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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

Page 4 / 7 (Gen 47:28–Psa 14:7)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:28 - And Jacob H3290 lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years; so the days of Jacob H3290, the years of his life, were 147 years.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:2 - Then [fn]it was told to Jacob H3290, “Behold, your son Joseph has come to you,” so Israel strengthened himself and sat [fn]up in the bed.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:3 - Then Jacob H3290 said to Joseph, “[fn]God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:1 -

Then Jacob H3290 summoned his sons and said, “Gather together that I may tell you what will befall you in the last days.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:2 -

“Assemble together and hear, O sons of Jacob H3290;

And listen to Israel your father.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:7 -

“Cursed be their anger, for it is strong;

And their wrath, for it is cruel.

I will divide them amongst Jacob H3290,

And scatter them in Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:24 -

But his bow remained [fn]firm,

And [fn]his arms were agile,

From the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob H3290,

From there is the Shepherd, the Stone of Israel,

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:33 - So Jacob H3290 finished commanding his sons. And he drew his feet into the bed and breathed his last and was gathered to his people.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:24 - And Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely [fn]take care of you and bring you up from this land to the land which He swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob H3290.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:1 -

Now these are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob H3290; they came each one [fn]with his household:

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:5 - And all the [fn]persons who came from the loins of Jacob H3290 were seventy [fn]in number, but Joseph was already in Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:24 - So God heard their groaning; and God remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob H3290.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:6 - He said also, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob H3290.” Then Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:15 - And God furthermore said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, ‘Yahweh, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob H3290, has sent me to you.’ This is My name forever, and this is My memorial-name from generation to generation.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:16 - “Go and gather the elders of Israel together and say to them, ‘Yahweh, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob H3290, has appeared to me, saying, “[fn]I indeed care about you and what has been done to you in Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:5 - “that they may believe that Yahweh, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob H3290, has appeared to you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:3 - and I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob H3290, as [fn]God Almighty, but by My name, Yahweh, I was not known to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:8 - ‘And I will bring you to the land which I [fn]swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob H3290, and I will give it to you for a possession; I am Yahweh.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:3 -

Now Moses went up to God, and Yahweh called to him from the mountain, saying, “Thus you shall say to the house of Jacob H3290 and tell the sons of Israel:

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:1 -

Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, “Go! Go up from here, you and the people whom you have brought up from the land of Egypt, to the land of which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob H3290, saying, ‘To your seed I will give it.’

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:42 - then I will remember My covenant with Jacob H3290, and I will remember also My covenant with Isaac and My covenant with Abraham as well, and I will remember the land.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:7 - Then he took up his [fn]discourse and said,

“From Aram Balak has brought me,

Moab’s king from the mountains of the East,

‘Come curse Jacob H3290 for me,

And come, denounce Israel!’

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:10 -

“Who can number the dust of Jacob H3290,

Or count the fourth part of Israel?

Let [fn]me die the death of the upright,

And let my end be like his!”

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:21 -

“He has not observed [fn]misfortune in Jacob H3290;

Nor has He seen trouble in Israel;

Yahweh his God is with him,

And the shout of a king is among them.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:23 -

“For there is no omen against Jacob H3290,

Nor is there any divination against Israel;

At the proper time it shall be said to Jacob H3290

And to Israel, what God has done!

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:5 -

How fair are your tents, O Jacob H3290,

Your dwellings, O Israel!

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:17 -

“I see him, but not now;

I behold him, but not near;

A star shall come forth from Jacob H3290,

A scepter shall rise from Israel,

And shall crush through the [fn]forehead of Moab,

And [fn]tear down all the sons of [fn]Sheth.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:19 -

“And one from Jacob H3290 shall have dominion,

And will make the survivor perish from the city.”

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:11 - ‘None of the men who came up from Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob H3290; for they did not follow Me fully,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:8 - ‘See, I have given over the land before you; go in and possess the land which Yahweh swore to give to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob H3290, to them and to their seed after them.’
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:10 -

“Then it will be, when Yahweh your God brings you into the land which He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob H3290, to give you, great and good cities which you did not build,

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:5 - “It is not for your righteousness or for the uprightness of your heart that you are going to possess their land, but it is because of the wickedness of these nations that Yahweh your God is dispossessing them before you, in order to confirm the [fn]oath which Yahweh swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob H3290.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:27 - ‘Remember Your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob H3290; do not look at the stiff-neck of this people or at their wickedness or their sin,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:13 - in order that He may establish you today as His people and that He may be your God, just as He spoke to you and as He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob H3290.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:20 - by loving Yahweh your God, by listening to His voice, and by holding fast to Him; for [fn]this is your life and the length of your days, [fn]that you may live in the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob H3290, to give them.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:9 -

“For Yahweh’s portion is His people;

Jacob H3290 is the allotment of His inheritance.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:4 -

“Moses commanded us with a law,

A possession for the assembly of Jacob H3290.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:10 -

“They shall [fn]teach Your judgments to Jacob H3290,

And Your law to Israel.

They shall put incense [fn]before You,

And whole burnt offerings on Your altar.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:28 -

“So Israel dwells in security,

The fountain of Jacob H3290 secluded,

In a land of grain and new wine;

His heavens also drop down dew.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:4 - Then Yahweh said to him, “This is the land which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob H3290, saying, ‘I will give it to your seed’; I have let you see it with your eyes, but you shall not go over there.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:4 - ‘To Isaac I gave Jacob H3290 and Esau, and to Esau I gave Mount Seir to possess it; but Jacob H3290 and his sons went down to Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:32 -

Now they buried the bones of Joseph, which the sons of Israel brought up from Egypt, at Shechem, in the portion of the field which Jacob H3290 had bought from the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for one hundred [fn]qesitah; and they became the inheritance of Joseph’s sons.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:8 - “When Jacob H3290 went into Egypt and your fathers cried out to Yahweh, then Yahweh sent Moses and Aaron [fn]who brought your fathers out of Egypt and settled them in this place.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:1 -

Now these are the last words of David.

David the son of Jesse declares,

The man who was raised on high declares,

The anointed of the God of Jacob H3290,

And the sweet psalmist of Israel,

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:31 - Then Elijah took twelve stones according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob H3290, to whom the word of Yahweh had come, saying, “Israel shall be your name.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:23 - But Yahweh was gracious to them and had compassion on them and turned to them because of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob H3290, and would not bring them to ruin or cast them from His presence until now.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:34 -

To this day they are acting according to the earlier customs: they are not fearing Yahweh; they are not acting according to their statutes or their judgments or the law, or the commandment which Yahweh commanded the sons of Jacob H3290, whom He named Israel;

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:13 -

O seed of Israel His servant,

O sons of Jacob H3290, His chosen ones!

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:17 -

Then He also confirmed it to Jacob H3290 for a statute,

To Israel as an everlasting covenant,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:7 -

Oh, that the salvation of Israel [fn]would come out of Zion!

When Yahweh [fn]restores His captive people,

May Jacob H3290 rejoice, may Israel be glad.


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