Gen 32:28, 33:20, 35:10, 2Ki 17:34, Isa 48:1 | ESV | STEP | Then he said , Your name shall no longer be called Jacob , but Israel , for you have striven with God and with men , and have prevailed .

Genesis 32:28

28 Then he said, ^a“Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, ^{▼▼ Israel means He strives with God, or God strives} for ^cyou have striven with God and ^dwith men, and have prevailed.”

Genesis 33:20

20 There he erected an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel. ^{▼▼ El-Elohe-Israel means God, the God of Israel}

Genesis 35:10

10 And God said to him, “Your name is Jacob; ^fno longer shall your name be called Jacob, but ^gIsrael shall be your name.” So he called his name Israel.

2 Kings 17:34

34 To this day they do according to the former manner. They do not fear the Lord, and they do not follow the statutes or the rules or the law or the commandment that the Lord commanded the children of Jacob, ^hwhom he named Israel.

Isaiah 48:1

Israel Refined for God’s Glory

1 Hear this, O house of Jacob,
ⁱwho are called by the name of Israel,
and ^jwho came from the waters of Judah,
^kwho swear by the name of the Lord
and confess the God of Israel,
but not in truth or right.