Word Study

The meaning of יַעֲקֹב

Understanding Yaʻăqôb reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.

H3290
Hebrew Text
Strong's Concordance

יַעֲקֹב

Phoneticyah-ak-obe'
TransliterationYaʻăqôb
Grammar Code
N:N-M-P
Noun
Strong's Definition
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Jacob. - § Jacob = "heel holder" or "supplanter" - Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch 1) son of Isaac, grandson of Abraham, and father of the 12 patriarchs of the tribes of Israel

Scripture References

Occurrences in the Bible

319 total references
ReferenceText
Genesis 31:54

Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount.

Deuteronomy 30:20

That thou mayest love the Lord thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.

1 Kings 18:31

And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the Lord came, saying, Israel shall be thy name:

Isaiah 43:28

Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches.

Hosea 12:2

The Lord hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.

Usage Statistics

Total Occurrences
319x
Most Frequent Book
Genesis
Book Distribution
Genesis159
Exodus11
Leviticus1
Numbers8
Deuteronomy11
Joshua2
1 Samuel1
2 Samuel1
1 Kings1
2 Kings2
1 Chronicles2
Psalms34
Isaiah40
Jeremiah13
Lamentations3
Ezekiel4
Hosea3
Amos6
Obadiah3
Micah10
Nahum1
Malachi3

Devotional Reflection

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