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Strong Concordance 1Sa 3:11 And the LORD [03068] said [0559] to Samuel [08050], Behold, I will do [06213] a thing [01697] in Israel [03478], at which both [08147] the ears [0241] of every one that heareth [08085] it shall tingle [06750].

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ISRAEL Who prevails with God, a name given to Jacob, after having wrestled with the Angel-Jehovah at Penuel. Ge 32:1,2,28,30 Ho 12:3. See JACOB. By the name Israel is sometimes understood all the posterity of Israel, the seed of Jacob, 1Co 10:18; sometimes all true believers, his spiritual seed, Ro 9:6; and sometimes the kingdom of Israel, or the ten tribes, as distinct from the kingdom of Judah.
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