modern Zer`în (RobBR ii. 318 ff. BdPal 244), close to scene of great battle with Philistines 1 Samuel 29:1 (בְּעַיִן אשׁר בְיִז׳, compare RobBR ii. 323) 1 Samuel 29:11; subject to Ishbosheth 2 Samuel 2:9 (yet see below), residence of Ahab and Jehoram of Israel 1 Kings 18:45, 46; 1 Kings 21:1 (Naboth) 2 Kings 8:29 (twice in verse) = 2 Chronicles 22:6 (twice in verse), 2 Kings 9:15 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 9:16, 17, 30; 2 Kings 10:11 compare דְּמֵי יִז׳ Hosea 1:4, and symbolical name of Hosea's son Hosea 1:4 (compare Che); — in 2 Kings 10:1 for שָׂרֵי יִז׳ read שָׂרֵי שֹׁמְרוֺן so Greek Version of the LXX. Used by Hosea as representing Israel, with play on etymology, Hosea 2:24 (compare וּזְרַעְתִּיהָ לִּי בָּאָרֶץ Hosea 2:25), compare also גָּדוֺל יוֺם יִז׳ Hosea 1:2. Territory immediately about the city is חֵלֶק יִז׳ 2 Kings 9:10, 36, 37; compare חֵל יִז׳ 1 Kings 21:23 (read probably חלק, see Th Klo after Syriac Version Vulgate; the adjacent plain is עֵמֶק יִז׳ (compare Di Joshua 17:16 BdPal 229) Joshua 17:16; Judges 6:33; Hosea 1:5 (perhaps also = יִז׳ 2 Samuel 2:9 above, || Gilead, Ephraim, Benjamin, etc.)
2. proper name, masculine
a. Hosea's son Hosea 1:4, compare 1b above.
b. Judahite name 1 Chronicles 4:3, compare 1a above.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Joshua

15:56; 15:56; 17:16; 17:16; 17:16; 19:18; 19:18

Judges

6:33

1 Samuel

25:43; 25:43; 29:1; 29:11; 31:1; 31:8; 31:10; 31:12

2 Samuel

2:9; 2:9; 2:9; 4:4

1 Kings

4:12; 18:45; 18:46; 21:1; 21:23

2 Kings

8:29; 9:10; 9:15; 9:16; 9:17; 9:30; 9:36; 9:37; 10:1; 10:11

1 Chronicles

4:3; 4:3

2 Chronicles

22:6

Hosea

1:2; 1:4; 1:4; 1:4; 1:5

H3157

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Strong's Number H3157 matches the Hebrew יִזְרְעֶאל (yizrᵊʿe'l),
which occurs 36 times in 32 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:56

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:56 - And Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:16 - And the children of Joseph said, The hill-country is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites living in the valley have iron war-carriages, those in Beth-shean and its towns as well as those in the valley of Jezreel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:18 - And their limit was to Jezreel and Chesulloth and Shunem

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:33 - Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the people of the east, banding themselves together, went over and put up their tents in the valley of Jezreel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:43 - And David had taken Ahinoam of Jezreel, to be his wife; these two were his wives.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:1 - Now the Philistines got all their army together at Aphek: and the Israelites put their forces in position by the fountain in Jezreel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:11 - So David and his men got up early in the morning to go back to the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:9 - And made him king over Gilead and the Asherites and over Jezreel and Ephraim and Benjamin, that is, over all Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:4 - Now Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son whose feet were damaged. He was five years old when news of the death of Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel, and the woman who took care of him took him up and went in flight: and while she was getting him away as quickly as she was able, he had a fall and his feet were damaged. His name was Mephibosheth.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:12 - Baana, the son of Ahilud, in Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shean which is by the side of Zarethan, under Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, as far as the far side of Jokmeam;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:45

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:45 - And after a very little time, the heaven became black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab went in his carriage to Jezreel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:46

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:46 - And the hand of the Lord was on Elijah; and he made himself strong, and went running before Ahab till they came to Jezreel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:1 - Now Naboth the Jezreelite had a vine-garden in Jezreel, near the house of Ahab, king of Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:23 - And of Jezebel the Lord said, Jezebel will become food for dogs in the heritage of Jezreel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:29 - So King Joram went back to Jezreel to get well from the wounds which the bowmen had given him at Ramah, when he was fighting against Hazael, king of Aram. And Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, went down to see Joram, the son of Ahab, in Jezreel, because he was ill.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:10 - And Jezebel will become food for the dogs in the heritage of Jezreel, and there will be no one to put her body into the earth. Then, opening the door, he went in flight.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:15 - But King Joram had gone back to Jezreel to get well from the wounds which the Aramaeans had given him when he was fighting against Hazael, king of Aram.) And Jehu said, If this is your purpose, then let no one get away and go out of the town to give news of it in Jezreel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:16 - So Jehu got into his carriage and went to Jezreel, for Joram was ill in bed there; and Ahaziah, king of Judah, had come down to see Joram.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:17 - And the watchman on the tower in Jezreel saw Jehu and his band coming, and said, I see a band of people. And Joram said, Send out a horseman to them, and let him say, Is it peace?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:30 - And when Jehu came to Jezreel, Jezebel had news of it; and, painting her eyes and dressing her hair with ornaments, she put her head out of the window.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:36

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:36 - So they came back and gave him word of it. And he said, This is what the Lord said by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the heritage of Jezreel the flesh of Jezebel will become food for dogs;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:37

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:37 - And the dead body of Jezebel will be like waste dropped on the face of the earth in the heritage of Jezreel; so that they will not be able to say, This is Jezebel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:1 - Now there were in Samaria seventy of Ahab's sons. And Jehu sent letters to Samaria, to the rulers of the town, and to the responsible men, and to those who had the care of the sons of Ahab, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:6 - Then he sent them a second letter, saying, If you are on my side, and if you will do my orders, come to me at Jezreel by this time tomorrow, with the heads of your master's sons. Now the king's seventy sons were with the great men of the town, who had the care of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:7 - And when the letter came to them, they took the king's sons and put them to death, all the seventy, and put their heads in baskets and sent them to him at Jezreel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:11 - So Jehu put to death all the rest of the seed of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his relations and his near friends and his priests, till there were no more of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:3 - And these were the sons of Hur, the father of Etam: Jezreel and Ishma and Idbash, and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:6 - And he went back to Jezreel to get well from the wounds which they had given him at Ramah when he was fighting against Hazael, king of Aram. And Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, went down to Jezreel to see Jehoram, the son of Ahab, because he was ill.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:4 - And the Lord said to him, Give him the name of Jezreel, for after a little time I will send punishment for the blood of Jezreel on the line of Jehu, and put an end to the kingdom of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:5 - And in that day I will let the bow of Israel be broken in the valley of Jezreel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:11 - And the children of Israel and the children of Judah will come together and take for themselves one head, and will go up from the land, for great will be the day of Jezreel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:22 - And the earth will give its answer to the grain and the wine and the oil, and they will give an answer to Jezreel;
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