Know the Word.

Hebrew word

Yisrâʼêl

yis-raw-ale'

יִשְׂרָאֵל

What it means

Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob

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

Where it comes from

from sârâh (שָׂרָה) and ʼêl (אֵל); he will rule as God

How the King James translates it

  • israel2237
  • israelites16

Every place it appears 2253

Ecclesiastes1:12
Lamentations2:12:32:5
Obadiah1:20
Nahum2:2