Ἰσραήλ

See also: Ισραήλ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yiśrāʾēl, “struggling with El”).

Pronunciation

(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /iz.raˈe̝l/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /iz.raˈil/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /iz.raˈil/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iz.raˈil/

Proper noun

Ἰσρᾱήλ • (Isrāḗl) m (indeclinable) (Koine, Byzantine)

(biblical) 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
Nominative	ὁ Ἰσρᾱήλ ho Isrāḗl
Genitive	τοῦ Ἰσρᾱήλ toû Isrāḗl
Dative	τῷ Ἰσρᾱήλ tōî Isrāḗl
Accusative	τὸν Ἰσρᾱήλ tòn Isrāḗl
Vocative	Ἰσρᾱήλ Isrāḗl

Derived terms

Ἰσρᾱηλῑ́της (Isrāēlī́tēs)

Descendants

Greek: Ισραήλ (Israḯl)
→ Old Armenian: Իսրայէլ (Israyēl)
- Armenian: Իսրայել (Israyel)
→ Gothic: 𐌹𐍃𐍂𐌰𐌴𐌻 (israēl)
→ Latin: Isrāēl (see there for further descendants)
→ Russian: Изра́иль (Izráilʹ)

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