Jacob

From Middle English Iacob, from Late Latin Iācōbus, from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Biblical Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (yaʿăqōḇ, literally “he will/shall heel”), from עָקֵב (ʿāqēḇ, “heel”). Doublet of James and jacuzzi.

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒeɪkəb/

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Jacob

1. (biblical) One of the sons of Isaac and Rebecca, and twin brother of Esau; father of the Israelites (Jews and Samaritans) by 12 sons by 4 consorts, most famously Judah and Joseph who fathered Manasseh; was renamed to Israel.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 25:27, column 2:

     And the boyes grew; and Eſau was a cunning hunter, a man of the fielde: and Iacob was a plaine man, dwelling in tents.

2. A male given name from Hebrew.
   • 1927, Ernest Hemingway, chapter III, in The Sun Also Rises:

     "Georgette. How are you called?" "Jacob." "That's a Flemish name." "American too." "You're not a Flamand?" "No, American." "Good, I detest Flamands." - - -
     Brett smiled at him. "I've promised to dance this with Jacob," she laughed. "You've a hell of a biblical name, Jake."

• (father of the Israelites): Israel, Yaakov

• James and its variants
• Jake, Jack, Jay, Jacques
• feminine: Jacqueline

Jacob (plural Jacobs)

1. A breed of multihorned sheep.

Learned borrowing from Latin Iācōbus, from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (ya‘ăqṓḇ, “Jacob”, literally “he will/shall heel”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ʒəˈkɔp]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [d͡ʒaˈkɔp]

Jacob m

1. Jacob (biblical figure)

From English Jacob, from Late Latin Iacobus, from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Hebrew יעקב (ya'aqóbh; Modern: Yaakov, “Jacob”, literally “he will/shall heel”), from עקב (‘aqev, “heel of the foot”). Also from Spanish Jacob.

Jacob

1. a male given name from English or Spanish
2. (biblical) Jacob

• Jakob

Jacob

1. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Jacob or James

• (male given names) Ib, Jeppe, Jack, Jim, Jimmi, Jimmy
• (surnames) Jacobsen

• → Greenlandic: Jaakupi, Jaakorpi
  • ⇒ Greenlandic: Jaakku, Jaaku, Iaaku (diminutive)
  • ⇒ Greenlandic: Jaakuaraq, Jakunguaq (diminutive)

• Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 25 930 males with the given name Jacob (compared to 22 417 named Jakob) have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1970s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

• Jakob, Jacobus, Jakobus

• IPA^(key): /ˈjaː.kɔp/

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• Hyphenation: Ja‧cob

Jacob m

1. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Jacob or James

• Jaap (diminutive)
• Jim (diminutive)
• Coos, Cobus, Koos, Kobus, Kobbe, Kobe (diminutive)
  • Koosje (diminutive)

• Afrikaans: Jacob, Jakob, Jacobus, Jakobus
  • Afrikaans: Cobus, Kobus, Jaco, Jako, Koos

• IPA^(key): /ʒa.kɔb/

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Jacob m

1. Jacob (biblical figure)
2. a male given name

• Jacques

• Jakob

• IPA^(key): [ˈjaːkɔp]

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• Hyphenation: Ja‧cob

Jacob

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Jacob or James

• Jakobchen, Köb, Köbes, Koeeb, Jäggi, Joggi

Jacob

1. a male given name, variant of Jakob

Jacob m

1. Alternative form of Jacó

• IPA^(key): /xaˈkob/ [xaˈkoβ̞]
• Rhymes: -ob
• Syllabification: Ja‧cob

Jacob m

1. Jacob (biblical figure)
   • 1602, La Santa Biblia (antigua versión de Casiodoro de Reina), Génesis 25:27:

     Y crecieron los niños, y Esaú fué diestro en la caza, hombre del campo: Jacob empero era varón quieto, que habitaba en tiendas.

     And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents. (KJV)

• Diego, Santiago, Iago, Diago, Tiago, Yago, Joscia

Jacob c (genitive Jacobs)

1. a male given name, variant of Jakob