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2474 ~ʼΙσραήλ~ Israel \@is-rah-ale’\@ of Hebrew origin 03478 ^לארשׁי^; adj AV-Israel 70; 70 In the Hebrew the term Israel meant God prevails but when a person was call Israel it meant "he shall be a prince of God"
- 1) the name given to the patriarch Jacob (and borne by him in addition to his former name)
- 2) the family or descendants of Israel, the nation of Israel
- 3) Christians, the Israel of God (#Ga 6:16), for not all those who draw their bodily descent from Israel are true Israelites, i.e. are those whom God pronounces to be Israelites and has chosen to salvation