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יִשְׂרָאֵל

Yisrâʼêl · Hebrew · Strong's H3478 · 2506 occurrences

What it means

Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

from H8280 (שָׂרָה) and H410 (אֵל); he will rule as God;

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

• Is the seventh-day Sabbath binding on Gentiles?
• Does scripture permit divorce and remarriage?
• Are any foods forbidden to Christians today?
• Is the Trinity explicitly taught in the Bible?
• Should Christians pray to saints?
• Is tithing required for Christians?

Where it appears

2506 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew 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.