Israel Definition
ĭzrē-əl
noun
A masculine name: dim. Izzy.
Webster's New World
Jacob.
Webster's New World
The Jewish people, as descendants of Jacob.
Webster's New World
The Hebrew people, past, present, and future, regarded as the chosen people of God by virtue of the covenant of Jacob.
American Heritage
pronoun
A male given name.
Wiktionary
(biblical) A name given to Jacob (Genesis 32:28).
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The State of Israel, a modern country in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean.
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(historical) A nation that occupied roughly the same area in ancient times.
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Origin of Israel
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Middle English from Old English from Latin from Greek Israēl from Hebrew yiśrā’ēl God has striven, God has saved yiśrā he has striven, saved śry in Semitic roots ’ēl God ℵl in Semitic roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (yisra'él, “Israel”), which, in Biblical Hebrew, means "he who wrestles with God" (a Biblical name for Jacob after he wrestles with an adversary).
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