noun · masculine
iakōb
Strong’sG2384
Jacob
stem iakōb-27 times in the New Testamentin 7 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
Jacob, the name of the Hebrew patriarch, ancestor of the Israelites 1234. It can refer to the man himself 13, or, following Hebrew usage, be applied to his descendants collectively 13.
It is also used as the name of the father-in-law of Mary 13.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
Strong’s G2384 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidee-ak-obe'
Jacob (i.e. Ja`akob), the progenitor of the Israelites
Fromof Hebrew origin ();
King Jamesalso an Israelite:--Jacob.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Jacob;
__1. The patriarch:
__2. The father-in-law of Mary:
(From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | iakōb7×Ἰακὼβ | iakōb |
| object accusative | iakōb7×Ἰακὼβ | iakōb |
| direct address vocative | iakōb | iakōb |
| of, belonging to genitive | iakōb13×Ἰακώβ | iakōb |
| to, for dative | iakōb | iakōb |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
same in every form varies — every value shown
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
27 occurrences, every one of them listed
iakōb“Jacob”subjectnominative singular7×
Matthew 1:2… Isaak, Isaak de gennata ton Iakōb, Iakōb de gennata ton Ioudon kai toin …… of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah …
Matthew 1:16Iakōb de gennata ton Iōsēf ton andron …and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband …
John 4:5… Suchar plēsion teu chōrieu hem dōata Iakōb to Iōsēf to huio autou;… near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.
Acts 7:8… ogdoa, kai Isaak ton Iakōb, kai Iakōb toin dōdeka patriarchoin.… became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.
Acts 7:12akouarantos de Iakōb arōnteim sitieim eis Aiguptan exapostelata toin …When Jacob heard that there was grain in …
Acts 7:15kai katabainata Iakōb eis Aiguptan. kai teleutata autos kai …So Jacob went down to Egypt, where he …
Hebrews 11:21pistia Iakōb apothnēskarōntos hekaston toiu huioiu Iōsēf eulogata, …By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each …
iakōb“Jacob”objectaccusative singular7×
Matthew 1:2… ton Isaak, Isaak de gennata ton Iakōb, Iakōb de gennata ton Ioudon kai …… Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his …
Matthew 1:15… ton Matthan, Matthan de gennata ton Iakōb,… of Matthan, Matthan the father of Jacob,
Luke 13:28… hotan horeveia Abraam kai Isaak kai Iakōb kai pantoin toin profētoin en ta …… teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the …
Acts 7:8… hēmera ta ogdoa, kai Isaak ton Iakōb, kai Iakōb toin dōdeka patriarchoin.… And Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.
Acts 7:14apostelarantos de Iōsēf metakaleta Iakōb ton patron autou kai pantan tan …Then Joseph sent for his father Jacob and all his relatives, seventy-five in …
Romans 9:13kathōs grafotē; Ton Iakōb agapama, ton de Ēsau misama.So it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”
Hebrews 11:20… kai peri mellarōnteiu eulogata Isaak ton Iakōb kai ton Ēsau.By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the future.
iakōb“Jacob”of, belonging togenitive singular13×
Matthew 8:11… anaklinili meta Abraam kai Isaak kai Iakōb en ta basileia toiu ouranoiu;… the banquet with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 22:32… tos theos Isaak kai tos theos Iakōb? ouk atō tos theos nekroiu alla …… of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of …
Mark 12:26… tos theos Isaak kai tos theos Iakōb?… of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?
Luke 1:33kai basilati epi ton oikon Iakōb eis toin aiōnoin, kai tau basileiau …… will reign over the house of Jacob forever. His kingdom will never end!”
Luke 3:34tou Iakōb tou Isaak tou Abraam tou Thara …the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son …
Luke 20:37… Abraam kai theon Isaak kai theon Iakōb;… of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’
John 4:6ate de ekei pēgas tou Iakōb. tos oun Iēsus kopiarēntos ek tau …Since Jacob’s well was there, Jesus, weary from …
John 4:12… sis megoteros asō tou patrou nu Iakōb, hos dōata ni tem freatem kai …Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well and …
Acts 3:13tos theos Abraam kai Isaak kai Iakōb, tos theos toiu patroiu nu, doxazata …The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has …
Acts 7:32… tos theos Abraam kai Isaak kai Iakōb. entromos de generantos Mōusos ouk tolmate …… the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.’ Moses trembled with fear and did …
Acts 7:46… kai aiteta heuriskara skēnōmem to theo Iakōb.… dwelling place for the God of Jacob.
Romans 11:26… Siōn tos ruorōntos, apostrefati asebeiain apo Iakōb.… Zion; He will remove godlessness from Jacob.
Hebrews 11:9… en skēnai katoikarantos meta Isaak kai Iakōb toiu sunklēronomoiu tau epangeliau tau autau;… in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of …