Ἰσραήλ

See also: Ισραήλ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yiśrāʾēl, “struggling with El”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /iz.raˈil/ → /iz.raˈil/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /iz.raˈe̝l/
• (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 noun

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

1. (biblical) Israel (a name given to the Jewish patriarch Jacob)
2. Israel, the descendants of Jacob which formed a nation
3. (Christianity) the Christian church, the “New Israel”

Inflection

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

Derived terms

• Ἰσρᾱηλῑ́της (Isrāēlī́tēs)

Descendants

• Greek: Ισραήλ (Israḯl)
• → Old Armenian: Իսրայէլ (Israyēl)
  • Armenian: Իսրայել (Israyel)
• → Gothic: 𐌹𐍃𐍂𐌰𐌴𐌻 (israēl)
• → Latin: Isrāēl (see there for further descendants)
• → Russian: Изра́иль (Izráilʹ)

References

• 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, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible