Ἰσραήλ

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Hebrew ישראל (Yiśrāʼēl, “struggling with El”).

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /izra͜a.ɛ͜ɛ́l/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /izraːéːl/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /izraíl/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /izraíl/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /izɾaíl/

Proper noun

Ἰσραήλ (Indeclinable); m, (Isrāēl)

1. Israel, a name given to the Jewish patriarch Jacob.
2. Israel, the descendents of Jacob which formed a nation.
3. the term is also often applied to the Christian community in the NT, the "New Israel."

Inflection

    Inflection

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἰσρᾱήλ
Genitive	τοῦ Ἰσρᾱήλ
Dative	τῷ Ἰσρᾱήλ
Accusative	τὸν Ἰσρᾱήλ
Vocative	Ἰσρᾱήλ

The personal name rarely takes a definite article.

Derived terms

• Ἰσραηλίτης

Descendants

• Greek: Ισραήλ

References

• Bauer lexicon
• Strong's Concordance number: G2474