Genesis 32:28

28. No more Jacob, but Israel No more the supplanter; no more the self-seeker, filled with all artifice, and cunning, and deceit . This was the grand crisis and turning-point in Jacob’s life and history . Hereafter he shall be called Israel, princely contender with God . This was the new name by which the chosen people should be chiefly known among themselves, and in their sacred books . Israel, rather than Hebrews, and rather than Jews, shall be their covenant name . The word is compounded of אל , God, and ישׂר , from שׂרה , akin to שׂור and שׂרר , in which are combined the ideas of prince and power. The common version beautifully and forcibly presents both meanings, as a prince hast thou power. The oft-occurring word שׂר , sar prince, noble, chief is of the same root . We deem it best in every rendering of the verb to preserve the idea of princely power . In this new name is suggested the glorious attainments and prerogatives of the true spiritual sons of God . They become “a kingdom of priests,” (Exodus 19:6,) or, according to Revelation 5:10, “a kingdom and priests . ” In every case, the leading thought is that of princely power before God and from God .