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Lexicon :: Strong's G2385 - iakōbos

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Ἰάκωβος
Transliteration
iakōbos (Key)
Pronunciation
ee-ak'-o-bos
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
The same as Ἰακώβ (G2384) Graecised
mGNT
42x in 4 unique form(s) TR
42x in 4 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
Strong’s Definitions

Ἰάκωβος Iákōbos, ee-ak'-o-bos; the same as G2384 Græcized; Jacobus, the name of three Israelites:—James.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 42x

The KJV translates Strong's G2385 in the following manner: James (son of Zebedee) (21x), James (son of Alphaeus) (16x), James (half-brother of Jesus) (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 42x
The KJV translates Strong's G2385 in the following manner: James (son of Zebedee) (21x), James (son of Alphaeus) (16x), James (half-brother of Jesus) (5x).

  1. James = "supplanter"

    1. son of Zebedee, an apostle and brother of the apostle John, commonly called James the greater or elder, slain by Herod, Acts 12

    2. an apostle, son of Alphaeus, called the less

    3. James the half-brother of Christ

    4. an unknown James, father of the apostle Judas (?)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
Ἰάκωβος Iákōbos, ee-ak'-o-bos; the same as G2384 Græcized; Jacobus, the name of three Israelites:—James.
STRONGS G2385:
Ἰάκωβος, Ἰακώβου, ὁ (see the preceding word (and cf. Buttmann, 6, 18 (16))), James;
1. son of Zebedee, an apostle, and brother of the apostle John (commonly called James the greater or elder). He was slain with the sword by the command of king Herod Agrippa I. (circa A.D. 44): Matthew 4:21; Matthew 10:2 (Matthew 10:3); Matthew 17:1; Mark 1:19, 29; Mark 3:17; Mark 5:37; Mark 9:2; Mark 10:35, 41; Mark 13:3; Mark 14:33; Luke 5:10; Luke 6:14; Luke 8:51; Luke 9:28, 54; Acts 1:13; Acts 12:2.
2. James (commonly called the less), an apostle, son of Alphaeus: Matthew 10:3; Mark 3:18; Luke 6:15; Acts 1:13; apparently identical with Ἰάκωβος ὁ μικρός James the little (A. V. the less), the son of Mary, Mark 15:40 (Matthew 27:56); Mark 16:1, wife of Cleophas (i. e. Clopas, which see) or Alphaeus, John 19:25; see in Ἁλφαῖος, and in Μαρία, 3.
3. James, the brother of our Lord (see ἀδελφός, 1): Matthew 13:55; Mark 6:3; Galatians 1:19 (where εἰ μή is employed according to a usage illustrated under εἰ, III. 8 c. β'.); Galatians 2:9,12; Acts 12:1?; Acts 15:13; 21:18; 1 Corinthians 15:7 (?); James 1:1, the leader of the Jewish Christians, and by them surnamed ὁ δίκαιος the Just, the overseer (or bishop) of the church at Jerusalem down to the year 62 or 63 (or according to Hegesippus in Eusebius, h. e. 2, 23 (translated in B. D., p. 1206) down to 69, which is hardly probable (see Heinichen's note at the passage)), in which year he suffered martyrdom, Josephus, Antiquities 20, 9, 1. In opposition to the orthodox opinion (defended in B. D. under the word ), which identifies this James with James the son of Alphaeus, and understands ὁ ἀδελφός τοῦ κυρίου to mean his cousin, cf. especially Clemen in Winer's Zeitschr. f. wissensch. Theol. for 1829, p. 351ff; Blom, Diss. de τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς... τοῦ κυρίου. Lugd. 1839; Wilib. Grimm in Ersch u. Gruber's Encycl., Sect. 2, vol. 23, p. 80ff; Schaff, Das Verhältniss des Jacobus, Bruders des Herrn, zu Jacobus Alphäi. Beth 1842 (also his Church Hist. (1882) i., 272f); Hilgenfeld, Galaterbrief etc., p. 138ff; Hausrath in Sehenkel iii., p. 175ff; (Sieffert in Herzog edition 2, vi., 464ff; and references under the word ἀδελφός, 1 (especially Lightfoot)).
4. An unknown James, father of the apostle Judas (or Jude): Luke 6:16; Acts 1:13, according to the opinion of those interpreters who think that not ἀδελφόν but υἱόν must be supplied in the phrase Ιουδαν Ἰακώβου; see Ἰούδας, 8.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
4:21; 10:2; 10:3; 10:3; 13:55; 17:1; 27:56
Mark
1:19; 1:29; 3:17; 3:18; 5:37; 6:3; 9:2; 10:35; 10:41; 13:3; 14:33; 15:40; 16:1
Luke
5:10; 6:14; 6:15; 6:16; 8:51; 9:28; 9:54
John
19:25
Acts
1:13; 1:13; 1:13; 12:1; 12:2; 15:13; 21:18
1 Corinthians
15:7
Galatians
1:19; 2:9; 2:12
James
1:1

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Strong's Number G2385 matches the Greek Ἰάκωβος (iakōbos),
which occurs 42 times in 38 verses in the TR Greek.

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