Word Study · Strong's H3157 · Hebrew
יִזְרְעֵאל
Yizreel
yiz-reh-ale'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Yizrᵉʻêʼl
“Jizreel, the name of two places in Palestine and of two Israelites”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Jizreel, the name of two places in Palestine and of two Israelites
Rendered in the KJV as
Jezreel.
- 36occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 9 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 22inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 36 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 22
- יִזְרְעֶֽאל׃6
- יִזְרְעֶ֑אל3
- יִזְרְעֶֽאלָה׃3
- בְיִזְרְעֶ֗אל2
- בְּיִזְרְעֶ֖אל2
- בְּיִזְרְעֶֽאל׃2
- יִזְרְעֶאל֙2
- יִזְרְעֶ֑אלָה2
- בְּיִזְרְעֶ֑אל1
- בְּיִזְרְעֶ֗אל1
- בְּיִזְרְעֶ֔אל1
- בִיְזְרְעֶ֗אל1
and 10 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 8
- Jezreel15
- in Jezreel8
- Jezreel towards7
- from Jezreel2
- [is] in Jezreel1
- [was] in Jezreel1
- and Jezreel1
- to Jezreel1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 5
- proper noun (a name)13
- preposition + proper noun (a name)13
- proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)7
- proper noun (a name)2
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpl · 13
- HR/Npl · 13
- HNpl/Sd · 7
- HNpm · 2
- HC/Npl · 1
All 36, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
2 Kings carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Joshua3 occurrences
- Joshua 15:56וְיִזְרְעֶ֥אלveyizreelconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Jezreel, Jokdeam, Zanoah,here: and Jezreel
- Joshua 17:16יִזְרְעֶֽאל׃yizreelproper noun (a name)“The hill country is not enough for us,” they replied, “and all the Canaanites who live in the valley have iron chariots, both in Beth-shean with its towns and in the Valley of Jezreel.”here: Jezreel
- Joshua 19:18יִזְרְעֶ֥אלָהyizreelahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)Their territory included Jezreel, Chesulloth, Shunem,here: Jezreel towards
1 Samuel3 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 25:43מִֽיִּזְרְעֶ֑אלmiyizreelpreposition + proper noun (a name)David had also married Ahinoam of Jezreel. So she and Abigail were both his wives.here: from Jezreel
- 1 Samuel 29:1בְּיִזְרְעֶֽאל׃beyizreelpreposition + proper noun (a name)Now the Philistines brought all their forces together at Aphek, while Israel camped by the spring in Jezreel.here: [is] in Jezreel
- 1 Samuel 29:11יִזְרְעֶֽאל׃ סyizreelproper noun (a name)So David and his men got up early in the morning to return to the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.here: Jezreel
2 Samuel2 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 2:9יִזְרְעֶ֑אלyizreelproper noun (a name)and made him king over Gilead, Asher, Jezreel, Ephraim, and Benjamin—over all Israel.here: Jezreel
- 2 Samuel 4:4מִֽיִּזְרְעֶ֗אלmiyizreelpreposition + proper noun (a name)And Jonathan son of Saul had a son who was lame in his feet. He was five years old when the report about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel. His nurse picked him up and fled, but as she was hurrying to escape, he fell and became lame. His name was Mephibosheth.here: from Jezreel
1 Kings5 occurrences
- 1 Kings 4:12לְיִזְרְעֶ֗אלleyizreelpreposition + proper noun (a name)Baana son of Ahilud in Taanach, in Megiddo, and in all of Beth-shean next to Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah and on past Jokmeam;here: to Jezreel
- 1 Kings 18:45יִזְרְעֶֽאלָה׃yizreelahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)Meanwhile, the sky grew dark with clouds and wind, and a heavy rain began to fall. So Ahab rode away and went to Jezreel.here: Jezreel towards
- 1 Kings 18:46יִזְרְעֶֽאלָה׃yizreelahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)And the hand of the LORD came upon Elijah, and he tucked his cloak into his belt and ran ahead of Ahab all the way to Jezreel.here: Jezreel towards
- 1 Kings 21:1בְּיִזְרְעֶ֑אלbeyizreelpreposition + proper noun (a name)Some time later, Naboth the Jezreelite happened to own a vineyard in Jezreel next to the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.here: [was] in Jezreel
- 1 Kings 21:23יִזְרְעֶֽאל׃yizreelproper noun (a name)And the LORD also speaks concerning Jezebel: ‘The dogs will devour Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.’here: Jezreel
2 Kings14 occurrences
- 2 Kings 8:29בְיִזְרְעֶ֗אלveyizreelpreposition + proper noun (a name)So King Joram returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds that the Arameans had inflicted on him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to visit Joram son of Ahab, because Joram had been wounded.here: in Jezreel
- 2 Kings 8:29בְּיִזְרְעֶ֖אלbeyizreelpreposition + proper noun (a name)So King Joram returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds that the Arameans had inflicted on him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to visit Joram son of Ahab, because Joram had been wounded.here: in Jezreel
- 2 Kings 9:10יִזְרְעֶ֖אלyizreelproper noun (a name)And on the plot of ground at Jezreel the dogs will devour Jezebel, and there will be no one to bury her.’” Then the young prophet opened the door and ran.here: Jezreel
- 2 Kings 9:15בִיְזְרְעֶ֗אלviyzereelpreposition + proper noun (a name)but King Joram had returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he had suffered at the hands of the Arameans in the battle against Hazael their king.) So Jehu said, “If you commanders wish to make me king, then do not let anyone escape from the city to go and tell it in Jezreel.”here: in Jezreel
- 2 Kings 9:15בְּיִזְרְעֶֽאל׃beyizreelpreposition + proper noun (a name)but King Joram had returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he had suffered at the hands of the Arameans in the battle against Hazael their king.) So Jehu said, “If you commanders wish to make me king, then do not let anyone escape from the city to go and tell it in Jezreel.”here: in Jezreel
- 2 Kings 9:16יִזְרְעֶ֔אלָהyizreelahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)Then Jehu got into his chariot and went to Jezreel, because Joram was laid up there and Ahaziah king of Judah had gone down to see him.here: Jezreel towards
- 2 Kings 9:17בְּיִזְרְעֶ֗אלbeyizreelpreposition + proper noun (a name)Now the watchman standing on the tower in Jezreel saw Jehu’s troops approaching, and he called out, “I see a company of troops!” “Choose a rider,” Joram commanded. “Send him out to meet them and ask, ‘Have you come in peace?’”here: in Jezreel
- 2 Kings 9:30יִזְרְעֶ֑אלָהyizreelahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)Now when Jehu arrived in Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it. So she painted her eyes, adorned her head, and looked down from a window.here: Jezreel towards
- 2 Kings 9:36יִזְרְעֶ֔אלyizreelproper noun (a name)So they went back and told Jehu, who replied, “This is the word of the LORD, which He spoke through His servant Elijah the Tishbite: ‘On the plot of ground at Jezreel the dogs will devour the flesh of Jezebel.here: Jezreel
- 2 Kings 9:37יִזְרְעֶ֑אלyizreelproper noun (a name)And Jezebel’s body will lie like dung in the field on the plot of ground at Jezreel, so that no one can say: This is Jezebel.’”here: Jezreel
- 2 Kings 10:1יִזְרְעֶאל֙yizreelproper noun (a name)Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. So Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria to the officials of Jezreel, to the elders, and to the guardians of the sons of Ahab, saying:here: Jezreel
- 2 Kings 10:6יִזְרְעֶ֑אלָהyizreelahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)Then Jehu wrote them a second letter and said: “If you are on my side, and if you will obey me, then bring the heads of your master’s sons to me at Jezreel by this time tomorrow.” Now the sons of the king, seventy in all, were being brought up by the leading men of the city.here: Jezreel towards
- 2 Kings 10:7יִזְרְעֶֽאלָה׃yizreelahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)And when the letter arrived, they took the sons of the king and slaughtered all seventy of them. They put their heads in baskets and sent them to Jehu at Jezreel.here: Jezreel towards
- 2 Kings 10:11בְּיִזְרְעֶ֔אלbeyizreelpreposition + proper noun (a name)So Jehu killed everyone in Jezreel who remained of the house of Ahab, as well as all his great men and close friends and priests, leaving him without a single survivor.here: in Jezreel
1 Chronicles1 occurrence
2 Chronicles2 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 22:6בְיִזְרְעֶ֗אלveyizreelpreposition + proper noun (a name)so he returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds they had inflicted on him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to visit Joram son of Ahab, because Joram had been wounded.here: in Jezreel
- 2 Chronicles 22:6בְּיִזְרְעֶ֖אלbeyizreelpreposition + proper noun (a name)so he returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds they had inflicted on him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to visit Joram son of Ahab, because Joram had been wounded.here: in Jezreel
Hosea5 occurrences
- Hosea 1:4יִזְרְעֶ֑אלyizreelproper noun (a name)Then the LORD said to Hosea, “Name him Jezreel, for soon I will bring the bloodshed of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and I will put an end to the kingdom of Israel.here: Jezreel
- Hosea 1:4יִזְרְעֶאל֙yizreelproper noun (a name)Then the LORD said to Hosea, “Name him Jezreel, for soon I will bring the bloodshed of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and I will put an end to the kingdom of Israel.here: Jezreel
- Hosea 1:5יִזְרְעֶֽאל׃yizreelproper noun (a name)And on that day I will break the bow of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel.”here: Jezreel
- Hosea 1:11יִזְרְעֶֽאל׃yizreelproper noun (a name)Then the people of Judah and of Israel will be gathered together, and they will appoint for themselves one leader, and will go up out of the land. For great will be the day of Jezreel.here: Jezreel
- Hosea 2:22יִזְרְעֶֽאל׃yizreelproper noun (a name)And the earth will respond to the grain, to the new wine and oil, and they will respond to Jezreel.here: Jezreel