H3478

ישראל

ישראל
yasharaahl

Proper masculine noun · From שרה (H8280) and אל (H410)

From H8280 and H410; he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity:—Israel.

Outline

  1. Israel = "God prevails"
    1. the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel
    2. the name of the descendants and the nation of the descendants of Jacob
      1. the name of the nation until the death of Solomon and the split
      2. the name used and given to the northern kingdom consisting of the 10 tribes under Jeroboam; the southern kingdom was known as Judah
      3. the name of the nation after the return from exile

Usages (41/45)

Ezekiel 18:3

As I live, saith the Lord GOD, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel.

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Ezekiel 28:24

Breakdown

pricking brier Edom has been a thorn in the side of Israel, as were the Canaanites.

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