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Ἰσραήλ
Israḗl · Greek · Strong's G2474 · 68 occurrences
The KJV renders 3 different Hebrew and Greek words as “israel”
What it means
Israel (i.e. Jisrael), the adopted name of Jacob, including his descendants (literally or figuratively)
of Hebrew origin (H03478);
How the KJV renders it
israel
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
Questions this word decides
- Will there be a literal thousand-year reign (the millennium)?
- What does John 3:5 mean ('born of water and Spirit')?
- What does Matthew 16:18 mean ('on this rock I will build my church')?
- What does it mean to be born again?
- Will everyone ultimately be saved?
Where it appears
68 occurrences in the Greek text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Corinthians 10:18 N-PRI2 Corinthians 3:7 N-PRI2 Corinthians 3:13 N-PRIActs 1:6 N-PRIActs 2:36 N-PRIActs 4:10 N-PRIActs 4:27 N-PRIActs 5:21 N-PRIActs 5:31 N-PRIActs 7:23 N-PRIActs 7:37 N-PRIActs 7:42 N-PRIActs 9:15 N-PRIActs 10:36 N-PRIActs 13:17 N-PRIActs 13:23 N-PRIActs 13:24 N-PRIActs 28:20 N-PRIEphesians 2:12 N-PRIGalatians 6:16 N-PRIHebrews 8:8 N-PRIHebrews 8:10 N-PRIHebrews 11:22 N-PRIJohn 1:31 N-PRIJohn 1:50 N-PRIJohn 3:10 N-PRIJohn 12:13 N-PRILuke 1:16 N-PRILuke 1:54 N-PRILuke 1:68 N-PRILuke 1:80 N-PRILuke 2:25 N-PRILuke 2:32 N-PRILuke 2:34 N-PRILuke 4:25 N-PRILuke 4:27 N-PRILuke 7:9 N-PRILuke 22:30 N-PRILuke 24:21 N-PRIMatthew 2:6 N-PRIMatthew 2:20 N-PRIMatthew 2:21 N-PRIMatthew 8:10 N-PRIMatthew 9:33 N-PRIMatthew 10:6 N-PRIMatthew 10:23 N-PRIMatthew 15:24 N-PRIMatthew 15:31 N-PRIMatthew 19:28 N-PRIMatthew 27:9 N-PRIMatthew 27:42 N-PRIMark 12:29 N-PRIMark 15:32 N-PRIPhilippians 3:5 N-PRIRevelation 2:14 N-PRIRevelation 7:4 N-PRIRevelation 21:12 N-PRIRomans 9:6 N-PRIRomans 9:27 N-PRIRomans 9:31 N-PRI
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Greek text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.