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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.
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Where it appears
68 occurrences in the Greek text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Corinthians 10:18 · N-PRI
Consider Israel according to the flesh. Don’t those who eat the sacrifices participate in the altar?
2 Corinthians 3:7 · N-PRI
But if the service of death, written engraved on stones, came with glory, so that the children of Israel could not look steadfastly on the face of Moses for the glory of his face, which was passing away,
2 Corinthians 3:13 · N-PRI
and not as Moses, who put a veil on his face so that the children of Israel wouldn’t look steadfastly on the end of that which was passing away.
Acts 1:6 · N-PRI
Therefore, when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, are you now restoring the kingdom to Israel?”
Acts 2:36 · N-PRI
“Let all the house of Israel therefore know certainly that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified.”
Acts 4:10 · N-PRI
may it be known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, this man stands here before you whole in him.
Acts 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.