יִשְׂרָאֵל

yis.ra.el

Hebrew H3478 Personal name, masculine 2,506 occurrences in 2,231 verses
יִשְׂרָאֵל Israel

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.25.26;

son of: Isaac (H3327) and Rebekah (H7259);

brother of: Esau (H6215); married to Rachel (H7354), Leah (H3812), Zilpah (H2153) and Bilhah (H1090A);

father of: Reuben (H7205), Simeon (H8095), Levi (H3878), Judah (H3063), Dan (H1835H), Naphtali (H5321), Gad (H1410), Asher (H0836), Issachar (H3485), Zebulun (H2074), Dinah (H1783), Joseph (H3130) and Benjamin (H1144); also called Jacob frequently

§ Israel = "God prevails"

1. the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel

2. the name of the descendants and the nation of the descendants of Jacob

a. the name of the nation until the death of Solomon and the split

b. the name used and given to the northern kingdom consisting of the 10 tribes under Jeroboam; the southern kingdom was known as Judah

c. the name of the nation after the return from exile

Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)

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Concordance 2,231 verses

  1. 1 Samuel 27:12 בְיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל

    So Achish trusted David, thinking, “Since he has made himself an utter stench to his people Israel, he will be my servant forever.”

  2. 1 Samuel 28:1 בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל

    Now in those days the Philistines gathered their forces for warfare against Israel. So Achish said to David, “You must understand that you and your men are to go out to battle with me.”

  3. 1 Samuel 28:3 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל

    Now by this time Samuel had died, and all Israel had mourned for him and buried him in Ramah, his own city. And Saul had removed the mediums and spiritists from the land.

  4. 1 Samuel 28:4 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל

    The Philistines came together and camped at Shunem, while Saul gathered all Israel and camped at Gilboa.

  5. 1 Samuel 28:19 יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ליִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל

    Moreover, the LORD will deliver Israel with you into the hand of the Philistines, and tomorrow you and your sons will be with me. And the LORD will deliver the army of Israel into the hand of the Philistines.”

  6. 1 Samuel 29:1 וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל

    Now the Philistines brought all their forces together at Aphek, while Israel camped by the spring in Jezreel.

  7. 1 Samuel 29:3 יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל

    Then the commanders of the Philistines asked, “What about these Hebrews?” Achish replied, “Is this not David, the servant of King Saul of Israel? He has been with me all these days, even years, and from the day he defected until today I have found no fault in him.”

  8. 1 Samuel 30:25 לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל

    And so it has been from that day forward. David established this statute as an ordinance for Israel to this very day.

  9. 1 Samuel 31:1 בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ליִשְׂרָאֵל֙

    Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them, and many fell slain on Mount Gilboa.

  10. 1 Samuel 31:7 יִ֠שְׂרָאֵליִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל

    When the Israelites along the valley and those on the other side of the Jordan saw that the army of Israel 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.

  11. 2 Samuel 1:3 יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל

    “Where have you come from?” David asked. “I have escaped from the Israelite camp,” he replied.

  12. 2 Samuel 1:12 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל

    They mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the people of the LORD and the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.

  13. 2 Samuel 1:19 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל

    “Your glory, O Israel, lies slain on your heights. How the mighty have fallen!

  14. 2 Samuel 1:24 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל

    O daughters of Israel, weep for Saul, who clothed you in scarlet and luxury, who decked your garments with ornaments of gold.

  15. 2 Samuel 2:9 יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל

    and made him king over Gilead, Asher, Jezreel, Ephraim, and Benjamin—over all Israel.

  16. 2 Samuel 2:10 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל

    Saul’s son Ish-bosheth was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned for two years. The house of Judah, however, followed David.

  17. 2 Samuel 2:17 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל

    The battle that day was intense, and Abner and the men of Israel were defeated by the servants of David.

  18. 2 Samuel 2:28 יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל

    So Joab blew the ram’s horn, and all the troops stopped; they no longer pursued Israel or continued to fight.

  19. 2 Samuel 3:10 יִשְׂרָאֵל֙

    to transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul and to establish the throne of David over Israel and Judah, from Dan to Beersheba.”

  20. 2 Samuel 3:12 יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

    Then Abner sent messengers in his place to say to David, “To whom does the land belong? Make your covenant with me, and surely my hand will be with you to bring all Israel over to you.”

  21. 2 Samuel 3:17 יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל

    Now Abner conferred with the elders of Israel and said, “In the past you sought David as your king.

  22. 2 Samuel 3:18 יִשְׂרָאֵל֙

    Now take action, because the LORD has said to David, ‘Through My servant David I will save My people Israel from the hands of the Philistines and of all their enemies.’”

  23. 2 Samuel 3:19 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל

    Abner also spoke to the Benjamites and went to Hebron to tell David all that seemed good to Israel and to the whole house of Benjamin.

  24. 2 Samuel 3:21 יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל

    Then Abner said to David, “Let me go at once, and I will gather all Israel to my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may rule over all that your heart desires.” So David dismissed Abner, and he went in peace.

  25. 2 Samuel 3:37 יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל

    So on that day all the troops and all Israel were convinced that the king had no part in the murder of Abner son of Ner.

  26. 2 Samuel 3:38 בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

    Then the king said to his servants, “Do you not realize that a great prince has fallen today in Israel?

  27. 2 Samuel 4:1 יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל

    Now when Ish-bosheth son of Saul heard that Abner had died in Hebron, he lost courage, and all Israel was dismayed.

  28. 2 Samuel 5:1 יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל

    Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.

  29. 2 Samuel 5:2 יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ליִשְׂרָאֵ֔ליִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

    Even in times past, while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And to you the LORD said, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be ruler over them.’”

  30. 2 Samuel 5:3 יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ליִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃פ

    So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where King David made with them a covenant before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel.

  31. 2 Samuel 5:5 יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל

    In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.

  32. 2 Samuel 5:12 יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ליִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ס

    And David realized that the LORD had established him as king over Israel and had exalted his kingdom for the sake of His people Israel.

  33. 2 Samuel 5:17 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל

    When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over Israel, they all went in search of him; but David learned of this and went down to the stronghold.

  34. 2 Samuel 6:1 בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל

    David again assembled the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand in all.

  35. 2 Samuel 6:5 יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל

    David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the LORD with all kinds of wood instruments, harps, stringed instruments, tambourines, sistrums, and cymbals.

  36. 2 Samuel 6:15 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל

    while he and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting and the sounding of the ram’s horn.

  37. 2 Samuel 6:19 יִשְׂרָאֵל֮

    Then he distributed to every man and woman among the multitude of Israel a loaf of bread, a date cake, and a raisin cake. And all the people departed, each for his own home.

  38. 2 Samuel 6:20 יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל

    As soon as David returned home to bless his own household, Saul’s daughter Michal came out to meet him. “How the king of Israel has distinguished himself today!” she said. “He has uncovered himself today in the sight of the maidservants of his subjects, like a vulgar person would do.”

  39. 2 Samuel 6:21 יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל

    But David said to Michal, “I was dancing before the LORD, who chose me over your father and all his house when He appointed me ruler over the LORD’s people Israel. I will celebrate before the LORD,

  40. 2 Samuel 7:6 יִשְׂרָאֵל֙

    For I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought the Israelites up out of Egypt until this day, but I have moved about with a tent as My dwelling.

  41. 2 Samuel 7:7 יִשְׂרָאֵל֒יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ליִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל

    In all My journeys with all the Israelites, have I ever asked any of the leaders I appointed to shepherd My people Israel, ‘Why haven’t you built Me a house of cedar?’

  42. 2 Samuel 7:8 יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

    Now 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.

  43. 2 Samuel 7:10 לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל

    And 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

  44. 2 Samuel 7:11 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל

    and have done since the day I appointed judges over My people Israel. I will give you rest from all your enemies. The LORD declares to you that He Himself will establish a house for you.

  45. 2 Samuel 7:23 כְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל

    And who is like Your people Israel—the one nation on earth whom God went out to redeem as a people for Himself and to make a name for Himself? You performed great and awesome wonders by driving out nations and their gods from before Your people, whom You redeemed for Yourself from Egypt.

  46. 2 Samuel 7:24 יִשְׂרָאֵ֧ל׀

    For You have established Your people Israel as Your very own forever, and You, O LORD, have become their God.

  47. 2 Samuel 7:26 יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל

    so that Your name will be magnified forever when it is said, ‘The LORD of Hosts is God over Israel.’ And the house of Your servant David will be established before You.

  48. 2 Samuel 7:27 יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל

    For You, O LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, have revealed this to Your servant when You said, ‘I will build a house for you.’ Therefore Your servant has found the courage to offer this prayer to You.

  49. 2 Samuel 8:15 יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל

    Thus David reigned over all Israel and administered justice and righteousness for all his people:

  50. 2 Samuel 10:9 בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל

    When 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.

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