Yaʻăqôb — H3290

H3290 · Hebrew — יעקב

Pronunciation: yah-ak-obe'

Definition

masculine proper noun

Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch

  1. Jacob = "heel holder" or "supplanter"
  2. son of Isaac, grandson of Abraham, and father of the 12 patriarchs of the tribes of Israel

Usually translated as

Jacob

Origin

from H6117; heel-catcher (i.e. supplanter)

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Yaʻăqôb occurs 349 times in 319 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (159), Exodus (11), Leviticus (1), Numbers (8), Deuteronomy (11), Joshua (2), 1 Samuel (1), 2 Samuel (1), 1 Kings (1), 2 Kings (2), 1 Chronicles (2), Psalms (34), Isaiah (40), Jeremiah (13), Lamentations (3), Ezekiel (4), Hosea (3), Amos (6), Obadiah (3), Micah (10), Nahum (1), Malachi (3)

Strong's Lexicon — Y