ISRAEL
Who prevails with God, a name given to Jacob, after having wrestled with the Angel-Jehovah at Penuel. Genesis 32:1, Genesis 1:32, Genesis 1:32, Genesis 1:32; Hosea 12:3. See JACOB. by the name Israel is sometimes understood all the posterity of Israel, the seed of Jacob, 1 Corinthians 10:18; sometimes all true believers, his spiritual seed, Romans 9:6; and sometimes the kingdom of Israel, or the ten tribes, as distinct from the kingdom of Judah.