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Israel

noun

Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine. Synonyms: Sion, State of Israel, Yisrael, Zion.

An ancient kingdom of the Hebrew tribes at the southeastern end of the Mediterranean Sea; founded by Saul around 1025 BC and destroyed by the Assyrians in 721 BC.

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"Israel" Quotes from Famous Books

... the valley, we can discern, through the glasses, the faint outlines of the wonderful ruins of Baalbec, the supposed Baal-Gad of Scripture. Joshua, and another person, were the two spies who were sent into this land of Canaan by the children of Israel to report upon its character—I mean they were the spies who reported favorably. They took back with them some specimens of the grapes of this country, and in the children's picture-books they are always represented as ...

— Innocents abroad • Mark Twain

... heareth.(1) I am Thy servant; O give me understanding that I may know Thy testimonies. Incline my heart unto the words of Thy mouth.(2) Let thy speech distil as the dew. The children of Israel spake in old time to Moses, Speak thou unto us and we will hear, but let not the Lord speak unto us lest we die.(3) Not thus, O Lord, not thus do I pray, but rather with Samuel the prophet, I beseech Thee humbly ...

— The Imitation of Christ • Thomas a Kempis

... cities that stood still in their strength, Israel burnt none of them, save Hazor only, that did ...

— Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll - Latest • Robert Green Ingersoll

... God, Jehovah. Think of the struggles, defeats, and captivities which the Israelites had to undergo before they learned this lesson, and even then only a fraction of the people ever learned it at all. As the prophet foretold, so it came to pass. Though Israel was as the sand by the sea-shore, but ...

— The Whence and the Whither of Man • John Mason Tyler

... which you complain. Do you not see that so long as society says woman has not brains enough to be a doctor, lawyer or minister, but has plenty to be a teacher, every man of you who condescends to teach, tacitly admits before all Israel and the sun that he has no more brains than a woman?"—and sat down. She had intended to draw the conclusion that the only way to place teaching upon a level with other professions was either to admit woman to them or exclude her from teaching, but her trembling ...

— The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) • Ida Husted Harper

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