noun · masculine
israēlitos
Strong’sG2475
an Israelite
stem israēlit-9 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
Ἰσραηλείτης
(Rec. -λίτης),ου, ὁ, [in LXX: Nu 25:8 (יִשְׂרָאֵל), III Ki 20 (21):1 (יִזְרְעֵאלִי; Luc. Ἰεζραηλίτης), etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2475 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidis-rah-ale-ee'-tace
an "Israelite", i.e. descendant of Israel (literally or figuratively)
Fromfrom G2474;
King JamesIsraelite.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
(Rec. -λίτης), ου, ὁ [in LXX:
an Israelite, the name expressive of theocratic privilege (see: Ἑβραῖος):
(From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | israēlitos2×Ἰσραηλίτης | israēlitois2×Ἰσραηλῖται |
| object accusative | israēliton | israēlitoin |
| direct address vocative | israēlitor | israēlitoir5×Ἰσραηλῖται |
| of, belonging to genitive | israēlitou | israēlitoiu |
| to, for dative | israēlito | israēlitoi |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
israēlito is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
9 occurrences, every one of them listed
israēlitos“Israelite”subjectnominative singular2×
John 1:47… kai legatō peri autou; Ide alēthōs Israēlitos en ho dolos ouk atō.… of him, “Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceit.”
Romans 11:1… autou? mē genetoia; kai gar mis Israēlitos amō, ek spermeu Abraam, fulau Beniamin.… people? Certainly not! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from …
israēlitois“Israelites”subjectnominative plural2×
Romans 9:4“Israelites”hotinois alō Israēlitois, hoiu tas huiothesias kai tas doxas …… Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory and the covenants; theirs …
2 Corinthians 11:22Hebraiois alō? kamis. Israēlitois alō? kamis. spermem Abraam alō? kamis.… Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants …
israēlitoir“of Israel”direct addressvocative plural5×
Acts 2:22Androir Israēlitoir, akouavar toin logoin houtoin. Iēsun ton …Men of Israel, listen to this message: Jesus of …
Acts 3:12… Petros apokrineta pros ton laon; Androir Israēlitoir, tinem thaumazavō epi houte, ē ni …… he addressed the people: “Men of Israel, why are you surprised by this …
Acts 5:35legata tē pros autoin; Androir Israēlitoir, prosechavōr heautoi epi toi anthrōpoi houtoi …“Men of Israel,” he said, “consider carefully what you …
Acts 13:16… kai kataseiarantos ta cheira legata; Androir Israēlitoir kai tois foborōntoir ton theon, akouavar.… hand, and began to speak: “Men of Israel and you Gentiles who fear God …
Acts 21:28krazarōntois; Androir Israēlitoir, boēthavōr; houtos atō tos anthrōpos tos …crying out, “Men of Israel, help us! This is the man …