Ἰσραήλ

See also: Ισραήλ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

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

  1. (biblical) Israel (a name given to the Jewish patriarch Jacob)
  2. Israel, the descendants of Jacob which formed a nation
  3. (Christianity) the Christian church, the “New Israel”

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