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Greek proper noun (a place) · G2474

Ἰσραήλ

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Israel

68 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: Israḗl

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2474is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 13 of 27
    New Testament books
  • 3
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · G2474

Israel (i.e. Jisrael), the adopted name of Jacob, including his descendants (literally or figuratively)

The King James renders it: Israel.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

Israel is rendered "Israel". It stands 68 times in the Greek text, across thirteen books.

  • Fifteen of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 2:6‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah, for out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of My people Israel.’”
  • The Greek text spells it three different ways.

The first use

‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah, for out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of My people Israel.’”

Matthew 2:6Ἰσραήλ.¶

The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.

Where the word stands

The word stands in thirteen of the 27 New Testament books.

The other 14 New Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • of Israel41
  • Israel20
  • to Israel5
  • Israel.’1
  • O Israel1

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

All 68, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

3 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • Ἰσραὴλ33
  • Ἰσραήλ24
  • Ἰσραήλ.¶11

The grammar of each form

  • noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular45N-GSM-L
  • noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singular11N-DSM-L
  • noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular6N-ASM-L
  • noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular5N-NSM-L
  • noun · vocative (address) · masculine singular1N-VSM-L

Matthew

twelve uses
  • ‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah, for out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of My people Israel.’”

    Matthew 2:6

    • Ἰσραήλ.¶israelnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: Israel.’
  • “Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and go to the land of Israel, for those seeking the Child’s life are now dead.”

    Matthew 2:20

    • Ἰσραήλisraelnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of Israel
  • So Joseph got up, took the Child and His mother, and went to the land of Israel.

    Matthew 2:21

    • Ἰσραήλ.¶israelnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of Israel
  • When Jesus heard this, He marveled and said to those following Him, “Truly I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith.

    Matthew 8:10

    • Ἰσραὴλisraelnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: Israel
  • And when the demon had been driven out, the man began to speak. The crowds were amazed and said, “Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel!”

    Matthew 9:33

    • Ἰσραήλisraelnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: Israel
  • Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel.

    Matthew 10:6

    • Ἰσραήλ.¶israelnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of Israel
  • When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next. Truly I tell you, you will not reach all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

    Matthew 10:23

    • Ἰσραὴλisraelnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of Israel
  • He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

    Matthew 15:24

    • Ἰσραήλ.¶israelnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of Israel
  • The crowd was amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled restored, the lame walking, and the blind seeing. And they glorified the God of Israel.

    Matthew 15:31

    • Ἰσραήλ.¶israelnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of Israel
  • Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, in the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on His glorious throne, you who have followed Me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

    Matthew 19:28

    • Ἰσραήλ.¶israelnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of Israel
  • Then what was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: “They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price set on Him by the people of Israel,

    Matthew 27:9

    • Ἰσραήλisraelnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of Israel
  • “He saved others, but He cannot save Himself. He is the King of Israel! Let Him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in Him.

    Matthew 27:42

    • Ἰσραήλisraelnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of Israel

Mark

two uses
  • Jesus replied, “This is the most important: ‘Hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One.

    Mark 12:29

    • Ἰσραήλisraelnoun · vocative (address) · masculine singulartagged: O Israel
  • Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross, so that we may see and believe!” And even those who were crucified with Him berated Him.

    Mark 15:32

    • Ἰσραήλisraelnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of Israel

Luke

twelve uses
  • Many of the sons of Israel he will turn back to the Lord their God.

    Luke 1:16

    • Ἰσραὴλisraelnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of Israel
  • He has helped His servant Israel, remembering to be merciful,

    Luke 1:54

    • Ἰσραὴλisraelnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: Israel
  • “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because He has visited and redeemed His people.

    Luke 1:68

    • Ἰσραήλisraelnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of Israel
  • And the child grew and became strong in spirit; and he lived in the wilderness until the time of his public appearance to Israel.

    Luke 1:80

    • Ἰσραήλ.¶israelnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: Israel
  • Now there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

    Luke 2:25

    • Ἰσραήλisraelnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of Israel
  • a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to Your people Israel.”

    Luke 2:32

    • Ἰσραήλ.¶israelnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of Israel
  • Then Simeon blessed them and said to His mother Mary: “Behold, this Child is appointed to cause the rise and fall of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against,

    Luke 2:34

    • Ἰσραὴλisraelnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: Israel
  • But I tell you truthfully that there were many widows in Israel in the time of Elijah, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and great famine swept over all the land.

    Luke 4:25

    • Ἰσραὴλisraelnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: Israel
  • And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet. Yet not one of them was cleansed—only Naaman the Syrian.”

    Luke 4:27

    • Ἰσραὴλisraelnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: Israel
  • When Jesus heard this, He marveled at the centurion. Turning to the crowd following Him, He said, “I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such great faith.”

    Luke 7:9

    • Ἰσραὴλisraelnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: Israel
  • so that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom, and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

    Luke 22:30

    • Ἰσραήλ.¶israelnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of Israel
  • But we were hoping He was the One who would redeem Israel. And besides all this, it is the third day since these things took place.

    Luke 24:21

    • Ἰσραήλisraelnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: Israel

John

four uses
  • I myself did not know Him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that He might be revealed to Israel.”

    John 1:31

    • Ἰσραήλisraelnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: to Israel
  • “Rabbi,” Nathanael answered, “You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!”

    John 1:49

    • Ἰσραήλ.¶israelnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of Israel
  • “You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and you do not understand these things?

    John 3:10

    • Ἰσραὴλisraelnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of Israel
  • They took palm branches and went out to meet Him, shouting: “Hosanna!” “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Blessed is the King of Israel!”

    John 12:13

    • Ἰσραήλ.¶israelnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of Israel

Acts

fifteen uses
  • So when they came together, they asked Him, “Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?”

    Acts 1:6

    • Ἰσραήλisraelnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: to Israel
  • Therefore let all Israel know with certainty that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ!”

    Acts 2:36

    • Ἰσραὴλisraelnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of Israel
  • then let this be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed.

    Acts 4:10

    • Ἰσραὴλisraelnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of Israel
  • In fact, this is the very city where Herod and Pontius Pilate conspired with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed.

    Acts 4:27

    • Ἰσραήλisraelnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of Israel
  • At daybreak the apostles entered the temple courts as they had been told and began to teach the people. When the high priest and his associates arrived, they convened the Sanhedrin—the full assembly of the elders of Israel—and sent to the jail for the apostles.

    Acts 5:21

    • Ἰσραὴλisraelnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of Israel
  • God exalted Him to His right hand as Prince and Savior, in order to grant repentance and forgiveness of sins to Israel.

    Acts 5:31

    • Ἰσραὴλisraelnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: to Israel
  • When Moses was forty years old, he decided to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.

    Acts 7:23

    • Ἰσραήλisraelnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of Israel
  • This is the same Moses who told the Israelites, ‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers.’

    Acts 7:37

    • Ἰσραήλisraelnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of Israel
  • But God turned away from them and gave them over to the worship of the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

    Acts 7:42

    • Ἰσραήλisraelnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of Israel
  • “Go!” said the Lord. “This man is My chosen instrument to carry My name before the Gentiles and their kings, and before the people of Israel.

    Acts 9:15

    • Ἰσραήλisraelnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of Israel
  • He has sent this message to the people of Israel, proclaiming the gospel of peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all.

    Acts 10:36

    • Ἰσραὴλisraelnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of Israel
  • The God of the people of Israel chose our fathers. He made them into a great people during their stay in Egypt, and with an uplifted arm He led them out of that land.

    Acts 13:17

    • Ἰσραὴλisraelnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of Israel
  • From the descendants of this man, God has brought to Israel the Savior Jesus, as He promised.

    Acts 13:23

    • Ἰσραὴλisraelnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: to Israel
  • Before the arrival of Jesus, John preached a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

    Acts 13:24

    • Ἰσραήλisraelnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of Israel
  • So for this reason I have called to see you and speak with you. It is because of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain.”

    Acts 28:20

    • Ἰσραὴλisraelnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of Israel

Romans

eleven uses
  • It is not as though God’s word has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel.

    Romans 9:6

    • Ἰσραὴλisraelnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: Israel
    • Ἰσραήλisraelnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Israel
  • Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the Israelites is like the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved.

    Romans 9:27

    • Ἰσραήλisraelnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: Israel
    • Ἰσραὴλisraelnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of Israel
  • but Israel, who pursued a law of righteousness, has not attained it.

    Romans 9:31

    • Ἰσραὴλisraelnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Israel
  • I ask instead, did Israel not understand? First, Moses says: “I will make you jealous by those who are not a nation; I will make you angry by a nation without understanding.”

    Romans 10:19

    • Ἰσραὴλisraelnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Israel
  • But as for Israel he says: “All day long I have held out My hands to a disobedient and obstinate people.”

    Romans 10:21

    • Ἰσραὴλisraelnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: Israel
  • God did not reject His people, whom He foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says about Elijah, how he appealed to God against Israel:

    Romans 11:2

    • Ἰσραήλisraelnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: Israel
  • What then? What Israel was seeking, it failed to obtain, but the elect did. The others were hardened,

    Romans 11:7

    • Ἰσραήλisraelnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Israel
  • I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you will not be conceited: A hardening in part has come to Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.

    Romans 11:25

    • Ἰσραὴλisraelnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: to Israel
  • And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: “The Deliverer will come from Zion; He will remove godlessness from Jacob.

    Romans 11:26

    • Ἰσραὴλisraelnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Israel

1 Corinthians

one use
  • Consider the people of Israel: Are not those who eat the sacrifices fellow partakers in the altar?

    1 Corinthians 10:18

    • Ἰσραὴλisraelnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: Israel

2 Corinthians

two uses
  • Now if the ministry of death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze at the face of Moses because of its fleeting glory,

    2 Corinthians 3:7

    • Ἰσραὴλisraelnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of Israel
  • We are not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face to keep the Israelites from gazing at the end of what was fading away.

    2 Corinthians 3:13

    • Ἰσραὴλisraelnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of Israel

Galatians

one use
  • Peace and mercy to all who walk by this rule, even to the Israel of God.

    Galatians 6:16

    • Ἰσραὴλisraelnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: Israel

Ephesians

one use
  • remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.

    Ephesians 2:12

    • Ἰσραὴλisraelnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of Israel

Philippians

one use
  • circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin; a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee;

    Philippians 3:5

    • Ἰσραήλisraelnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of Israel

Hebrews

three uses
  • But God found fault with the people and said: “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.

    Hebrews 8:8

    • Ἰσραὴλisraelnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of Israel
  • For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.

    Hebrews 8:10

    • Ἰσραὴλisraelnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of Israel
  • By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites and gave instructions about his bones.

    Hebrews 11:22

    • Ἰσραὴλisraelnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of Israel

Revelation

three uses
  • But I have a few things against you, because some of you hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to place a stumbling block before the Israelites so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality.

    Revelation 2:14

    • Ἰσραὴλisraelnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of Israel
  • And I heard the number of those who were sealed, 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel:

    Revelation 7:4

    • Ἰσραήλisraelnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of Israel
  • The city had a great and high wall with twelve gates inscribed with the names of the twelve tribes of Israel, and twelve angels at the gates.

    Revelation 21:12

    • Ἰσραήλisraelnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of Israel

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

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Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESG (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0), the Brief lexicon based on Abbott-Smith (1922).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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