Where does “Israel” come from?

Israel derives from Middle English Israel, from Latin Israel, from Ancient Greek Ἰσραήλ, from Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל, a name of uncertain origin and meaning.

Israel (English): The Jews as a people, taken collectively

Definitions

  1. The Jews as a people, taken collectively

Ancestry of “Israel”, step by step

Israel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch Israël

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchIsraëlIsrael, Jacob mythological character
2Middle Dutchisrael—
3Old Dutchisrael—
4LatinIsrāēlIsrael, another name of the patriarch Jacob
5Ancient GreekἸσραήλIsrael
6HebrewיִשְׂרָאֵלIsrael

via Middle English Israel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishIsraelThe Land of Israel; the historical region of Israel
2LatinIsrahel—

Words derived from “Israel”

Every word from Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל →