Ἰσραήλ

See also: Ισραήλ

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Ancient GreekEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

 

• IPA^(key): /iz.raˈil/ → /iz.raˈil/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /iz.raˈel/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /iz.raˈil/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /iz.raˈil/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iz.raˈil/

Proper nounEdit

Ἰσρᾱήλ • (Isrāḗl) m (indeclinable) (Koine, Byzantine)

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."

InflectionEdit

Declension of ὁ Ἰσρᾱήλ; τοῦ Ἰσρᾱήλ (Koine)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἰσρᾱήλ ho Isrāḗl
Genitive	τοῦ Ἰσρᾱήλ toû Isrāḗl
Dative	τῷ Ἰσρᾱήλ tôi Isrāḗl
Accusative	τὸν Ἰσρᾱήλ tòn Isrāḗl
Vocative	Ἰσρᾱήλ Isrāḗl
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived termsEdit

• Ἰσρᾱηλῑ́της (Isrāēlī́tēs)

DescendantsEdit

• Greek: Ισραήλ (Israḯl)
• Latin: Isrāēl

ReferencesEdit

• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• “G2474”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979