יִשְׂרָאֵלYisrâʼêl

Meanings

Same root

• שָׂרָהsârâh · H8280to prevail
• אֵלʼêl · H410strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity)
• ἸσραήλIsraḗl · G2474Israel (i.e. Jisrael), the adopted name of Jacob, including his descendants (literally or figuratively)
• אֵל אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵלʼÊl ʼĕlôhêy Yisrâʼêl · H415El-Elohi-Jisrael, the title given to a consecrated spot by Jacob
• יִשְׂרָאֵלYisrâʼêl · H3479{Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity}
• יִשְׂרְאֵלִיYisrᵉʼêlîy · H3481a Jisreelite or descendant of Jisrael

Where it appears

Appears 2,505 times in the Bible.

• Genesis 32:28 “Your name will no longer be Jacob,” the man told him. “From now on you will be called Israel, because you have fought with God and with men and have won.”
• Genesis 32:32 (Even today the people of Israel don’t eat the tendon near the hip socket because of what happened that night when the man strained the tendon of Jacob’s hip.)
• Genesis 34:7 Meanwhile, Jacob’s sons had come in from the field as soon as they heard what had happened. They were shocked and furious that their sister had been raped. Shechem had done a disgraceful thing against Jacob’s family, something that should never be done.
• Genesis 35:10 saying, “Your name is Jacob, but you will not be called Jacob any longer. From now on your name will be Israel.” So God renamed him Israel.
• Genesis 35:21 Then Jacob traveled on and camped beyond Migdal-eder.
• Genesis 35:22 While he was living there, Reuben had intercourse with Bilhah, his father’s concubine, and Jacob soon heard about it. These are the names of the twelve sons of Jacob: