יִשְׂרָאֵל
Yisrael
Israel
Strong's H3478Proper NounHebrewTWOT 2287a

יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yisrael) is a Hebrew proper noun meaning Israel. It appears 2507 times in 34 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H3478).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2287a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 2287a)Israel, Ēl persisteth, persevereth; he will rule as God, Jisraël
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

יִשְׂרָאֵל proper name of a man: Israel, Ēl persisteth, persevereth

Strong's H3478 יִשְׂרָאֵל: he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
KJV:Israel.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 2287: שָׂרָה śārâ — persist, exert oneself, persevere; prevail; have power

See it in Scripture

Genesis 33:20Exodus 1:1Leviticus 1:2

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