Hebrew word study
יִשְׂרָאֵלYisrâʼêl — Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob
Pronounced “yis-raw-ale'”
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
Translated in the King James as: Israel.
Appears 2,493 times in Scripture
Origin: from H8280 (שָׂרָה) and H410 (אֵל); he will rule as God;
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Genesis — 43×
Genesis 32:28Genesis 32:32Genesis 33:20Genesis 34:7Genesis 35:10Genesis 35:21Genesis 35:22Genesis 36:31Genesis 37:3Genesis 37:13Genesis 42:5Genesis 43:6Genesis 43:8Genesis 43:11Genesis 45:21Genesis 45:28Genesis 46:1Genesis 46:2Genesis 46:5Genesis 46:8Genesis 46:29Genesis 46:30Genesis 47:27Genesis 47:29Genesis 47:31+ 18 more in Genesis
Exodus — 168×
Leviticus — 64×
Leviticus 1:2Leviticus 4:2Leviticus 4:13Leviticus 7:23Leviticus 7:29Leviticus 7:34Leviticus 7:36Leviticus 7:38Leviticus 9:1Leviticus 9:3Leviticus 10:6Leviticus 10:11Leviticus 10:14Leviticus 11:2Leviticus 12:2Leviticus 15:2Leviticus 15:31Leviticus 16:5Leviticus 16:16Leviticus 16:17Leviticus 16:19Leviticus 16:21Leviticus 16:34Leviticus 17:2Leviticus 17:3+ 39 more in Leviticus
Numbers — 236×
Numbers 1:2Numbers 1:3Numbers 1:16Numbers 1:20Numbers 1:44Numbers 1:45Numbers 1:49Numbers 1:52Numbers 1:53Numbers 1:54Numbers 2:2Numbers 2:32Numbers 2:33Numbers 2:34Numbers 3:8Numbers 3:9Numbers 3:12Numbers 3:13Numbers 3:38Numbers 3:40Numbers 3:41Numbers 3:42Numbers 3:45Numbers 3:46Numbers 3:50+ 211 more in Numbers
Deuteronomy — 71×
Deuteronomy 1:1Deuteronomy 1:3Deuteronomy 1:38Deuteronomy 2:12Deuteronomy 3:18Deuteronomy 4:1Deuteronomy 4:44Deuteronomy 4:45Deuteronomy 4:46Deuteronomy 5:1Deuteronomy 6:3Deuteronomy 6:4Deuteronomy 9:1Deuteronomy 10:6Deuteronomy 10:12Deuteronomy 11:6Deuteronomy 13:11Deuteronomy 17:4Deuteronomy 17:12Deuteronomy 17:20Deuteronomy 18:1Deuteronomy 18:6Deuteronomy 19:13Deuteronomy 20:3Deuteronomy 21:8+ 46 more in Deuteronomy
Joshua — 160×
Judges — 181×
1 Samuel — 150×
2 Samuel — 116×
1 Kings — 200×
2 Kings — 164×
1 Chronicles — 114×
2 Chronicles — 187×
Ezra — 32×
Nehemiah — 22×
Psalms — 62×
Psalms 14:7Psalms 22:3Psalms 22:23Psalms 25:22Psalms 41:13Psalms 50:7Psalms 53:6Psalms 59:5Psalms 68:8Psalms 68:26Psalms 68:34Psalms 68:35Psalms 69:6Psalms 71:22Psalms 72:18Psalms 73:1Psalms 76:1Psalms 78:5Psalms 78:21Psalms 78:31Psalms 78:41Psalms 78:55Psalms 78:59Psalms 78:71Psalms 80:1+ 37 more in Psalms
Proverbs — 1×
Ecclesiastes — 1×
Song of Solomon — 1×
Isaiah — 92×
Jeremiah — 125×
Jeremiah 2:3Jeremiah 2:4Jeremiah 2:14Jeremiah 2:26Jeremiah 2:31Jeremiah 3:6Jeremiah 3:8Jeremiah 3:11Jeremiah 3:12Jeremiah 3:18Jeremiah 3:20Jeremiah 3:21Jeremiah 3:23Jeremiah 4:1Jeremiah 5:11Jeremiah 5:15Jeremiah 6:9Jeremiah 7:3Jeremiah 7:12Jeremiah 7:21Jeremiah 9:15Jeremiah 9:26Jeremiah 10:1Jeremiah 10:16Jeremiah 11:3+ 100 more in Jeremiah
Ezekiel — 186×
Ezekiel 2:3Ezekiel 3:1Ezekiel 3:4Ezekiel 3:5Ezekiel 3:7Ezekiel 3:17Ezekiel 4:3Ezekiel 4:4Ezekiel 4:5Ezekiel 4:13Ezekiel 5:4Ezekiel 6:2Ezekiel 6:3Ezekiel 6:5Ezekiel 6:11Ezekiel 7:2Ezekiel 8:4Ezekiel 8:6Ezekiel 8:10Ezekiel 8:11Ezekiel 8:12Ezekiel 9:3Ezekiel 9:8Ezekiel 9:9Ezekiel 10:19+ 161 more in Ezekiel
Daniel — 4×
Hosea — 44×
Amos — 30×
Obadiah — 1×
Micah — 12×
Nahum — 1×
Zechariah — 5×
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