Word Summary
Iakōb: Jacob, the son of Isaac, also the father of Joseph, Mary's husband
Original Word: ἸακώβTransliteration: Iakōb
Phonetic Spelling: (ee-ak-obe')
Part of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable
Short Definition: Jacob, the son of Isaac, also the father of Joseph, Mary's husband
Meaning: Jacob -- the son of Isaac, also the father of Joseph, Mary's husband
Strong's Concordance
Jacob.
Of Hebrew origin (Ya'aqob); Jacob (i.e. Ja'akob), the progenitor of the Israelites -- also an Israelite -- Jacob.
see HEBREW Ya'aqob
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2384: ἸακώβἸακώβ,
ὁ (
יַעֲקֹב (i. e. heel-catcher, supplanter)),
Jacob;
1. the second of Isaac's sons: Matthew 1:2; Matthew 8:11; John 4:5; Acts 7:8; Romans 9:13, etc. Hebraistically equivalent to the descendants of Jacob: Romans 11:26 (Numbers 23:7; Isaiah 41:8; Jer. (Hebrew text) ; Sir. 23:12; 1 Macc. 3:7, and often). 2. the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary the mother of the Saviour: Matthew 1:15f.