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Strong G23842 sensesἸακώβ

Jacob

Transliteration
Iakōb
Pronunciation
ee-ak-obe'

Meaning of the name

Jacob, "follower, replacer, one who follows the heel"

The 2 senses of Strong G2384

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong G2384 appears in 25 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribesG2384H23 verses · 7 books
  2. Father of Joseph, the husband of Mary.G2384G2 verses · Matthew

General definition

Of Hebrew origin [H3290];
Jacob (that is Ja'akob) the pogenitor of the Israelites; also an Israelite: - Jacob.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • jacob24
  • be1
  • s1

First verses

  1. Matthew 1:2
    Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren;
  2. Matthew 1:15
    And Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob;
  3. Matthew 1:16
    And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
  4. Matthew 8:11
    And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.
  5. Matthew 22:32
    I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.
  6. Mark 12:26
    And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?
  7. Luke 1:33
    And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.
  8. Luke 3:34
    Which was the son of Jacob, which was the son of Isaac, which was the son of Abraham, which was the son of Thara, which was the son of Nachor,
  9. Luke 13:28
    There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.
  10. Luke 20:37
    Now that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.
  11. John 4:5
    Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
  12. John 4:6
    Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.
  13. John 4:12
    Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?
  14. Acts 3:13
    The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go.
  15. Acts 7:8
    And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs.
  16. Acts 7:12
    But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.
  17. Acts 7:14
    Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.
  18. Acts 7:15
    So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,
  19. Acts 7:32
    Saying, I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and durst not behold.
  20. Acts 7:46
    Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.