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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 27 times in 25 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:2 -

Abraham [fn]was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of [fn]Judah and his brothers [who became the twelve tribes of Israel].

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:15 - Eliud was the father of Eleazar, Eleazar the father of Matthan, and Matthan the father of Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:16 - Jacob was the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, by [fn]whom Jesus was born, who is called the Messiah (Christ).

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:11 - “I say to you that many [Gentiles] will come from east and west, and will sit down [to feast at the table, and enjoy God’s promises] with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven [because they accepted Me as Savior],

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:32 - ‘I AM THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, AND THE GOD OF ISAAC, AND THE GOD OF JACOB’? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:26 - “But concerning the raising of the dead, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the burning bush, how God spoke to him, saying, ‘I AM THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, AND THE GOD OF ISAAC, AND THE GOD OF JACOB’?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:33 - and He will reign over the house of Jacob (Israel) forever, and of His kingdom there shall be no end.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:34 - the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:28 - “In that place there will be weeping [in sorrow and pain] and grinding of teeth [in distress and anger] when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but yourselves being thrown out and driven away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:37 - “But [as for the fact] that the dead are raised [from death], even Moses showed, in the passage about the burning bush, when he calls the Lord THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, THE GOD OF ISAAC, AND THE GOD OF JACOB.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:5 - So He arrived at a Samaritan town called Sychar, near the tract of land that Jacob gave to his son Joseph;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:6 - and Jacob’s well was there. So Jesus, tired as He was from His journey, sat down by the well. It was then about the sixth hour (noon).

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:12 - “Are You greater than our father [fn]Jacob, who gave us the well, and who used to drink from it himself, and his sons and his cattle also?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:13 - “The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His Servant and Son Jesus [doing Him this honor], the One whom you handed over and disowned and rejected before Pilate, when he had decided to release Him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:8 - “And God gave Abraham a covenant [a formal agreement to be strictly observed] of [which] circumcision [was the sign]; and so [under these circumstances] Abraham became the father of Isaac, and circumcised him on the eighth day; and Isaac [became the father] of [fn]Jacob, and Jacob [became the father] of the [fn]twelve patriarchs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:12 - “But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our fathers there the first time.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:14 - “Then Joseph sent and invited Jacob his father and all his relatives to come to him, seventy-five persons in all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:15 - “And Jacob (Israel) went down into Egypt, and [fn]there he died, as did our fathers;

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:32 - ‘I AM THE GOD OF YOUR FATHERS, THE GOD OF ABRAHAM AND OF ISAAC AND OF JACOB.’ Moses trembled with fear and did not dare to look.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:46 - who found favor (grace, spiritual blessing) in the sight of God and asked that he might [be allowed to] find a dwelling place for the [fn]God of Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:13 - As it is written and forever remains written, “[fn]JACOB I LOVED (chose, protected, blessed), BUT [fn]ESAU I HATED (held in disregard compared to Jacob).”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:26 - and so [at that time] all Israel [that is, all Jews who have a personal faith in Jesus as Messiah] will be saved; just as it is written [in Scripture],

“THE DELIVERER (Messiah) WILL COME FROM ZION,

HE WILL REMOVE UNGODLINESS FROM JACOB.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:9 - By faith he lived as a foreigner in the promised land, as in a strange land, living in tents [as nomads] with Isaac and Jacob, who were fellow heirs of the same promise.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:20

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:20 - By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau [believing what God revealed to him], even regarding things to come.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:21

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:21 - By faith Jacob, as he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and bowed in worship, leaning on the top of his staff.
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