יִשְׂרָאֵל
yis.ra.el
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)
Translated as (BSB)
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Concordance 2,231 verses
- 2 Samuel 10:15 יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל
When the Arameans saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they regrouped.
- 2 Samuel 10:17 יִשְׂרָאֵל֙
When this was reported to David, he gathered all Israel, crossed the Jordan, and went to Helam. Then the Arameans arrayed themselves against David and fought against him.
- 2 Samuel 10:18 יִשְׂרָאֵל֒
But the Arameans fled before Israel, and David killed seven hundred charioteers and forty thousand foot soldiers. He also struck down Shobach the commander of their army, who died there.
- 2 Samuel 10:19 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ליִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל
When all the kings who were subject to Hadadezer saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with Israel and became subject to them. So the Arameans were afraid to help the Ammonites anymore.
- 2 Samuel 11:1 יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל
In the spring, at the time when kings march out to war, David sent out Joab and his servants with the whole army of Israel. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah, but David remained in Jerusalem.
- 2 Samuel 11:11 וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֨ל
Uriah answered, “The ark and Israel and Judah are dwelling in tents, and my master Joab and his soldiers are camped in the open field. How can I go to my house to eat and drink and sleep with my wife? As surely as you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do such a thing!”
- 2 Samuel 12:7 יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ליִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
Then Nathan said to David, “You are that man! This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul.
- 2 Samuel 12:8 יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל
I gave your master’s house to you and your master’s wives into your arms. I gave you the house of Israel and Judah, and if that was not enough, I would have given you even more.
- 2 Samuel 12:12 יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל
You have acted in secret, but I will do this thing in broad daylight before all Israel.’”
- 2 Samuel 13:12 בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל
“No, my brother!” she cried. “Do not humiliate me, for such a thing should never be done in Israel. Do not do this disgraceful thing!
- 2 Samuel 13:13 בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל
Where could I ever take my shame? And you would be like one of the fools in Israel! Please speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from you.”
- 2 Samuel 14:25 יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל
Now there was not a man in all Israel as handsome and highly praised as Absalom. From the sole of his foot to the top of his head, he did not have a single flaw.
- 2 Samuel 15:2 יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל
He would get up early and stand beside the road leading to the city gate. Whenever anyone had a grievance to bring before the king for a decision, Absalom would call out and ask, “What city are you from?” And if he replied, “Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel,”
- 2 Samuel 15:6 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ליִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃פ
Absalom did this to all the Israelites who came to the king for justice. In this way he stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
- 2 Samuel 15:10 יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל
Then Absalom sent spies throughout the tribes of Israel with this message: “When you hear the sound of the horn, you are to say, ‘Absalom reigns in Hebron!’”
- 2 Samuel 15:13 יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל
Then a messenger came to David and reported, “The hearts of the men of Israel are with Absalom.”
- 2 Samuel 16:3 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
“Where is your master’s grandson?” asked the king. And Ziba answered, “Indeed, he is staying in Jerusalem, for he has said, ‘Today, the house of Israel will restore to me the kingdom of my grandfather.’”
- 2 Samuel 16:15 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
Then Absalom and all the men of Israel came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel was with him.
- 2 Samuel 16:18 יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל
“Not at all,” Hushai answered. “For the one chosen by the LORD, by the people, and by all the men of Israel—his I will be, and with him I will remain.
- 2 Samuel 16:21 יִשְׂרָאֵל֙
Ahithophel replied, “Sleep with your father’s concubines, whom he has left to keep the palace. When all Israel hears that you have become a stench to your father, then the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened.”
- 2 Samuel 16:22 יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and he slept with his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.
- 2 Samuel 17:4 יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ס
This proposal seemed good to Absalom and all the elders of Israel.
- 2 Samuel 17:10 יִשְׂרָאֵל֙
Then even the most valiant soldier with the heart of a lion will melt with fear, because all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man who has valiant men with him.
- 2 Samuel 17:11 יִשְׂרָאֵל֙
Instead, I advise that all Israel from Dan to Beersheba—a multitude like the sand on the seashore—be gathered to you, and that you yourself lead them into battle.
- 2 Samuel 17:13 יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל
If he retreats to a city, all Israel will bring ropes to that city, and we will drag it down to the valley until not even a pebble can be found.”
- 2 Samuel 17:14 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel.” For the LORD had purposed to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel in order to bring disaster on Absalom.
- 2 Samuel 17:15 יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל
So Hushai told Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, “This is what Ahithophel has advised Absalom and the elders of Israel, and this is what I have advised.
- 2 Samuel 17:24 יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל
Then David went to Mahanaim, and Absalom crossed the Jordan with all the men of Israel.
- 2 Samuel 17:26 יִשְׂרָאֵל֙
So the Israelites and Absalom camped in the land of Gilead.
- 2 Samuel 18:6 יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל
So David’s army marched into the field to engage Israel in the battle, which took place in the forest of Ephraim.
- 2 Samuel 18:7 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
There the people of Israel were defeated by David’s servants, and the slaughter was great that day—twenty thousand men.
- 2 Samuel 18:16 יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל
Then Joab blew the ram’s horn, and the troops broke off their pursuit of Israel because Joab had restrained them.
- 2 Samuel 18:17 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
They took Absalom, cast him into a large pit in the forest, and piled a huge mound of stones over him. Meanwhile, all the Israelites fled, each to his home.
- 2 Samuel 19:8 וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
So the king got up and sat in the gate, and all the people were told: “Behold, the king is sitting in the gate.” So they all came before the king. Meanwhile, the Israelites had fled, each man to his home.
- 2 Samuel 19:9 יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל
And all the people throughout the tribes of Israel were arguing, “The king rescued us from the hand of our enemies and delivered us from the hand of the Philistines, but now he has fled the land because of Absalom.
- 2 Samuel 19:11 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
Then King David sent this message to Zadok and Abiathar, the priests: “Say to the elders of Judah, ‘Why should you be the last to restore the king to his palace, since the talk of all Israel has reached the king at his quarters?
- 2 Samuel 19:22 בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ליִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
And David replied, “Sons of Zeruiah, what have I to do with you, that you should be my adversaries today? Should any man be put to death in Israel today? Am I not indeed aware that today I am king over Israel?”
- 2 Samuel 19:40 יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
Then the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham crossed over with him. All the troops of Judah and half the troops of Israel escorted the king.
- 2 Samuel 19:41 יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל
Soon all the men of Israel came to the king and asked, “Why did our brothers, the men of Judah, take you away secretly and bring the king and his household across the Jordan, together with all of David’s men?”
- 2 Samuel 19:42 יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל
And all the men of Judah replied to the men of Israel, “We did this because the king is our relative. Why does this anger you? Have we ever eaten at the king’s expense or received anything for ourselves?”
- 2 Samuel 19:43 יִשְׂרָאֵל֩יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ס
“We have ten shares in the king,” answered the men of Israel, “so we have more claim to David than you. Why then do you despise us? Were we not the first to speak of restoring our king?” But the men of Judah pressed even harder than the men of Israel.
- 2 Samuel 20:1 יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
Now a worthless man named Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjamite, happened to be there, and he blew the ram’s horn and shouted: “We have no share in David, no inheritance in Jesse’s son. Every man to his tent, O Israel!”
- 2 Samuel 20:2 יִשְׂרָאֵל֙
So all the men of Israel deserted David to follow Sheba son of Bichri. But the men of Judah stayed by their king all the way from the Jordan to Jerusalem.
- 2 Samuel 20:14 יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל
Sheba passed through all the tribes of Israel to Abel-beth-maacah and through the entire region of the Berites, who gathered together and followed him.
- 2 Samuel 20:19 יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לבְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
I am among the peaceable and faithful in Israel, but you are trying to destroy a city that is a mother in Israel. Why would you swallow up the LORD’s inheritance?”
- 2 Samuel 20:23 יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל
Now Joab was over the whole army of Israel; Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites;
- 2 Samuel 21:2 יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ליִשְׂרָאֵל֙יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל
At this, David summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not Israelites, but a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had taken an oath concerning them, but in his zeal for Israel and Judah, Saul had sought to kill them.)
- 2 Samuel 21:4 בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל
The Gibeonites said to him, “We need no silver or gold from Saul or his house, nor should you put to death anyone in Israel for us.” “Whatever you ask, I will do for you,” he replied.
- 2 Samuel 21:5 יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
And they answered the king, “As for the man who consumed us and plotted against us to exterminate us from existing within any border of Israel,
- 2 Samuel 21:15 יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל
Once again the Philistines waged war against Israel, and David and his servants went down and fought against the Philistines; but David became exhausted.