Lexical Definition

‎יַעֲקֹב‎ Yaʻăqôb (yah-ak-obe') Jacob ^N:N-M-P
from ‎עָקַב‎; heel-catcher (i.e. supplanter)

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

See Greek: Ἰακώβ

Extended Information

name of: יִשְׂרָאֵל

• A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.25.26
• son of: Isaac (יִצְחָק) and Rebekah (רִבְקָה)
• brother of: Esau (עֵשָׂו); married to Rachel (רָחֵל), Leah (לֵאָה), Zilpah (זִלְפָּה) and Bilhah (בִּלְהָה)
• father of: Reuben (רְאוּבֵן), Simeon (שִׁמְעוֹן), Levi (לֵוִי), Judah (יְהוּדָה), Dan (דָּן), Naphtali (נַפְתָּלִי), Gad (גָּד), Asher (אָשֵׁר), Issachar (יִשָּׂשכָר), Zebulun (זְבוּלוּן), Dinah (דִּינָה), Joseph (יוֹסֵף) and Benjamin (בִּנְיָמִין); also called Jacob frequently
• Another name of yis.ra.el (‎י‎ִ‎ש‎ְׂ‎ר‎ָ‎א‎ֵ‎ל‎ "Israel" יִשְׂרָאֵל)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎יַּעֲקב‎₃₄₄, ‎יַעֲקוֺב‎₅ proper name, masculine and of a people Jacob, Ιακωβ, son of Isaac and Rebekah, father of tribes of Israel (explanation from ‎עָקֵב‎ heel Gen 25:26; Hos 12:4* i.e. supplanter; compare with ‎עָקַב‎ overreach Gen 27:36 one closely following according to Lag^{BN 127}; connection with Palestinian city (?) called in Egyptian Y±kb'ara (i.e. ‎יַעֲקֹבאֵֿל‎) is obscure; compare Mey^{ZAW vi.1 ff.} WMM^{As.u.Eur.162 ff.} Jen^{ZA x}(1895-6), 347 ff.; see also Babylonian proper name, masculine Ya±‡ubilu, Pinches in Hom^{AHT 61, 96, 112}; hence OT ‎יַעֲקֹב‎ perhaps originally ‎יעקבקל‎ or the like. compare Palmyrene proper name ‎בלעקב‎, ‎עתעקב‎); — ‎יַעֲקוֺב‎ Jer 30:18 + 3 t. Jeremiah Lev 26:42 ‎יַעֲקֹב‎ 215 t. Hexateuch (chiefly J E; 180 t. Genesis, once Leviticus, etc.), 34 t. Psalms, 42 t. Isaiah (27 t. 40-66), etc.; —

1. as proper name, masculine Gen 25:26 + 205 t. (+ ‎אַבְרָהָם‎, ‎יִצְחָק‎19 t.); also ‎׳‎‎בֵּית יַע‎ of people (see ‎בַּיִת‎ 5 d (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 (c. 100 t.; poetry and prophets) Num 24:5; Num 24:19; Deut 32:9; Ps 44:5*; Isa 10:21; Isa 17:4; Jer 10:25; Jer 30:7 +; || ‎יִשְׂרָאֵל‎ Num 23:7; Deut 33:10; Isa 14:1; Ps 14:7 + approximately 35 t.; specifically of Northern Israel Amos 7:2; Amos 7:5; Hos 12:13* (+ Hos 10:11; Hos 12:3* probably, see Now), Mic 1:5 (twice in verse); Isa 9:7* of Judah Mic 3:1; Mic 3:8; Obad 1:10; Isa 65:9; Mal 2:12 + al. post-exilic; ‎׳‎‎גְּאוֺן יַע‎ see ‎גָּאוֺן‎; ‎׳‎‎אֵל יַע‎ Ps 146:5, ‎׳‎‎אֱלוֺהַּ יַע‎ Ps 114:7 ; ‎׳‎‎אֱלֹהֵי יַע‎ 2Sam 23:1; Isa 2:3 = Mic 4:2 + 9 t. Psalms + Ps 24:6 (‎׳‎‎יַע‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ for ᵑ0 ‎׳‎‎יַע‎ alone), so ᵐ5 ᵑ6 ᵑ9 Ew Ol Hup Bae We Che and others; read ‎׳‎‎יַע‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ also probably 2Sam 23:2 (for ‎׳‎‎יִשׂ‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎, || ‎׳‎‎צוּר יִשׂ‎) ᵑ9 HPS; ‎׳‎‎קְדוֺשׁ יַע‎ Isa 29:23 (|| ‎׳‎‎יִשׂ‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎); ‎׳‎‎מֶלֶךְ יַע‎ Isa 41:21 (|| ‎יהוה‎). — On ‎יַעֲקֹב‎ see especially Dr ^{'Jacob' in} Hastings^{Dict. Bib. ii. 526 ff}.

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