What does כֹּל · יִשְׂרָאֵל mean in the Bible?
כֹּל · יִשְׂרָאֵל is a Hebrew phrase meaning "the whole covenant people".
Hebrew · H3605, H3478
כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל
Properly, the whole ; hence, all , any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) · he will rule as God ; Jisraël , a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
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כֹּל H3605 properly, the whole ; hence, all , any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
Pronunciation kōl
Encompasses totality from singular form—"the whole" as foundational sense enabling distributive "every" and collective "all" meanings.
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יִשְׂרָאֵל H3478 he will rule as God ; Jisraël , a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
What does כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל (kol-yisra'el) mean in the Bible?
כֹּל · יִשְׂרָאֵל is a Hebrew phrase meaning "the whole covenant people".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H3605, H3478?
H3605, H3478 is connected to 7,924 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. the whole covenant people
Strong's H3605, H3478
Lexical occurrences 7,924 verses Source Gloss
the whole covenant people
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל is built from this root:
כָּלַל H3634
Cross-Language Connections
Greek words that correspond to or develop the meaning of this Hebrew word in the New Testament.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain