Israelite

Usually translated “israelites” and “israelite”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

• israelites 7
• an israelite 2

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

• Acts 5
• Romans 2
• John 1
• 2 Corinthians 1

4 books in all.

• Ishmaelite (yisreli)

• Acts 2:22Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:
• Acts 3:12And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk?
• Acts 5:35And said unto them, Ye men of Israel, take heed to yourselves what ye intend to do as touching these men.
• Acts 13:16Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience.
• Acts 21:28Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that teacheth all men every where against the people, and the law, and this place: and further brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place.
• Romans 9:4Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

How the English word “israelite” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.