a prince of God, or prevailing, or wrestling with God. This is
the name which the angel gave Jacob, after having wrestled with him all
night at Mahanaim, or Peniel, Genesis xxxii, 1, 2, 28, 29, 30; Hosea
xii, 4. By the name of Israel is sometimes understood the person of
Jacob, sometimes the whole people of Israel, the whole race of Jacob;
sometimes the kingdom of Israel, or ten tribes, distinct from the
kingdom of Judah; and finally, the spiritual Israel, the true church of
God.
the name which the angel gave Jacob, after having wrestled with him all
night at Mahanaim, or Peniel, Genesis xxxii, 1, 2, 28, 29, 30; Hosea
xii, 4. By the name of Israel is sometimes understood the person of
Jacob, sometimes the whole people of Israel, the whole race of Jacob;
sometimes the kingdom of Israel, or ten tribes, distinct from the
kingdom of Judah; and finally, the spiritual Israel, the true church of
God.