יַעֲקֹב
Yaʻăqôb · yah-ak-obe'
Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
Lexicon
Derivation: from H6117 (עָקַב); heel-catcher (i.e. supplanter);
Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Jacob.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › to see and know › what comes behind, the returning cycle › the house, what is within
The hand that works that works to see and know of what comes behind, the returning cycle of the house, what is within.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יַעֲקֹב above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
350 occurrences · 350 OT · 0 NT · 66 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of jacob92 · 29%
- and jacob72 · 23%
- jacob59 · 19%
- unto jacob20 · 6%
- jacob's7 · 2%
- to jacob7 · 2%
- then jacob6 · 2%
- and to jacob6 · 2%
- in jacob5 · 2%
- that jacob4 · 1%
- o jacob4 · 1%
- of jacob's4 · 1%
- and unto jacob3 · 1%
- god of jacob3 · 1%
- with jacob3 · 1%
- for jacob3 · 1%
- out of jacob3 · 1%
- against jacob3 · 1%
- i beseech thee: by whom shall jacob2 · 1%
- and when jacob2 · 1%
- and jacob's1 · 0%
- and it came to pass, when jacob1 · 0%
- and that jacob1 · 0%
- if jacob1 · 0%
- is jacob's1 · 0%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.