Israel
The Hebrew word in the Bible is defined 03478 ^לארשׂי^ Yisra’el \@yis-raw-ale’\@ from 08280 and 0410, Greek 2474 ~Ισραηλ~; ; n pr m AV-Israel 2489, Israelites 16; 2505 The term Israel means first "God prevails" but is also defined:
- 1) the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel
- 2) the name of the descendants and the nation of the descendants of Jacob
- 2a) the name of the nation until the death of Solomon and the split
- 2b) the name used and given to the northern kingdom consisting of the 10 tribes under Jeroboam; the southern kingdom was known as Judah
- 2c) the name of the nation after the return from exile.