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יִשְׂרָאֵל
Yisrâʼêl · Hebrew · Strong's H3479 · 8 occurrences
The KJV renders 3 different Hebrew and Greek words as “israel”
What it means
{Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity}
(Aramaic) corresponding to H3478 (יִשְׂרָאֵל)
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.
Where it appears
8 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 7 verses shown.
Ezra 5:1 · ANp
Now the prophets, Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied to the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem. They prophesied to them in the name of the God of Israel.
Ezra 5:11 · AR/Np
Thus they returned us answer, saying, “We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth and are building the house that was built these many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and finished.
Ezra 6:14 · ANp
The elders of the Jews built and prospered, through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. They built and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the decree of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.
Ezra 6:16 · ANp
The children of Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy.
Ezra 6:17 · ANp
They offered at the dedication of this house of God one hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering for all Israel, twelve male goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.
Ezra 7:13 · ANp
I make a decree that all those of the people of Israel and their priests and the Levites in my realm, who intend of their own free will to go to Jerusalem, go with you.
Ezra 7:15 ANp
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