Israēl · Israel

What it means

Israēl (Ἰσραήλ) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “Israel”.

The name God gave to Jacob, and the people descended from him.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×12
• Mark×2
• Luke×12
• John×4
• Acts×15
• Romans×11
• 1 Corinthians×1
• 2 Corinthians×2
• Galatians×1
• Ephesians×1
• Philippians×1
• Hebrews×3
• Revelation×3

• Matthew 2:6

  ‘And you, Bethlehem, land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for from you will come a leader who will shepherd my people Israel.’”

• Matthew 2:20

  saying, “Get up, take the child and his mother, and go to the land of Israel, for those who were seeking the child’s life have died.”

• Matthew 2:21

  And he got up, took the child and his mother, and went into the land of Israel.

• Matthew 8:10

  Hearing this, Jesus was amazed and said to those who were following, “Truly I tell you, with no one in Israel have I found such faith.

• Matthew 9:33

  And when the demon had been driven out, the mute man spoke; and the crowds were amazed, saying, “Never has anything been seen like this in Israel!”

• Matthew 10:6

  but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

• Matthew 10:23

  When they persecute you in this town, flee to the next; for truly I tell you, you will never finish going through the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

• Matthew 15:24

  But he answered and said, “I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

• Matthew 15:31

  so that the crowd was amazed seeing the mute speaking, the maimed whole, and the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel.

• Matthew 19:28

  And Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you that you who have followed me, in the renewal, when the Son of Man sits on the throne of his glory, you also will sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

• Matthew 27:9

  Then was fulfilled what was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet, when he says, “And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of the one whose price had been set, whom they priced from the sons of Israel,

• Matthew 27:42

  “Others he saved; himself he cannot save. He is the King of Israel; let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him.

• Mark 12:29

  Jesus answered, “The first is, ‘Hear, Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one;

• Mark 15:32

  Let the Messiah, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross, so that we may see and believe.” And those who were crucified with him were reviling him.

• Luke 1:16

  And many of the sons of Israel he will turn to the Lord their God.

• Luke 1:54

  He has helped Israel his servant, remembering mercy,

• Luke 1:68

  “Blessed is the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has visited and accomplished redemption for his people,

• Luke 1:80

  And the child was growing and becoming strong in spirit, and he was in the wilderness until the day of his public appearance to Israel.

• Luke 2:25

  And look, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon; and this man was righteous and devout, waiting for the comfort of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

• Luke 2:32

  a light for revelation to the nations and glory for your people Israel.”

• Luke 2:34

  And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, “Look, this child is set for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign that will be spoken against

• Luke 4:25

  But in truth I tell you, there were many widows in the days of Elijah in Israel, when heaven was shut for three years and six months, when a great famine came over all the land;

• Luke 4:27

  And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, and none of them was cleansed, except Naaman the Syrian.”

• Luke 7:9

  And when Jesus heard these things, he marveled at him, and turning to the crowd that was following him, he said, “I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such great faith.”

• Luke 22:30

  so that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

• Luke 24:21

  But we were hoping that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel. Indeed, along with all these things, this is the third day since these things happened.

• John 1:31

  And I did not know him, but so that he might be revealed to Israel, for this reason I came immersing in water.”

• John 1:49

  Nathanael answered him, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel!”

• John 3:10

  Jesus answered and said to him, “You are the teacher of Israel, and you do not know these things?

• John 12:13

  took the branches of the palm trees and went out to meet him, and they were crying out, “Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord, the King of Israel!”

• Acts 1:6

  So those who had come together were asking him, saying, “Lord, are you restoring the kingdom to Israel at this time?”

• Acts 2:36

  So let all the house of Israel know for certain that God has made him both Lord and Messiah, this Jesus whom you crucified.”

• Acts 4:10

  let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel that in the name of Jesus the Messiah the Nazarene, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by him this man stands before you well.

• Acts 4:27

  For truly in this city there were gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the nations and the peoples of Israel,

• Acts 5:21

  And having heard this, they entered into the temple at daybreak and began teaching. Now when the high priest and those with him arrived, they called together the council and all the council of elders of the sons of Israel, and sent to the prison for them to be brought.

• Acts 5:31

  Him God exalted to his right hand as Leader and Savior, to give Israel a change of mind and forgiveness of sins.

• Acts 7:23

  And when a period of forty years was being completed for him, it came into his heart to visit his brothers, the sons of Israel.

• Acts 7:37

  This is the Moses who said to the sons of Israel, ‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers.’

• Acts 7:42

  But God turned away and handed them over to worship the army of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘You did not offer me slaughtered victims and sacrifices for forty years in the wilderness, did you, house of Israel?

• Acts 9:15

  But the Lord said to him, “Go, for this man is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before the nations and kings and the sons of Israel.

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