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Lexicon :: Strong's G2474 - israēl

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Ἰσραήλ
Transliteration
israēl (Key)
Pronunciation
is-rah-ale'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
Of Hebrew origin יִשְׂרָאֵל (H3478)
mGNT
68x in 2 unique form(s) TR
70x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
2,448x in 1 unique form(s)
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TDNT Reference: 3:356,372

Strong’s Definitions

Ἰσραήλ Israḗl, is-rah-ale'; of Hebrew origin (H3478); Israel (i.e. Jisrael), the adopted name of Jacob, including his descendants (literally or figuratively):—Israel.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 70x

The KJV translates Strong's G2474 in the following manner: Israel (70x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 70x
The KJV translates Strong's G2474 in the following manner: Israel (70x).

  1. Israel = "he shall be a prince of God"

    1. the name given to the patriarch Jacob (and borne by him in addition to his former name)

    2. the family or descendants of Israel, the nation of Israel

    3. Christians, the Israel of God (Gal 6:16), for not all those who draw their bodily descent from Israel are true Israelites, i.e. are those whom God pronounces to be Israelites and has chosen to salvation

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
Ἰσραήλ Israḗl, is-rah-ale'; of Hebrew origin (H3478); Israel (i.e. Jisrael), the adopted name of Jacob, including his descendants (literally or figuratively):—Israel.
STRONGS G2474:
Ἰσραήλ (Josephus, Ἰσραηλος, Ἰσραηλου), ὁ, indeclinable, (יִשְׂרָאֵל, from שָׂרָה and אֵל, wrestler with God, Genesis 32:28; Hosea 12:4, cf. Genesis 35:10), Israel, a name given to the patriarch Jacob (and borne by him in addition to his former name from Genesis 32:28 on): ὁ οἶκος Ἰσραήλ, the family or descendants of Israel, the race of Israel (A. V. the house of Israel), Matthew 10:6; Matthew 15:24; Acts 7:42 (Exodus 16:31; 1 Samuel 7:2, and often); οἱ υἱοί Ἰσραήλ the (sons, i. e. the children, the) posterity of Israel, Luke 1:16; Acts 5:21; Acts 7:23, 37; Romans 9:27; αἱ φυλαί τοῦ Ἰσραήλ, Matthew 19:28; Luke 22:30; Revelation 7:4. By metonymy, for the posterity of Israel i. e. the Israelites (a name of especially honor because it made reference to the promises of salvation through the Messiah, which were given to Jacob in preference to Esau, and to be fulfilled to his posterity (see Ἰουδαῖος, b.)): Matthew 2:6; Matthew 8:10; Matthew 9:33; Luke 1:54, 68, 80; Acts 4:8 (R G); Ephesians 2:12; Romans 11:2, 7, 26, etc. (Exodus 5:2; Exodus 11:7, and often); ὁ λαός Ἰσραήλ, Acts 4:10, 27; γῆ Ἰσραήλ i. e. Palestine ((1 Samuel 13:19, etc.)), Matthew 2:20f; βασιλεύς Ἰσραήλ, Matthew 27:42; John 1:49 (50); ἡ ἐλπίς τοῦ Ἰσραήλ Acts 28:20; ὁ Ἰσραήλ τοῦ Θεοῦ (genitive of possession), i. e. Christians, Galatians 6:16; ὁ Ἰσραήλ κατά σάρκα, Israelites by birth, i. e. Jews, 1 Corinthians 10:18; in an emphatic sense, οὐ γάρ πάντες οἱ ἐξ Ἰσραήλ κτλ., for not all those that draw their bodily descent from Israel are true Israelites, i. e. are those whom God pronounces to be Israelites and has chosen to salvation, Romans 9:6.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
32:28; 32:28; 35:10
Exodus
5:2; 11:7; 16:31
1 Samuel
7:2; 13:19
Hosea
12:4
Matthew
2:6; 2:20; 8:10; 9:33; 10:6; 15:24; 19:28; 27:42
Luke
1:16; 1:54; 1:68; 1:80; 22:30
John
1:49
Acts
4:8; 4:10; 4:27; 5:21; 7:23; 7:37; 7:42; 28:20
Romans
9:6; 9:27; 11:2; 11:7; 11:26
1 Corinthians
10:18
Galatians
6:16
Ephesians
2:12
Revelation
7:4

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2474 matches the Greek Ἰσραήλ (israēl),
which occurs 68 times in 66 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:2 - God did not reject his people, whom he foreknew. Don’t you know what Scripture says in the passage about Elijah—how he appealed to God against Israel:

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:7 - What then? What the people of Israel sought so earnestly they did not obtain. The elect among them did, but the others were hardened,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:25 - I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be conceited: Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:26 - and in this way[fn] all Israel will be saved. As it is written: “The deliverer will come from Zion; he will turn godlessness away from Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:18 - Consider the people of Israel: Do not those who eat the sacrifices participate in the altar?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 3:7 - Now if the ministry that brought death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with glory, so that the Israelites could not look steadily at the face of Moses because of its glory, transitory though it was,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 3:13 - We are not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face to prevent the Israelites from seeing the end of what was passing away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 6:16 - Peace and mercy to all who follow this rule—to[fn] the Israel of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:12 - remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:5 - circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; in regard to the law, a Pharisee;

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 8:8 - But God found fault with the people and said[fn]: “The days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and with the people of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 8:10 - This is the covenant I will establish with the people of Israel after that time, declares the Lord. I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:22

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:22 - By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt and gave instructions concerning the burial of his bones.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:14 - Nevertheless, I have a few things against you: There are some among you who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to entice the Israelites to sin so that they ate food sacrificed to idols and committed sexual immorality.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 7:4 - Then I heard the number of those who were sealed: 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:12 - It had a great, high wall with twelve gates, and with twelve angels at the gates. On the gates were written the names of the twelve tribes of Israel.

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