Ἰσραηλίτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Ἰσρᾱήλ (Isrāḗl, “Israel”) +‎ -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs), from Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yiśrāʼēl, “Israel”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /iz.ra.iˈli.tis/ → /iz.ra.iˈli.tis/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /iz.ra.e̝ˈli.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /iz.ra.iˈli.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /iz.ra.iˈli.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iz.ra.iˈli.tis/

Noun

Ἰσρᾱηλῑ́της • (Isrāēlī́tēs) m (genitive Ἰσρᾱηλῑ́του); first declension

1. Israelite

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Ἰσρᾱηλῑ́της; τοῦ Ἰσρᾱηλῑ́του (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Ἰσρᾱηλῑ́της ho Isrāēlī́tēs	τὼ Ἰσρᾱηλῑ́τᾱ tṑ Isrāēlī́tā	οἱ Ἰσρᾱηλῖται hoi Isrāēlîtai
Genitive	τοῦ Ἰσρᾱηλῑ́του toû Isrāēlī́tou	τοῖν Ἰσρᾱηλῑ́ταιν toîn Isrāēlī́tain	τῶν Ἰσρᾱηλῑτῶν tôn Isrāēlītôn
Dative	τῷ Ἰσρᾱηλῑ́τῃ tôi Isrāēlī́tēi	τοῖν Ἰσρᾱηλῑ́ταιν toîn Isrāēlī́tain	τοῖς Ἰσρᾱηλῑ́ταις toîs Isrāēlī́tais
Accusative	τὸν Ἰσρᾱηλῑ́την tòn Isrāēlī́tēn	τὼ Ἰσρᾱηλῑ́τᾱ tṑ Isrāēlī́tā	τοὺς Ἰσρᾱηλῑ́τᾱς toùs Isrāēlī́tās
Vocative	Ἰσρᾱηλῖτᾰ Isrāēlîta	Ἰσρᾱηλῑ́τᾱ Isrāēlī́tā	Ἰσρᾱηλῖται Isrāēlîtai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Isrāēlīta
• → Gothic: 𐌹𐍃𐍂𐌰𐌴𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌴𐍃 (israēleitēs)

References

• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G2475 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible