Lexical 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.) |