יִשְׂרָאֵל

Strong’s Definition

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

Etymology & Derivation

(Aramaic) corresponding to H3478 (יִשְׂרָאֵל)

KJV Usage

Israel.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.the second name for jacob given to him by god after his wrestling with the angel at peniel
• 2.the name of the nation until the death of solomon and the split
• 3.the name used and given to the northern kingdom consisting of the 10 tribes under jeroboam; the southern kingdom was known as judah
• 4.the name of the descendants and the nation of the descendants of jacob
• 5.the name of the nation after the return from exile

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Yisrâʼêl; Pronunciation: yis-raw-ale'