Lockyer's All the Men of the Bible – Israel
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Israel

Israel [Ĭs'rael]—he striveth with god or ruling with god. The new name given to Jacob at Jabbok (Gen. 32:28). The name also stands for the whole body of Jacob’s descendants (Gen. 34:7; John 1:47). See JACOB.

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