Greek proper noun (a person) · G2384
Ἰακώβ
Iakobee-ak-obe'
The patriarch; The father-in-law of Mary
27 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: Iakṓb
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2384is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 7 of 27New Testament books
- 3spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2384
Jacob (i.e. Ja`akob), the progenitor of the Israelites
The King James renders it: also an Israelite:--Jacob.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
Iakob is rendered "The patriarch; The father-in-law of Mary". It stands 27 times in the Greek text, across seven books.
- Eight of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "The patriarch".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 1:2Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers.
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers.
Matthew 1:2Ἰακώβ
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: The patriarch, and The father-in-law of Mary.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| The patriarchMat.1:2 8:11 | Tagged as
| WhereNumbers 23:7And Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Balak brought me from Aram… |
| The father-in-law of MaryMat.1:15-16 (on the form as distinct from that of the next word, see Deiss., BS, 3161) (AS) | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereMatthew 1:15Eliud was the father of Eleazar, Eleazar the father of Matthan, Matthan the father of Jacob, |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 27, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
3 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- Ἰακὼβ15
- Ἰακώβ11
- Ἰακώβ.¶1
The grammar of each form
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular13N-GSM-P
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular7N-ASM-P
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular7N-NSM-P
Matthew
six uses
Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers.
- Ἰακώβiakobnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: Jacob
- Ἰακὼβiakobnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Jacob
Eliud was the father of Eleazar, Eleazar the father of Matthan, Matthan the father of Jacob,
- Ἰακώβiakobnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: Jacob
and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
- Ἰακὼβiakobnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Jacob
I say to you that many will come from the east and the west to share the banquet with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.
- Ἰακὼβiakobnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: Jacob
‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”
- Ἰακώβiakobnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of Jacob?’
Mark
one use
But concerning the dead rising, have you not read about the burning bush in the Book of Moses, how God told him, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?
- Ἰακώβiakobnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of Jacob’
Luke
four uses
and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever. His kingdom will never end!”
- Ἰακὼβiakobnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of Jacob
the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,
- Ἰακὼβiakobnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of Jacob
There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves are thrown out.
- Ἰακὼβiakobnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: Jacob
Even Moses demonstrates that the dead are raised, in the passage about the burning bush. For he calls the Lord ‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’
- Ἰακώβiakobnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of Jacob.’
John
three uses
So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.
- Ἰακὼβiakobnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Jacob
Since Jacob’s well was there, Jesus, weary from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
- Ἰακώβ.¶iakobnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of Jacob
Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock?”
- Ἰακώβiakobnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: Jacob
Acts
eight uses
The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus. You handed Him over and rejected Him before Pilate, even though he had decided to release Him.
- Ἰακώβiakobnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of Jacob
Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, and Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day. And Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.
- Ἰακώβiakobnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: Jacob
- Ἰακὼβiakobnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Jacob
When Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our fathers on their first visit.
- Ἰακὼβiakobnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Jacob
Then Joseph sent for his father Jacob and all his relatives, seventy-five in all.
- Ἰακὼβiakobnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: Jacob
So Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our fathers died.
- Ἰακὼβiakobnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Jacob
‘I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.’ Moses trembled with fear and did not dare to look.
- Ἰακώβiakobnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of Jacob.’
who found favor in the sight of God and asked to provide a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.
- Ἰακώβiakobnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of Jacob
Romans
two uses
So it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”
- Ἰακὼβiakobnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: Jacob
And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: “The Deliverer will come from Zion; He will remove godlessness from Jacob.
- Ἰακώβiakobnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: Jacob
Hebrews
three uses
By faith he dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.
- Ἰακὼβiakobnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: Jacob
By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the future.
- Ἰακὼβiakobnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: Jacob
By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph’s sons and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.
- Ἰακὼβiakobnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Jacob
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.