One who prevails with God or Let God prevail.

Before Jacob, I AM, Before Abraham, I AM, Before Adam, I AM. 'ISRAEL' is a name of God referencing God. It is a name of the Covenant and references the fact that God will prevail in the plan of the covenant and those who are his with him. Though given to Jacob as a 'new name', it is a name of God and God's people first and from before the foundation of the world it was given. Thus all who do come unto God and who enter in by the strait gate and become a part of the LORD's Kingdom are so called Israel, 'They who do prevail with God.'

This name was given to Jacob at Penuel (Gen. 32: 28) and at Bethel (Gen. 35: 10). It also applies to his descendants and to their kingdom (2 Sam. 1: 24; 2 Sam. 23: 3). After the division of the kingdom, the northern tribes, as the larger part, retained the name Israel, while the southern kingdom was called Judah. The land of Canaan is also called Israel today. And in another sense Israel means the true believer in Christ, as explained by Paul (Rom. 10: 1; Rom. 11: 7; Gal. 6: 16; Eph. 2: 12). The name Israel is therefore variously used to denote (1) the man Jacob, (2) the literal descendants of Jacob, and (3) the true believers in Christ, regardless of their lineage or geographical location or time of birth and mortal existence from Adam to the end of the world. Thus it may be applied to any and all of God's children who have lived on the earth who do accept the Gospel of Jesus Christ into thier lives and thus become his sons and daughters, they who have prevailed with God and in whom God (Jesus Chirst) has prevailed.