Strong's Number 3478

The Linked Word Project
Transliteration:
Yisra'el {yis-raw-ale'}
Word Origin:
from 8280 and 410
Part of Speech:
proper name masculine
Usage in the KJV:
Israel 2489, Israelites 16

Total: 2505
Definition:
Israel = "God prevails"
  1. the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel
  2. 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
TDNT - Theological Dictionary of the New Testament
TWOT - Theological Word Book of the Old Testament