Strong's Number H3478

יִשְׂרָאֵל

Yisra'el · yis-raw-ale'

Transliteration:

Yisra'el{yis-raw-ale'}

Word Origin:

from 8280 and 410

Part of Speech:

proper name masculine

Strong's Definition:

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

Usage in the KJV:

Israel 2479, Israelites 16

Total: 2505
Occurs 2506 times in the Hebrew text.

Definition:

Israel = "God prevails"

the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel
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