Ισραήλ

See also: Ἰσραήλ

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἰσρᾱήλ (Isrāḗl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /izɾaˈil/
• Hyphenation: Ισ‧ρα‧ήλ

Proper noun

Ισραήλ • (Israḯl) n (indeclinable)

1. (biblical) Israel (A Biblical region of Western Asia roughly coextensive with the modern State of Israel, known in the Bible as the Land of Israel and considered the ancestral homeland of the Jewish people)
2. (historical) Israel (an ancient kingdom in Western Asia, roughly coextensive with the modern State of Israel and the Land of Israel)
3. (historical) Israel (an ancient kingdom that occupied the northern part of the Land of Israel and modern State of Israel, as distinct from Judah)
4. (biblical) Israel (a name given to the Jewish patriarch Jacob)
5. the Hebrew people, the children of Israel

Related terms

• ισραηλινός (israïlinós, “Israeli”)
• Ισραηλινή f (Israïliní, “Israeli”)
• Ισραηλινός m (Israïlinós, “Israeli”)

See also

• εβραϊκά (evraïká, “Hebrew language”)

Further reading

• Ισραήλ on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el