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Lexicon :: Strong's H3290 - yaʿăqōḇ

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יַעֲקֹב
Transliteration
yaʿăqōḇ
Pronunciation
yah-ak-obe'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

יַעֲקֹב Yaʻăqôb, yah-ak-obe'; from H6117; heel-catcher (i.e. supplanter); Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch:—Jacob.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 349x

The KJV translates Strong's H3290 in the following manner: Jacob (349x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 349x
The KJV translates Strong's H3290 in the following manner: Jacob (349x).

  1. Jacob = "heel holder" or "supplanter"

    1. son of Isaac, grandson of Abraham, and father of the 12 patriarchs of the tribes of Israel

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יַעֲקֹב Yaʻăqôb, yah-ak-obe'; from H6117; heel-catcher (i.e. supplanter); Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch:—Jacob.
STRONGS H3290: Abbreviations
יַּעֲקב 344, יַעֲקוֺב 5 proper name, masculine and of a people Jacob, Ιακωβ, son of Isaac and Rebekah, father of tribes of Israel (explanation from עָקֵב heel Genesis 25:26; Hosea 12:4; i.e. supplanter; compare with עָקַב overreach Genesis 27:36; one closely following according to LagBN 127; connection with Palestinian city (?) called in Egyptian Y‘kb’ara (i.e. יַעֲקֹבאֵֿל) is obscure; compare MeyZAW vi.1 ff. WMMAs. u. Eur. 162 ff. JenZA x(1895-6), 347 ff.; see also Babylonian proper name, masculine Ya‘ḳubilu, Pinches in HomAHT 61, 96, 112; hence OT יַעֲקֹב perhaps originally יעקבקל or the like. compare Palmyrene proper name בלעקב, עתעקב); — יַעֲקוֺב Jeremiah 30:18 + 3 times Jeremiah Leviticus 26:42; יַעֲקֹב + 215 times Hexateuch (chiefly J E; + 180 times Genesis, once Leviticus, etc.), + 34 times Psalms, + 42 times Isaiah (27 times Isaiah 40-66), etc.; —
1. as proper name, masculine Genesis 25:26 + 205 times (+ אַבְרָהָם, יִצְחָק + 19 times); also בֵּית יַע׳ of people (see בַּיִת 5d (γ)), בְּנֵי יַע׳ (see בֵּן 1 j (β)), זֶרַע יַע׳ (see זֶרַע 4 f), עֵין יַע׳ (see עַיִן), etc.
2. as proper name, of a people (approximately + 100 times; poetry and prophets) Numbers 24:5, 19; Deuteronomy 32:9; Psalm 44:5; Isaiah 10:21; Isaiah 17:4; Jeremiah 10:25; Jeremiah 30:7 +; || יִשְׂרָאֵל Numbers 23:7; Deuteronomy 33:10; Isaiah 14:1; Psalm 14:7 + approximately + 35 times; specifically of Northern Israel Amos 7:2, 5; Hosea 12:13 (+ Hosea 10:11; Hosea 12:3 probably, see Now), Micah 1:5 (twice in verse); Isaiah 9:7; of Judah Micah 3:1, 8; Obadiah 10; Isaiah 65:9; Malachi 2:12 + others post-exilic; גְּאוֺן יַע׳ see גָּאוֺן; אֵל יַע׳ Psalm 146:5, אֱלוֺהַּ יַע׳ Psalm 114:7; אֱלֹהֵי יַע׳ 2 Samuel 23:1; Isaiah 2:3 = Micah 4:2 +9 times Psalms + Psalm 24:6 (יַע׳ א׳ for MT יַע׳ alone), so Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Vulgate Ew Ol Hup Bae We Che and others; read יַע׳ א׳ also probably 2 Samuel 23:2 (for יִשׂ׳ א׳, || צוּר יִשׂ׳) Vulgate HPS; קְדוֺשׁ יַע׳ Isaiah 29:23 (|| יִשׂ׳ א׳); מֶלֶךְ יַע׳ Isaiah 41:21 (|| יהוה). — On יַעֲקֹב see especially Dr 'Jacob' in HastingsDict. Bib. ii. 526 ff.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

25:26; 25:26; 27:36

Leviticus

26:42

Numbers

23:7; 24:5; 24:19

Deuteronomy

32:9; 33:10

2 Samuel

23:1; 23:2

Psalms

14:7; 24:6; 44:5; 114:7; 146:5

Isaiah

2:3; 9:7; 10:21; 14:1; 17:4; 29:23; 41:21; 65:9

Jeremiah

10:25; 30:7; 30:18

Hosea

10:11; 12:3; 12:4; 12:13

Amos

7:2; 7:5

Obadiah

1:10

Micah

1:5; 3:1; 3:8; 4:2

Malachi

2:12

H3290

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Strong's Number H3290 matches the Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (yaʿăqōḇ),
which occurs 349 times in 319 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 7 (Gen 25:26–Gen 30:19)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:26 - And after that came his brother out; and his hand took hold of Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob. And Isaac was sixty years old when they were born.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:27 - And the boys grew, and Esau became a man skilled in hunting, a man of the field; and Jacob was a homely man, dwelling in tents.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:28 - And Isaac loved Esau, because venison was to his taste; and Rebecca loved Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:29 - And Jacob had cooked a dish; and Esau came from the field, and he was faint.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:30 - And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with the red -- the red thing there, for I am faint. Therefore was his name called Edom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:31 - And Jacob said, Sell me now thy birthright.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:33 - And Jacob said, Swear unto me now. And he swore unto him, and sold his birthright to Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:34 - And Jacob gave Esau bread and the dish of lentils; and he ate and drank, and rose up and went away. Thus Esau despised the birthright.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:6 - And Rebecca spoke to Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak to Esau thy brother, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:11 - And Jacob said to Rebecca his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:15 - And Rebecca took the clothes of her elder son Esau, the costly ones which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob her younger son;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:17 - and she gave the savoury dishes and the bread that she had prepared into the hand of her son Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:19 - And Jacob said to his father, I am Esau, thy firstborn. I have done according as thou didst say to me. Arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, in order that thy soul may bless me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:21 - And Isaac said to Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be really my son Esau or not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:22 - And Jacob drew near to Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:30 - And it came to pass when Isaac had ended blessing Jacob, and when Jacob was only just gone out from Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came from his hunting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:36 - And he said, Is it not therefore he was named Jacob, for he has supplanted me now twice? He took away my birthright, and behold, now he has taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:41 - And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him. And Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand, and I will slay my brother Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:42 - And the words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebecca. And she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said to him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, comforts himself that he will kill thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:46 - And Rebecca said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth. If Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these, of the daughters of the land, what good should my life do me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:1 - And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said to him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 28:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:5 - And Isaac sent away Jacob; and he went to Padan-Aram, to Laban the son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebecca, Jacob's and Esau's mother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:6 - And Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padan-Aram, to take a wife thence, blessing him, and giving him a charge saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:7 - and that Jacob had obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan-Aram.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:10 - And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went towards Haran.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:16 - And Jacob awoke from his sleep, and said, Surely Jehovah is in this place, and I knew it not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:18 - And Jacob rose early in the morning, and took the stone that he had made his pillow, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil on the top of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:20 - And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and keep me on this road that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and a garment to put on,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:1 - And Jacob continued his journey, and went into the land of the children of the east.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:4 - And Jacob said to them, My brethren, whence are ye? And they said, Of Haran are we.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:10 - And it came to pass when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the mouth of the well, and watered the sheep of Laban his mother's brother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:11 - And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice and wept.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:12 - And Jacob told Rachel that he was a brother of her father, and that he was Rebecca's son; and she ran and told her father.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:13 - And it came to pass when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house; and he told Laban all these things.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:15 - And Laban said to Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou serve me for nothing? tell me, what shall be thy wages?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:18 - And Jacob loved Rachel, and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:20 - And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they were in his eyes as single days, because he loved her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:21 - And Jacob said to Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in to her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:28 - And Jacob did so, and fulfilled the week with this one, and he gave him Rachel his daughter to be his wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:1 - And when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister, and said to Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:2 - And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, Am I in God's stead, who has withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:4 - And she gave him Bilhah her maidservant as wife, and Jacob went in to her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:5 - And Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:7 - And Bilhah Rachel's maidservant again conceived, and bore Jacob a second son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:9 - And when Leah saw that she had ceased to bear, she took Zilpah her maidservant and gave her to Jacob as wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:10 - And Zilpah Leah's maidservant bore Jacob a son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:12 - And Zilpah Leah's maidservant bore Jacob a second son.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:16 - And when Jacob came from the fields in the evening, Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in to me, for indeed I have hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:17 - And God hearkened to Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob a fifth son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:19 - And Leah again conceived, and bore Jacob a sixth son;

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