Word Summary
Israēlitēs: an Israelite
Original Word: ἸσραηλίτηςTransliteration: Israēlitēs
Phonetic Spelling: (is-rah-ale-ee'-tace)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: an Israelite
Meaning: an Israelite
Strong's Concordance
Israelite.
From Israel; an "Israelite", i.e. Descendant of Israel (literally or figuratively) -- Israelite.
see GREEK Israel
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2475: ἸσραηλίτηςἸσραηλίτης (
T WH Ἰσραηλειτης,
Tr only in
John 1:47 (48); (see
Tdf. Proleg., p. 86, and cf. under the word
εἰ,
ἰ)),
Ἰσραεηλιτου,
ὁ (
Ἰσραήλ, which see),
an Israelite (Hebrew
יִשְׂרְאֵלִי; the
Sept. Ιεζραηλίτης,
2 Samuel 17:25), one of the race of Israel, a name held in honor (see
Ἰσραήλ):
John 1:47 (48);
Romans 9:4;
Romans 11:1;
2 Corinthians 11:22;
ἄνδρες Ἰσραηλῖται (
Winers Grammar, § 65, 5 d.;
Buttmann, 82 (72)),
Acts 2:22;
Acts 3:12;
Acts 5:35;
Acts 13:16; (
Acts 21:28) (4 Macc. 18:1;
Josephus, Antiquities 2, 9, 1). (Cf.
B. D. (American edition) under the word Synonym: see
Ἰουδαῖος, b.)