Quick Definition
Jacob
Biblical Persons & Places
Jacob
Man living at the time of Exile and Return
A man from the tribe of Judah living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Mat.1.15;
only referred to as Jacob (Ἰακώβ);
a descendant of Matthan;
father of Joseph and Alphaeus (?).
Strong's Definition
Jacob (i.e. Ja`akob), the progenitor of the Israelites
Derivation: of Hebrew origin (H03290);
KJV Usage: also an Israelite:--Jacob
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Ἰακώβ, ὁ (ιΗςΒχΙα (i. e. heel-catcher, supplanter)), Jacob;
1. the second of Isaac's sons: Mat_1:2; Mat_8:11; Joh_4:5; Act_7:8; Rom_9:13, etc. Hebraistically equivalent to the descendants of Jacob: Rom_11:26 (Num_23:7; Isa_41:8; Jer. (Hebrew text) ; Sir_23:12; 1Ma_3:7, and often).
2. the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary the mother of the Saviour: Mat_1:15 f.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
Ἰακώβ Iakōb 27x
Jacob, pr. name, indecl.
(1) Son of Issac, Mat_1:2 .
(2) Father of Joseph, Mary s husband, Mat_1:15-16
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
Ἰακώβ , ὁ ,
indecl .
( Heb . H3290 ),
Jacob;
1. The patriarch: Mat_1:2 ; Mat_8:11 , Joh_4:5-6 , Act_7:8 , al ,; as in Heb . ( cf. Num_23:7 , Isa_41:8 , Sir_23:12 , al. ), of his descendants, Rom_11:26 ( LXX ).
2. The father-in-law of Mary: Mat_1:15-16 (on the form as distinct from that of the next word, v. Deiss., BS , 3161).
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
Ἰακώβ [page 297]
The appeal to the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob (cf. Mar_12:26 ) is very common in the magic papyri, e.g, P Par 574 .1231 f . (iii/A.D.) (= Selections , p. 113 f.) χαῖρε φνουθι ν Ἁβραάμ· χαῖρε πνουτε ν Ἰ . . .σάκ· χαῖρε πνουτε ν Ἰ . . .ακώβ , hail, spirit of Abraham : see further Deissmann BS p. 282, where Orig. c. Cels. v. 45 is quoted to the effect that these Hebrew names had to be left untranslated in the adjurations if the power of the incantation was not to be lost, and ib. p. 316 on the tendency of the early Christians to prefer the Biblical form Ἰακώβ to the Graecized Ἰάκωβος . Cf. also the sepulchral inscr. Preisigke 2034 .13 ἀνάπαυσον τὴν ψυχὴν τοῖς δούλοις σου πιστὰ ἐν κόλποις Αβρὰμ καὶ Ἰσὰκ καὶ Ἰακώβ . For the spelling Ἰακούβ see Wόnsch AF 3 .2 (Imperial age).
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
Ἰακώβ, ὁ indecl. (Heb. יַעֲקֹב),
Jacob;
__1. The patriarch: Mat.1:2 8:11, Jhn.4:5-6, Act.7:8, al; as in Heb. (cf. Num.23:7, Isa.41:8, Sir.23:12, al.), of his descendants, Rom.11:26 (LXX).
__2. The father-in-law of Mary: Mat.1:15-16 (on the form as distinct from that of the next word, see Deiss., BS, 3161)
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