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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 ANpEzra 5:11 AR/NpEzra 6:14 ANpEzra 6:16 ANpEzra 6:17 ANpEzra 7:13 ANpEzra 7:15 ANp
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.