ἸΑΚΩΒΕ, ἰακωβε
IAKŌBE, iakōbe
Sounds Like: ee-ah-KOB-eh
Translations: Jacob
From the root: ΙΑΚΩΒ
Part of Speech: Proper Noun
Explanation: This is the vocative form of the proper noun 'Jacob'. It is used when directly addressing someone named Jacob. In the Bible, Jacob is a significant patriarch, the son of Isaac and Rebekah, and the father of the twelve tribes of Israel.
Inflection: Singular, Vocative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G2384 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 19:280
From the same root
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