Hebrew proper noun (a place) · H3157
יִזְרְעֵאל
Yizreelyiz-reh-ale'
Jezreel
36 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: Yizrᵉʻêʼl
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H3157is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 9 of 39Old Testament books
- 22spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H3157
Jizreel, the name of two places in Palestine and of two Israelites
The King James renders it: Jezreel.
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
Yizreel is rendered "Jezreel". It stands 36 times in the Hebrew text, across nine books.
- Fourteen of the uses stand in 2 Kings, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Joshua 15:56Jezreel, Jokdeam, Zanoah,
- The Greek text spells it twenty-two different ways.
The first use
Jezreel, Jokdeam, Zanoah,
Joshua 15:56וְיִזְרְעֶ֥אל
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Fourteen of the word's thirty-six uses are in 2 Kings.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Jezreel15
- in Jezreel10
- Jezreel towards7
- from Jezreel2
- and Jezreel1
- to Jezreel1
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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| יִזְרְעֵאלִי | Yizreeli | Jezreel | Uses13 |
| יִזְרָח | Yizrach | Izrahite | Uses1 |
The words it stands beside
All 36, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
22 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
- יִזְרְעֶֽאל׃6
- יִזְרְעֶ֑אל3
- יִזְרְעֶֽאלָה׃3
- בְיִזְרְעֶ֗אל2
- בְּיִזְרְעֶ֖אל2
- בְּיִזְרְעֶֽאל׃2
- יִזְרְעֶאל֙2
- יִזְרְעֶ֑אלָה2
- בְּיִזְרְעֶ֑אל1
- בְּיִזְרְעֶ֗אל1
- בְּיִזְרְעֶ֔אל1
- בִיְזְרְעֶ֗אל1
and 10 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- proper noun (a name)13HNpl
- preposition + proper noun (a name)13HR/Npl
- proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)7HNpl/Sd
- proper noun (a name)2HNpm
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1HC/Npl
Joshua
three uses
Jezreel, Jokdeam, Zanoah,
- וְיִזְרְעֶ֥אלveyizreelconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Jezreel
“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.”
- יִזְרְעֶֽאל׃yizreelproper noun (a name)tagged: Jezreel
Their territory included Jezreel, Chesulloth, Shunem,
- יִזְרְעֶ֥אלָהyizreelahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: Jezreel towards
Judges
one use
Then all the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east gathered together, crossed over the Jordan, and camped in the Valley of Jezreel.
- יִזְרְעֶֽאל׃yizreelproper noun (a name)tagged: Jezreel
1 Samuel
three uses
David had also married Ahinoam of Jezreel. So she and Abigail were both his wives.
- מִֽיִּזְרְעֶ֑אלmiyizreelpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: from Jezreel
Now the Philistines brought all their forces together at Aphek, while Israel camped by the spring in Jezreel.
- בְּיִזְרְעֶֽאל׃beyizreelpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Jezreel
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.
- יִזְרְעֶֽאל׃ סyizreelproper noun (a name)tagged: Jezreel
2 Samuel
two uses
and made him king over Gilead, Asher, Jezreel, Ephraim, and Benjamin—over all Israel.
- יִזְרְעֶ֑אלyizreelproper noun (a name)tagged: Jezreel
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.
- מִֽיִּזְרְעֶ֗אלmiyizreelpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: from Jezreel
1 Kings
five uses
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;
- לְיִזְרְעֶ֗אלleyizreelpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Jezreel
Meanwhile, the sky grew dark with clouds and wind, and a heavy rain began to fall. So Ahab rode away and went to Jezreel.
- יִזְרְעֶֽאלָה׃yizreelahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: Jezreel towards
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.
- יִזְרְעֶֽאלָה׃yizreelahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: Jezreel towards
Some time later, Naboth the Jezreelite happened to own a vineyard in Jezreel next to the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.
- בְּיִזְרְעֶ֑אלbeyizreelpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Jezreel
And the LORD also speaks concerning Jezebel: ‘The dogs will devour Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.’
- יִזְרְעֶֽאל׃yizreelproper noun (a name)tagged: Jezreel
2 Kings
fourteen uses
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.
- בְיִזְרְעֶ֗אלveyizreelpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Jezreel
- בְּיִזְרְעֶ֖אלbeyizreelpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Jezreel
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.
- יִזְרְעֶ֖אלyizreelproper noun (a name)tagged: Jezreel
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.”
- בִיְזְרְעֶ֗אלviyzereelpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Jezreel
- בְּיִזְרְעֶֽאל׃beyizreelpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Jezreel
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.
- יִזְרְעֶ֔אלָהyizreelahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: Jezreel towards
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?’”
- בְּיִזְרְעֶ֗אלbeyizreelpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Jezreel
Now when Jehu arrived in Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it. So she painted her eyes, adorned her head, and looked down from a window.
- יִזְרְעֶ֑אלָהyizreelahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: Jezreel towards
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.
- יִזְרְעֶ֔אלyizreelproper noun (a name)tagged: Jezreel
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.’”
- יִזְרְעֶ֑אלyizreelproper noun (a name)tagged: Jezreel
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:
- יִזְרְעֶאל֙yizreelproper noun (a name)tagged: Jezreel
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.
- יִזְרְעֶ֑אלָהyizreelahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: Jezreel towards
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.
- יִזְרְעֶֽאלָה׃yizreelahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: Jezreel towards
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.
- בְּיִזְרְעֶ֔אלbeyizreelpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Jezreel
1 Chronicles
one use
These were the sons of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash. And their sister was named Hazzelelponi.
- יִזְרְעֶ֥אלyizreelproper noun (a name)tagged: Jezreel
2 Chronicles
two uses
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.
- בְיִזְרְעֶ֗אלveyizreelpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Jezreel
- בְּיִזְרְעֶ֖אלbeyizreelpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Jezreel
Hosea
five uses
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.
- יִזְרְעֶ֑אלyizreelproper noun (a name)tagged: Jezreel
- יִזְרְעֶאל֙yizreelproper noun (a name)tagged: Jezreel
And on that day I will break the bow of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel.”
- יִזְרְעֶֽאל׃yizreelproper noun (a name)tagged: Jezreel
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.
- יִזְרְעֶֽאל׃yizreelproper noun (a name)tagged: Jezreel
And the earth will respond to the grain, to the new wine and oil, and they will respond to Jezreel.
- יִזְרְעֶֽאל׃yizreelproper noun (a name)tagged: Jezreel
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.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.
