ἸΑΚΩΒ, ἰακωβ
IAKŌB, iakōb
Sounds Like: Ee-ah-KOB
Translations: Jacob
From the root: ἸΑΚΩΒ
Part of Speech: Proper Noun
Explanation: This is a proper noun referring to Jacob, a prominent patriarch in the Old Testament, the son of Isaac and Rebekah, and the father of the twelve tribes of Israel. It is used to refer to the individual himself or, by extension, to his descendants, the nation of Israel.
Inflection: Does not inflect for case or number in this form, functions as a proper noun.
Strong’s number: G2384 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Barnabus
Clement of Rome
Ignatius of Antioch
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Philadelphians — 9:1
Justin Martyr
- First Apology of Justin Martyr — 53:1, 63:1
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 11:1, 11:5, 15:2, 20:1, 24:3, 26:1, 27:1, 35:5, 36:2, 36:4, 37:3, 44:2, 45:2, 45:3, 45:4, 46:3, 52:1, 52:4, 53:4, 54:1, 56:11, 58:4, 58:6, 58:7, 58:8, 58:10, 58:11, 58:13, 59:1, 59:2, 59:3, 60:2, 60:3, 60:5, 64:4, 69:2, 75:1, 75:2, 75:4, 76:4, 78:8, 80:4, 85:3, 86:2, 98:5, 100:1, 100:3, 100:4, 106:2, 106:3, 106:4, 109:2, 110:2, 114:2, 114:3, 120:1, 120:2, 120:6, 121:4, 123:1, 123:8, 123:9, 125:3, 125:5, 126:1, 126:2, 126:3, 126:5, 127:4, 128:2, 130:2, 130:3, 131:1, 134:1, 134:2, 134:3, 134:4, 134:5, 134:6, 135:1, 135:2, 135:3, 135:4, 135:5, 135:6, 136:1, 140:1, 140:3, 140:4
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 25:26, 25:27, 25:28, 25:29, 25:30, 25:31, 25:33, 25:34, 27:6, 27:11, 27:15, 27:17, 27:19, 27:21, 27:22, 27:30, 27:36, 27:41, 27:42, 27:46, 28:1, 28:5, 28:6, 28:7, 28:10, 28:16, 28:18, 28:19, 28:20, 29:1, 29:4, 29:7, 29:10, 29:11, 29:13, 29:15, 29:18, 29:20, 29:21, 29:23, 29:25, 29:28, 29:32, 29:33, 30:1, 30:2, 30:3, 30:4, 30:5, 30:7, 30:9, 30:10, 30:12, 30:16, 30:17, 30:19, 30:23, 30:25, 30:29, 30:31, 30:36, 30:37, 30:40, 30:41, 30:42, 31:1, 31:2, 31:3, 31:4, 31:11, 31:17, 31:20, 31:22, 31:24, 31:25, 31:26, 31:29, 31:31, 31:32, 31:33, 31:36, 31:43, 31:44, 31:45, 31:46, 31:47, 31:48, 31:54, 32:1, 32:2, 32:3, 32:4, 32:6, 32:7, 32:8, 32:9, 32:18, 32:20, 32:24, 32:25, 32:27, 32:28, 32:29, 32:30, 32:32, 33:1, 33:10, 33:17, 33:18, 34:1, 34:3, 34:5, 34:6, 34:7, 34:13, 34:19, 34:25, 34:27, 34:30, 35:1, 35:2, 35:4, 35:6, 35:8, 35:9, 35:10, 35:14, 35:15, 35:16, 35:20, 35:22, 35:23, 35:26, 35:27, 35:29, 36:6, 37:1, 37:2, 37:3, 37:34, 42:1, 42:29, 42:36, 45:25, 45:26, 45:27, 46:2, 46:5, 46:6, 46:8, 46:15, 46:18, 46:19, 46:22, 46:25, 46:26, 46:27, 47:5, 47:7, 47:8, 47:9, 47:10, 47:28, 48:1, 48:2, 48:3, 48:9, 49:1, 49:2, 49:7, 49:24, 49:28, 49:33, 50:24
- Exodus — 1:1, 1:5, 2:24, 3:6, 3:15, 3:16, 4:5, 6:3, 6:8, 19:3, 20:22, 32:13, 33:1
- Leviticus — 26:42
- Numbers — 23:7, 23:10, 23:21, 23:23, 24:5, 24:17, 24:19, 32:11
- Deuteronomy — 1:8, 6:10, 9:5, 9:27, 29:13, 30:20, 32:9, 32:15, 33:4, 33:10, 33:28, 34:4
- Joshua — 24:4, 24:32
- 1 Samuel — 12:8
- 2 Samuel — 23:1
- 2 Kings — 13:23, 17:34
- 1 Chronicles — 1:34, 16:13, 16:17
- Judith — 8:26
- Tobit — 4:12
- 1 Maccabees — 1:28, 3:7, 3:45, 5:2
- 2 Maccabees — 1:2
- 3 Maccabees — 6:3, 6:13
- 4 Maccabees — 2:19, 7:19, 13:17, 16:25
- Psalms — 13:7, 19:2, 21:24, 23:6, 43:5, 45:8, 45:12, 46:5, 52:7, 58:14, 74:10, 75:7, 76:16, 77:5, 77:21, 77:71, 78:7, 80:2, 80:5, 83:9, 84:2, 86:2, 93:7, 97:3, 98:4, 104:6, 104:10, 104:23, 113:1, 113:7, 131:2, 131:5, 134:4, 145:5, 147:8
- Psalms of Solomon — 7:9, 15:1
- Odes — 2:9, 2:15, 8:1, 8:8
- Sirach — 23:12, 24:8, 24:23, 33:13, 44:23, 45:5, 45:17, 46:14, 47:22, 48:10, 49:10
- Isaiah — 2:3, 2:5, 8:14, 8:17, 9:8, 10:20, 10:21, 14:1, 17:4, 27:6, 27:9, 29:22, 29:23, 40:27, 41:8, 41:14, 41:21, 42:1, 42:24, 43:1, 43:22, 43:28, 44:1, 44:2, 44:5, 44:21, 44:23, 45:4, 45:19, 46:3, 48:1, 48:12, 48:20, 49:5, 49:6, 49:26, 58:1, 58:14, 59:20, 65:9
- Jeremiah — 2:4, 5:20, 10:16, 10:25, 26:27, 26:28, 28:19, 37:7, 37:18, 38:7, 38:11
- Lamentations — 1:17, 2:2, 2:3
- Baruch — 2:34, 3:37, 4:2
- Ezekiel — 20:5, 28:26, 37:25, 39:25
- Daniel (Old Greek) — 13:60
- Hosea — 10:11, 12:2, 12:12
- Amos — 3:13, 6:8, 7:2, 7:5, 7:16, 8:7, 9:8
- Micah — 1:5, 2:7, 2:12, 3:1, 3:8, 3:9, 4:2, 5:7, 5:8, 7:20
- Obadiah — 1:10, 1:17, 1:18
- Nahum — 2:3
- Malachi — 1:2, 2:12, 3:7
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Matthew — 1:2, 1:15, 1:16, 8:11, 22:32
- Mark — 12:26
- Luke — 1:33, 3:34, 13:28, 20:37
- John — 4:5, 4:6, 4:12
- Acts — 3:13, 7:8, 7:12, 7:14, 7:15, 7:32, 7:46
- Romans — 9:13, 11:26
- Hebrews — 11:9, 11:20, 11:21
From the same root
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