But the reason I came baptizing with water was that he might be revealed to Israel.
Source: tatoeba (53657)
Israel
/ˈɪz.ɹeɪ.əl/
Synonyms for "israel" (20 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (4)
Strong matches (6)
Related words (10)
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: canaan, congress, isn'treal, israeli state, israelite people.
- Sentence evidence is available for israel, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from wiktionary, derived_reverse, opengloss.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "israel".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "israel"
Keep "israel" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "israel" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "israel", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "israel" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
9 entriesMore specific
8 entriesCollocations
6 entriesIsraeli Defense ForcesIsraeli economyIsraeli governmentIsraeli-Palestinian conflictJewish stateState of Israel
Derivations
3 entriesTranslations
220 translations across 155 languages.
Abkhaz
2 entries- Ауриатәыла name (the state)
- Израиль name (the state)
Adyghe
1 entries- Исраил name (the state)
Afrikaans
1 entries- Israel name (the state)
Albanian
1 entries- Izrael name (the state)
Amharic
1 entries- እስራኤል name (the state)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- Ἰσραήλ name (the state)
Antillean Creole
1 entries- Israyèl name (the state)
Arabic
4 entries- إِسْرَائِيل name (the state)
- إِسْرَائِيل name (Biblical: name given to Jacob)
- إِسْرَائِيل name (given name)
- دولة إسرائيل name (the state)
Aramaic
3 entries- ܐܝܣܪܐܝܠ name (the state)
- ܐܝܣܪܐܝܠ name (Biblical: name given to Jacob)
- ܐܝܣܪܐܝܠ name (given name)
Armenian
1 entries- Իսրայել name (the state)
Assamese
1 entries- ইজৰাইল name (the state)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
1 entries- ܐܝܣܪܐܝܠ name (the state)
Asturian
3 entries- Israel name (the state)
- Israel name (Biblical: name given to Jacob)
- Israel name (given name)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- İsrail name (the state)
Bashkir
1 entries- Израиль name (the state)
Belarusian
1 entries- Ізра́іль name (the state)
Bengali
1 entries- ইসরায়েল name (the state)
Breton
1 entries- Israel name (the state)
Bulgarian
1 entries- Израе́л name (the state)
Burmese
1 entries- အစ္စရေး name (the state)
Car Nicobarese
1 entries- Israĕl name (the state)
Catalan
3 entries- Israel name (the state)
- Israel name (Biblical: name given to Jacob)
- Israel name (given name)
Central Atlas Tamazight
1 entries- ⵉⵙⵔⴰⵢⵉⵍ name (the state)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- ئیسرئێل name (the state)
Chechen
1 entries- Израиль name (the state)
Cherokee
2 entries- ᎢᏏᎵ name (the state)
- ᎢᏏᎵᏱ name (the state)
Chinese
3 entries- I-su-la-el name (Biblical: name given to Jacob)
- 以色列 name (the state)
- 以色列 name (Biblical: name given to Jacob)
Chinese Cantonese
3 entries- 以國 /以国 name (the state)
- 以色列 name (the state)
- 以色列 name (Biblical: name given to Jacob)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 一賜樂業 /一赐乐业 name (the state)
- 以國 /以国 name (the state)
- 以色列 name (the state)
- 以色列 name (Biblical: name given to Jacob)
Church Slavic
1 entries- Їздраил҄ь name (the state)
Chuvash
1 entries- Израиль name (the state)
Coptic
1 entries- ⲡⲓⲥⲣⲁⲏⲗ name (the state)
Corsican
1 entries- Israele name (the state)
Czech
1 entries- Izrael name (the state)
Danish
1 entries- Israel name (the state)
Dari
1 entries- اِسْرَائِیل name (the state)
Dhivehi
1 entries- އިސްރާއީލު name (the state)
Dutch
1 entries- Israël name (the state)
Dzongkha
1 entries- ཨིཛ་རཱེལ་ name (the state)
Eastern Min Chinese
2 entries- 以色列 name (the state)
- 以色列 name (Biblical: name given to Jacob)
Esperanto
3 entries- Israelo name (the state)
- Izrael name (Biblical: name given to Jacob)
- Izraelo name (Biblical: name given to Jacob)
Estonian
2 entries- Iisrael name (the state)
- Iisrael name (Biblical: name given to Jacob)
Faroese
1 entries- Ísrael name (the state)
Finnish
3 entries- Israel name (the state)
- Israel name (Biblical: name given to Jacob)
- Israel name (given name)
French
3 entries- Israël name (the state)
- Israël name (Biblical: name given to Jacob)
- Israël name (given name)
Galician
1 entries- Israel name (the state)
Georgian
1 entries- ისრაელი name (the state)
German
2 entries- Israel name (the state)
- Israel name (Biblical: name given to Jacob)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌹𐍃𐍂𐌰𐌴𐌻 name (the state)
Greek
1 entries- Ισραήλ name (the state)
Gujarati
1 entries- ઇઝરાયલ name (the state)
Hakka Chinese
2 entries- 以色列 name (the state)
- 以色列 name (Biblical: name given to Jacob)
Hausa
1 entries- Isra'ila name (the state)
Hebrew
3 entries- יִשְׂרָאֵל name (the state)
- יִשְׂרָאֵל name (Biblical: name given to Jacob)
- יִשְׂרָאֵל name (given name)
Hindi
2 entries- इसराइल name (the state)
- इसराइल name (Biblical: name given to Jacob)
Hungarian
1 entries- Izrael name (the state)
Icelandic
1 entries- Ísrael name (the state)
Ido
1 entries- Izrael name (the state)
Indonesian
1 entries- Israel name (the state)
Interlingua
1 entries- Israel name (the state)
Iranian Persian
1 entries- اِسْرائیل name (the state)
Irish
1 entries- Iosrael name (the state)
Italian
3 entries- Israele name (the state)
- Israele name (Biblical: name given to Jacob)
- Israele name (given name)
Japanese
2 entries- イスラエル name (the state)
- イスラエル name (Biblical: name given to Jacob)
Kalenjin
1 entries- Israel name (the state)
Kamba
1 entries- Israel name (the state)
Kannada
1 entries- ಇಸ್ರೇಲ್ name (the state)
Kazakh
1 entries- Израиль name (the state)
Khmer
1 entries- អ៊ីស្រាអែល name (the state)
Kikuyu
1 entries- Israel name (the state)
Korean
1 entries- 이스라엘 name (the state)
Krymchak
1 entries- Исраэль name (the state)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- Израиль name (the state)
Ladino
1 entries- Yisrael name (Biblical: name given to Jacob)
Lambya
1 entries- Izilayeli name (Biblical: name given to Jacob)
Lao
3 entries- ອິດສະຣາເອນ name (the state)
- ອິດສະຣາແອນ name (the state)
- ອິດສະລະແອນ name (the state)
Latin
2 entries- Israel name (the state)
- Israel name (Biblical: name given to Jacob)
Latvian
1 entries- Izraēla name (the state)
Lithuanian
1 entries- Izraelis name (the state)
Livonian
2 entries- Izraēl name (the state)
- Jūdõmō name (the state)
Luo
1 entries- Israel name (the state)
Macedonian
1 entries- Израел name (the state)
Malawi Lomwe
1 entries- Israele name (Biblical: name given to Jacob)
Malay
1 entries- Israel name (the state)
Malayalam
1 entries- ഇസ്രയേൽ name (the state)
Maltese
1 entries- Iżrael name (the state)
Manchu
1 entries- ᡳᠰᠠᡵᠠᡳᠯ name (the state)
Mansoanka
1 entries- Israeli name (the state)
Maore Comorian
1 entries- Israila name (Biblical: name given to Jacob)
Marathi
1 entries- इस्रायल name (the state)
Meru
1 entries- Israel name (the state)
Mongolian
3 entries- Израиль name (the state)
- Израйль name (the state)
- ᠢᠰᠷᠠᠶᠢᠯ name (the state)
Māori
1 entries- Iharaira name (the state)
Navajo
2 entries- Ízrel name (the state)
- Ízrel bikéyah name (the state)
Neapolitan
1 entries- Isdraele name (the state)
Nepali
1 entries- इजरायल name (the state)
Nogai
1 entries- Исраил name (the state)
Norman
1 entries- Israël name (the state)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- Îsraêl name (the state)
Northern Thai
1 entries- ᩍᩈᩕᩣᩑᩃ name (the state)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- Israel name (the state)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- Israel name (the state)
Occitan
1 entries- Israèl name (the state)
Odia
1 entries- ଇସ୍ରାଏଲ name (the state)
Ossetian
1 entries- Израиль name (the state)
Paiwan
1 entries- Israil name (the state)
Pashto
1 entries- اسراييل name (the state)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Israel name (the state)
Polish
3 entries- Izrael name (the state)
- Izrael name (Biblical: name given to Jacob)
- Izrael name (given name)
Portuguese
3 entries- Israel name (the state)
- Israel name (Biblical: name given to Jacob)
- Israel name (given name)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਇਜ਼ਰਾਇਲ name (the state)
Rarotongan
1 entries- Ītarā‘era name (the state)
Romanian
2 entries- Israel name (the state)
- Israel name (Biblical: name given to Jacob)
Russian
4 entries- Изра́иль name (the state)
- Изра́иль name (Biblical: name given to Jacob)
- Изра́иль name (given name)
- Израи́л name (Biblical: name given to Jacob)
Samogitian
2 entries- Izraele Valstībė name (the state)
- Izraelės name (the state)
Sanskrit
1 entries- इस्रेल name (the state)
Santali
1 entries- ᱤᱡᱽᱨᱟᱭᱮᱞ name (the state)
Sardinian
1 entries- Israele name (the state)
Scots
1 entries- Israel name (the state)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- Iosrael name (the state)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- Ìzrael name (the state)
- Ѝзраел name (the state)
Shan
1 entries- ဢိသရေး name (the state)
Sicilian
2 entries- Israeli name (the state)
- Israeli name (Biblical: name given to Jacob)
Sindhi
1 entries- اسرائيل name (the state)
Sinhalese
1 entries- ඊශ්රායෙලය name (the state)
Slovak
1 entries- Izrael name (the state)
Slovene
1 entries- Ȋzrael name (the state)
Somali
1 entries- Israaiil name (the state)
Spanish
2 entries- Israel name (the state)
- Israel name (Biblical: name given to Jacob)
Swahili
1 entries- Israeli name (the state)
Swedish
3 entries- Israel name (the state)
- Israel name (Biblical: name given to Jacob)
- Israel name (given name)
Tagalog
1 entries- Israel name (the state)
Tajik
1 entries- Исроил name (the state)
Tamil
1 entries- இஸ்ரேல் name (the state)
Tatar
1 entries- Исраил name (the state)
Telugu
1 entries- ఇజ్రాయిల్ name (the state)
Thai
3 entries- อิสราเอล name (the state)
- อิสราเอล name (Biblical: name given to Jacob)
- อิสราเอล name (given name)
Tibetan
1 entries- ཨི་སི་ར་ཨེལ name (the state)
Tigrinya
1 entries- እስራኤል name (the state)
Tonga (Malawi)
1 entries- Yisraele name (Biblical: name given to Jacob)
Tumbuka
1 entries- Israele name (Biblical: name given to Jacob)
Turkish
1 entries- İsrail name (the state)
Turkmen
2 entries- Izrail name (the state)
- Ysraýyl name (the state)
Ukrainian
1 entries- Ізра́їль name (the state)
Urdu
1 entries- اِسْرائیِل name (the state)
Uyghur
1 entries- ئىسرائىلىيە name (the state)
Uzbek
1 entries- Isroil name (the state)
Veps
1 entries- Izrailʹ name (the state)
Vietnamese
3 entries- I-xra-en name (the state)
- Y-sơ-ra-ên name (the state)
- Ít-ra-en name (the state)
Volapük
1 entries- Yisraelän name (the state)
Welsh
1 entries- Israel name (the state)
West-Frisian
1 entries- Israel name (the state)
Wu Chinese
1 entries- 以色列 name (the state)
Yiddish
3 entries- ישׂראל name (the state)
- ישׂראל name (Biblical: name given to Jacob)
- ישׂראל name (given name)
Yoruba
1 entries- Ísírẹ́lì name (the state)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
The makeup of Mideast peace talks may change due to a change of heart on the part of Israel.
Source: tatoeba (66480)
Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel.
Source: tatoeba (272770)
Israel should be wiped off the map.
Source: tatoeba (476331)
Showing 4 of 18 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "israel"?
Closest matches include canaan, congress, isn'treal, israeli state, israelite people.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "israel"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.