yisrael · Israel

What it means

yisrael (יִשְׂרָאֵל) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Israel”.

The new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.

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.

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• Israel ×2505
• king ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Genesis×43
• Exodus×170
• Leviticus×65
• Numbers×237
• Deuteronomy×72
• Joshua×160
• Judges×184
• Ruth×5
• 1 Samuel×151
• 2 Samuel×117
• 1 Kings×203
• 2 Kings×164
• 1 Chronicles×114
• 2 Chronicles×187
• Ezra×32
• Nehemiah×22
• Psalms×62
• Proverbs×1
• Ecclesiastes×1
• Song of Songs×1
• Isaiah×92
• Jeremiah×125
• Lamentations×3
• Ezekiel×186
• Daniel×4
• Hosea×44
• Joel×3
• Amos×30
• Obadiah×1
• Micah×12
• Nahum×1
• Zephaniah×4
• Zechariah×5
• Malachi×5

• Genesis 32:28

  He said, “Your name will no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, for you have struggled with Elohim and with men and have prevailed.”

• Genesis 32:32

  That is why, to this day, the sons of Israel do not eat the tendon that is on the socket of the hip, because he touched the socket of Jacob’s hip, on the tendon.

• Genesis 33:20

  He set up there an altar and called it “El, the Elohim of Israel.”

• Genesis 34:7

  The sons of Jacob came from the field when they heard it, and the men were grieved and very angry, because he had done an outrage in Israel by lying with the daughter of Jacob, and such a thing is not done.

• Genesis 35:10

  Elohim said to him, “Your name is Jacob; your name will no longer be called Jacob, but Israel will be your name.” So he called his name Israel.

• Genesis 35:21

  Israel set out and pitched his tent beyond Migdal-eder.

• Genesis 35:22

  While Israel was dwelling in that land, Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his father’s concubine; and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.

• Genesis 36:31

  These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the sons of Israel.

• Genesis 37:3

  Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons, because he was the son of his old age; and he made him a long robe.

• Genesis 37:13

  Israel said to Joseph, “Are not your brothers pasturing the flock at Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them.” He said to him, “Here I am.”

• Genesis 42:5

  The sons of Israel came to buy among those who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

• Genesis 43:6

  Israel said, “Why did you do me harm by telling the man that you still had a brother?”

• Genesis 43:8

  Judah said to Israel his father, “Send the young man with me, and we will get up and go, so that we may live and not die, both we and you and our little ones.

• Genesis 43:11

  Israel their father said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: take some of the choicest products of the land in your containers and carry down to the man a gift: a little balm and a little honey, aromatic gum and ladanum, pistachios and almonds.

• Genesis 45:21

  The sons of Israel did so; and Joseph gave them carts according to the command of Pharaoh, and he gave them provisions for the journey.

• Genesis 45:28

  Israel said, “Enough! Joseph my son is still alive. I will go and see him before I die.”

• Genesis 46:1

  Israel set out with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the Elohim of his father Isaac.

• Genesis 46:2

  Elohim spoke to Israel in visions of the night and said, “Jacob, Jacob!” And he said, “Here I am.”

• Genesis 46:5

  Then Jacob set out from Beersheba, and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father and their little ones and their wives in the carts that Pharaoh had sent to carry him.

• Genesis 46:8

  These are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Jacob’s firstborn, Reuben.

• Genesis 46:29

  Joseph harnessed his chariot and went up to meet Israel his father in Goshen. He appeared to him and fell on his neck and wept on his neck a long time.

• Genesis 46:30

  Israel said to Joseph, “Now let me die, since I have seen your face, that you are still alive.”

• Genesis 47:27

  Israel lived in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen; they acquired possessions in it, and were fruitful and multiplied greatly.

• Genesis 47:29

  The days of Israel drew near to die, and he called his son Joseph and said to him, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please put your hand under my thigh, and deal with me in loyal love and faithfulness: please do not bury me in Egypt.

• Genesis 47:31

  He said, “Swear to me.” And he swore to him. Then Israel bowed down upon the head of the bed.

• Genesis 48:2

  Someone told Jacob and said, “Look, your son Joseph has come to you.” Israel gathered his strength and sat up on the bed.

• Genesis 48:8

  Israel saw Joseph’s sons and said, “Who are these?”

• Genesis 48:10

  Now the eyes of Israel were heavy from old age; he could not see. So he brought them near to him, and he kissed them and embraced them.

• Genesis 48:11

  Israel said to Joseph, “I did not expect to see your face, and look, Elohim has let me see your offspring also.”

• Genesis 48:13

  Joseph took the two of them, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel’s left, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel’s right, and brought them near to him.

• Genesis 48:14

  But Israel stretched out his right hand and put it on the head of Ephraim, though he was the younger, and his left hand on the head of Manasseh, crossing his hands, although Manasseh was the firstborn.

• Genesis 48:20

  He blessed them that day, saying, “By you Israel will bless, saying, ‘May Elohim make you like Ephraim and like Manasseh.’” So he put Ephraim before Manasseh.

• Genesis 48:21

  Israel said to Joseph, “Look, I am about to die, but Elohim will be with you and will bring you back to the land of your fathers.

• Genesis 49:2

  Assemble and listen, sons of Jacob; listen to Israel your father.

• Genesis 49:7

  Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce, and their fury, for it is cruel. I will divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.

• Genesis 49:16

  Dan will judge his people as one of the tribes of Israel.

• Genesis 49:24

  but his bow remained steady, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, from there, the Shepherd, the Stone of Israel,

• Genesis 49:28

  All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father spoke to them when he blessed them; each according to his blessing he blessed them.

• Genesis 50:2

  Joseph commanded his servants, the physicians, to embalm his father; and the physicians embalmed Israel.

• Genesis 50:25

  Joseph made the sons of Israel swear, saying, “Elohim will surely attend to you, and you shall carry up my bones from here.”

And 2466 more times.