Strong H3290יַעֲקֹב

Jacob

Transliteration
ya‛ăqôb
Pronunciation
yah-ak-obe'
Morphology
Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person

Definition

From H6117; heel catcher (that {is} supplanter);
{Jaakob} the Israelitish patriarch: - Jacob.

Meaning of the name

Jacob = "heel holder" or "supplanter"

Detailed definition

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.25.26;
son of: Isaac (H3327) and Rebekah (H7259);
brother of: Esau (H6215); married to Rachel (H7354), Leah (H3812), Zilpah (H2153) and Bilhah (H1090A);
father of: Reuben (H7205), Simeon (H8095), Levi (H3878), Judah (H3063), Dan (H1835H), Naphtali (H5321), Gad (H1410), Asher (H836), Issachar (H3485), Zebulun (H2074), Dinah (H1783), Joseph (H3130) and Benjamin (H1144); also called Jacob frequently
Another name of yis.ra.el (יִשְׂרָאֵל "Israel" H3478)

In the biblical story

Israel

Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Israel, also named Jacob, was the son of Isaac, the father of the twelve tribes of Israel, and a key patriarch of the Jewish people.

In the Bible

Strong H3290 appears in 319 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • jacob305
  • s17
  • betwixt2
  • thou2
  • pass1

First verses

  1. Genesis 25:26
    And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau’s heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them.
  2. Genesis 25:27
    And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.
  3. Genesis 25:28
    And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.
  4. Genesis 25:29
    And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint:
  5. Genesis 25:30
    And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom.
  6. Genesis 25:31
    And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.
  7. Genesis 25:33
    And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.
  8. Genesis 25:34
    Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.
  9. Genesis 27:6
    And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,
  10. Genesis 27:11
    And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man:
  11. Genesis 27:15
    And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son:
  12. Genesis 27:17
    And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.
  13. Genesis 27:19
    And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy firstborn; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.
  14. Genesis 27:21
    And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not.
  15. Genesis 27:22
    And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.
  16. Genesis 27:30
    And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.
  17. Genesis 27:36
    And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?
  18. Genesis 27:41
    And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.
  19. Genesis 27:42
    And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee.
  20. Genesis 27:46
    And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?
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