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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 34 times in 34 verses in 'Psa' in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:7 - Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion! When the LORD restores his people, let Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 20:1 - [fn]For the director of music. A psalm of David. May the LORD answer you when you are in distress; may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:23 - You who fear the LORD, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, honor him! Revere him, all you descendants of Israel!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 24:6 - Such is the generation of those who seek him, who seek your face, God of Jacob.[fn][fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:4 - You are my King and my God, who decrees[fn] victories for Jacob.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:7 - The LORD Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:11 - The LORD Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 47:4 - He chose our inheritance for us, the pride of Jacob, whom he loved.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:6 - Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion! When God restores his people, let Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:13 - consume them in your wrath, consume them till they are no more. Then it will be known to the ends of the earth that God rules over Jacob.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 75:9 - As for me, I will declare this forever; I will sing praise to the God of Jacob,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:6 - At your rebuke, God of Jacob, both horse and chariot lie still.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:15 - With your mighty arm you redeemed your people, the descendants of Jacob and Joseph.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:5 - He decreed statutes for Jacob and established the law in Israel, which he commanded our ancestors to teach their children,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:21 - When the LORD heard them, he was furious; his fire broke out against Jacob, and his wrath rose against Israel,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:71 - from tending the sheep he brought him to be the shepherd of his people Jacob, of Israel his inheritance.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:7 - for they have devoured Jacob and devastated his homeland.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:1 - [fn]For the director of music. According to gittith.[fn] Of Asaph. Sing for joy to God our strength; shout aloud to the God of Jacob!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:4 - this is a decree for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:8 - Hear my prayer, LORD God Almighty; listen to me, God of Jacob.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:1 - [fn]For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm. You, LORD, showed favor to your land; you restored the fortunes of Jacob.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 87:2 - The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the other dwellings of Jacob.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:7 - They say, “The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob takes no notice.”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 99:4 - The King is mighty, he loves justice— you have established equity; in Jacob you have done what is just and right.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:6 - you his servants, the descendants of Abraham, his chosen ones, the children of Jacob.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:10 - He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant:
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:23 - Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob resided as a foreigner in the land of Ham.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 114:1 - When Israel came out of Egypt, Jacob from a people of foreign tongue,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 114:7 - Tremble, earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:2 - He swore an oath to the LORD, he made a vow to the Mighty One of Jacob:
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:5 - till I find a place for the LORD, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:4 - For the LORD has chosen Jacob to be his own, Israel to be his treasured possession.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 146:5 - Blessed are those whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD their God.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:19 - He has revealed his word to Jacob, his laws and decrees to Israel.
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