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Lexicon :: Strong's G2384 - iakōb

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Ἰακώβ
Transliteration
iakōb (Key)
Pronunciation
ee-ak-obe'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of Hebrew origin יַעֲקֹב (H3290)
mGNT
27x in 2 unique form(s) TR
27x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
370x in 1 unique form(s)
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TDNT Reference: *,344

Strong’s Definitions

Ἰακώβ Iakṓb, ee-ak-obe'; of Hebrew origin (H3290); Jacob (i.e. Ja`akob), the progenitor of the Israelites:—also an Israelite:—Jacob.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 27x

The KJV translates Strong's G2384 in the following manner: Jacob (27x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 27x
The KJV translates Strong's G2384 in the following manner: Jacob (27x).

  1. Jacob = "heel-catcher or supplanter"

    1. was the second son of Isaac

    2. the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
Ἰακώβ Iakṓb, ee-ak-obe'; of Hebrew origin (H3290); Jacob (i.e. Ja`akob), the progenitor of the Israelites:—also an Israelite:—Jacob.
STRONGS G2384:
Ἰακώβ, 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; [Hebrew text] Jeremiah 33:26; 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.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Numbers
23:7
Isaiah
41:8
Jeremiah
33:26
Matthew
1:2; 1:15; 8:11
John
4:5
Acts
7:8
Romans
9:13; 11:26

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2384 matches the Greek Ἰακώβ (iakōb),
which occurs 370 times in 337 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 7 (Gen 25:26–Gen 30:7)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:26 - When his brother came out with his hand clutching Esau's heel, they named him Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when they were born.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:27 - When the boys grew up, Esau became a skilled hunter, a man of the open fields, but Jacob was an even-tempered man, living in tents.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:28 - Isaac loved Esau because he had a taste for fresh game, but Rebekah loved Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:29 - Now Jacob cooked some stew, and when Esau came in from the open fields, he was famished.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:30 - So Esau said to Jacob, "Feed me some of the red stuff - yes, this red stuff - because I'm starving!" (That is why he was also called Edom.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:31 - But Jacob replied, "First sell me your birthright."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:33 - But Jacob said, "Swear an oath to me now." So Esau swore an oath to him and sold his birthright to Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:34 - Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and lentil stew; Esau ate and drank, then got up and went out. So Esau despised his birthright.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:6 - Rebekah said to her son Jacob, "Look, I overheard your father tell your brother Esau,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:11 - "But Esau my brother is a hairy man," Jacob protested to his mother Rebekah, "and I have smooth skin!

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:15 - Then Rebekah took her older son Esau's best clothes, which she had with her in the house, and put them on her younger son Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:17 - Then she handed the tasty food and the bread she had made to her son Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:19 - Jacob said to his father, "I am Esau, your firstborn. I've done as you told me. Now sit up and eat some of my wild game so that you can bless me."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:21 - Then Isaac said to Jacob, "Come closer so I can touch you, my son, and know for certain if you really are my son Esau."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:22 - So Jacob went over to his father Isaac, who felt him and said, "The voice is Jacob's, but the hands are Esau's."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:30 - Isaac had just finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had scarcely left his father's presence, when his brother Esau returned from the hunt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:36

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:36 - Esau exclaimed, "'Jacob' is the right name for him! He has tripped me up two times! He took away my birthright, and now, look, he has taken away my blessing!" Then he asked, "Have you not kept back a blessing for me?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:41

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:41 - So Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing his father had given to his brother. Esau said privately, "The time of mourning for my father is near; then I will kill my brother Jacob!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:42

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:42 - When Rebekah heard what her older son Esau had said, she quickly summoned her younger son Jacob and told him, "Look, your brother Esau is planning to get revenge by killing you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:46

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:46 - Then Rebekah said to Isaac, "I am deeply depressed because of these daughters of Heth. If Jacob were to marry one of these daughters of Heth who live in this land, I would want to die!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 28:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:1 - So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. Then he commanded him, "You must not marry a Canaanite woman!

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 28:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:5 - So Isaac sent Jacob on his way, and he went to Paddan Aram, to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean and brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 28:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:6 - Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him off to Paddan Aram to find a wife there. As he blessed him, Isaac commanded him, "You must not marry a Canaanite woman."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 28:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:7 - Jacob obeyed his father and mother and left for Paddan Aram.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 28:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:10 - Meanwhile Jacob left Beer Sheba and set out for Haran.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 28:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:16 - Then Jacob woke up and thought, "Surely the LORD is in this place, but I did not realize it!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 28:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:18 - Early in the morning Jacob took the stone he had placed near his head and set it up as a sacred stone. Then he poured oil on top of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 28:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:19 - He called that place Bethel, although the former name of the town was Luz.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 28:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:20 - Then Jacob made a vow, saying, "If God is with me and protects me on this journey I am taking and gives me food to eat and clothing to wear,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:1 - So Jacob moved on and came to the land of the eastern people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:4 - Jacob asked them, "My brothers, where are you from?" They replied, "We're from Haran."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:7 - Then Jacob said, "Since it is still the middle of the day, it is not time for the flocks to be gathered. You should water the sheep and then go and let them graze some more."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:10 - When Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of his uncle Laban, and the sheep of his uncle Laban, he went over and rolled the stone off the mouth of the well and watered the sheep of his uncle Laban.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:11 - Then Jacob kissed Rachel and began to weep loudly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:13 - When Laban heard this news about Jacob, his sister's son, he rushed out to meet him. He embraced him and kissed him and brought him to his house. Jacob told Laban how he was related to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:15 - Then Laban said to Jacob, "Should you work for me for nothing because you are my relative? Tell me what your wages should be."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:18 - Since Jacob had fallen in love with Rachel, he said, "I'll serve you seven years in exchange for your younger daughter Rachel."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:20 - So Jacob worked for seven years to acquire Rachel. But they seemed like only a few days to him because his love for her was so great.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:21 - Finally Jacob said to Laban, "Give me my wife, for my time of service is up. I want to have marital relations with her."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:23 - In the evening he brought his daughter Leah to Jacob, and Jacob had marital relations with her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:25 - In the morning Jacob discovered it was Leah! So Jacob said to Laban, "What in the world have you done to me! Didn't I work for you in exchange for Rachel? Why have you tricked me?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:28 - Jacob did as Laban said. When Jacob completed Leah's bridal week, Laban gave him his daughter Rachel to be his wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:32 - So Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Reuben, for she said, "The LORD has looked with pity on my oppressed condition. Surely my husband will love me now."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:33 - She became pregnant again and had another son. She said, "Because the LORD heard that I was unloved, he gave me this one too." So she named him Simeon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:1 - When Rachel saw that she could not give Jacob children, she became jealous of her sister. She said to Jacob, "Give me children or I'll die!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:2 - Jacob became furious with Rachel and exclaimed, "Am I in the place of God, who has kept you from having children?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:3 - She replied, "Here is my servant Bilhah! Have sexual relations with her so that she can bear children for me and I can have a family through her."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:4 - So Rachel gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob had marital relations with her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:5 - Bilhah became pregnant and gave Jacob a son.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:7 - Bilhah, Rachel's servant, became pregnant again and gave Jacob another son.

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