Ἰσραήλ
See also: Ισραήλ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yiśrāʾēl, “struggling with El”).
Pronunciation
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /iz.raˈe̝l/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /iz.raˈil/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /iz.raˈil/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /iz.raˈil/
Proper noun
Ἰσρᾱήλ • (Isrāḗl) m (indeclinable) (Koine, Byzantine)
- Israel, a name given to the Jewish patriarch Jacob.
- Israel, the descendants of Jacob which formed a nation.
- (Christianity) The Christian church, the “New Israel”.
Inflection
Declension of ὁ Ἰσρᾱήλ; τοῦ Ἰσρᾱήλ (Koine)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Ἰσρᾱήλ ho Isrāḗl | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Ἰσρᾱήλ toû Isrāḗl | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Ἰσρᾱήλ tôi Isrāḗl | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Ἰσρᾱήλ tòn Isrāḗl | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Ἰσρᾱήλ Isrāḗl | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Ἰσρᾱηλῑ́της (Isrāēlī́tēs)
Descendants
- → Gothic: 𐌹𐍃𐍂𐌰𐌴𐌻 (israēl)
- Greek: Ισραήλ (Israḯl)
- → Latin: Isrāēl
- → Old Armenian: Իսրայէլ (Israyēl)
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