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Israel

Meaning of “Israel”

The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.

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2,565 occurrences2,293 verses47 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 32:28

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Showing verses 1–10 of 204 · 232 word occurrences in this result

Numbers 1:2
Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the number of their names, every male by their polls;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 1:2 · retained source text

Take yee the summe of all the Congregation of the children of Israel, after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the number of their names, euery male by their polle:

1611 marginal noteExod. 30.12.

Numbers 1:3
From twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel: thou and Aaron shall number them by their armies.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 1:3 · retained source text

From twentie yeeres old and vpward, all that are able to goe foorth to warre in Israel: thou and Aaron shall number them by their armies.

Numbers 1:16
These were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 1:16 · retained source text

These were the renowned of the Congregation, Princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel.

Numbers 1:44
These are those that were numbered, which Moses and Aaron numbered, and the princes of Israel, being twelve men: each one was for the house of his fathers.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 1:44 · retained source text

These are those that were numbred, which Moses and Aaron numbred, and the Princes of Israel, being twelue men: each one was for the house of his fathers.

Numbers 1:45
So were all those that were numbered of the children of Israel, by the house of their fathers, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war in Israel;
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 1:45 · retained source text

So were all those that were numbred of the children of Israel, by the house of their fathers, from twenty yeeres old and vpward, all that were able to goe forth to warre in Israel:

Numbers 1:49
Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 1:49 · retained source text

Onely thou shalt not number the tribe of Leui, neither take the summe of them among the children of Israel.

Numbers 1:52
And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout their hosts.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 1:52 · retained source text

And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents euery man by his own campe, and euery man by his owne standerd, throughout their hostes.

Numbers 1:53
But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 1:53 · retained source text

But the Leuites shall pitch round about the Tabernacle of Testimonie, that there be no wrath vpon the Congregation of the children of Israel: and the Leuites shall keepe the charge of the Tabernacle of Testimonie.

Numbers 1:54
And the children of Israel did according to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so did they.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 1:54 · retained source text

And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they.

Numbers 2:2
Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard, with the ensign of their father’s house: far off about the tabernacle of the congregation shall they pitch.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 2:2 · retained source text

Euery man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his owne standerd, with the ensigne of their fathers house: farre off about the Tabernacle of the Congregation shall they pitch.

1611 marginal noteHeb. ouer against.

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