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Lexicon :: Strong's G2385 - iakōbos

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Ἰάκωβος
Transliteration
iakōbos (Key)
Pronunciation
ee-ak'-o-bos
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
The same as Ἰακώβ (G2384) Graecised
Strong’s Definitions

Ἰάκωβος Iákōbos, ee-ak'-o-bos; the same as G2384 Græcized; Jacobus, the name of three Israelites:—James.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 42x

The KJV translates Strong's G2385 in the following manner: James (son of Zebedee) (21x), James (son of Alphaeus) (16x), James (half-brother of Jesus) (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 42x
The KJV translates Strong's G2385 in the following manner: James (son of Zebedee) (21x), James (son of Alphaeus) (16x), James (half-brother of Jesus) (5x).
  1. James = "supplanter"

    1. son of Zebedee, an apostle and brother of the apostle John, commonly called James the greater or elder, slain by Herod, Acts 12

    2. an apostle, son of Alphaeus, called the less

    3. James the half-brother of Christ

    4. an unknown James, father of the apostle Judas (?)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
Ἰάκωβος Iákōbos, ee-ak'-o-bos; the same as G2384 Græcized; Jacobus, the name of three Israelites:—James.
STRONGS G2385:
Ἰάκωβος, Ἰακώβου, (see the preceding word (and cf. Buttmann, 6, 18 (16))), James;
1. son of Zebedee, an apostle, and brother of the apostle John (commonly called James the greater or elder). He was slain with the sword by the command of king Herod Agrippa I. (circa A.D. 44): Matthew 4:21; Matthew 10:2 (Matthew 10:3); Matthew 17:1; Mark 1:19, 29; Mark 3:17; Mark 5:37; Mark 9:2; Mark 10:35, 41; Mark 13:3; Mark 14:33; Luke 5:10; Luke 6:14; Luke 8:51; Luke 9:28, 54; Acts 1:13; Acts 12:2.
2. James (commonly called the less), an apostle, son of Alphaeus: Matthew 10:3; Mark 3:18; Luke 6:15; Acts 1:13; apparently identical with Ἰάκωβος μικρός James the little (A. V. the less), the son of Mary, Mark 15:40 (Matthew 27:56); Mark 16:1, wife of Cleophas (i. e. Clopas, which see) or Alphaeus, John 19:25; see in Ἁλφαῖος, and in Μαρία, 3.
3. James, the brother of our Lord (see ἀδελφός, 1): Matthew 13:55; Mark 6:3; Galatians 1:19 (where εἰ μή is employed according to a usage illustrated under εἰ, III. 8 c. β'.); Galatians 2:9,12; Acts 12:1?; Acts 15:13; 21:18; 1 Corinthians 15:7 (?); James 1:1, the leader of the Jewish Christians, and by them surnamed δίκαιος the Just, the overseer (or bishop) of the church at Jerusalem down to the year 62 or 63 (or according to Hegesippus in Eusebius, h. e. 2, 23 (translated in B. D., p. 1206) down to 69, which is hardly probable (see Heinichen's note at the passage)), in which year he suffered martyrdom, Josephus, Antiquities 20, 9, 1. In opposition to the orthodox opinion (defended in B. D. under the word ), which identifies this James with James the son of Alphaeus, and understands ἀδελφός τοῦ κυρίου to mean his cousin, cf. especially Clemen in Winer's Zeitschr. f. wissensch. Theol. for 1829, p. 351ff; Blom, Diss. de τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς... τοῦ κυρίου. Lugd. 1839; Wilib. Grimm in Ersch u. Gruber's Encycl., Sect. 2, vol. 23, p. 80ff; Schaff, Das Verhältniss des Jacobus, Bruders des Herrn, zu Jacobus Alphäi. Beth 1842 (also his Church Hist. (1882) i., 272f); Hilgenfeld, Galaterbrief etc., p. 138ff; Hausrath in Sehenkel iii., p. 175ff; (Sieffert in Herzog edition 2, vi., 464ff; and references under the word ἀδελφός, 1 (especially Lightfoot)).
4. An unknown James, father of the apostle Judas (or Jude): Luke 6:16; Acts 1:13, according to the opinion of those interpreters who think that not ἀδελφόν but υἱόν must be supplied in the phrase Ιουδαν Ἰακώβου; see Ἰούδας, 8.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
4:21; 10:2; 10:3; 10:3; 13:55; 17:1; 27:56
Mark
1:19; 1:29; 3:17; 3:18; 5:37; 6:3; 9:2; 10:35; 10:41; 13:3; 14:33; 15:40; 16:1
Luke
5:10; 6:14; 6:15; 6:16; 8:51; 9:28; 9:54
John
19:25
Acts
1:13; 1:13; 1:13; 12:1; 12:2; 15:13; 21:18
1 Corinthians
15:7
Galatians
1:19; 2:9; 2:12
James
1:1

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2385 matches the Greek Ἰάκωβος (iakōbos),
which occurs 42 times in 38 verses in the TR Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:21 - Καὶ προβὰς ἐκεῖθεν εἶδεν ἄλλους δύο ἀδελφούς, Ἰάκωβον G2385 τὸν τοῦ Ζεβεδαίου καὶ Ἰωάννην τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ πλοίῳ μετὰ Ζεβεδαίου τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτῶν καταρτίζοντας τὰ δίκτυα αὐτῶν καὶ ἐκάλεσεν αὐτούς
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:2 - Τῶν δὲ δώδεκα ἀποστόλων τὰ ὀνόματά ἐστιν ταῦτα· πρῶτος Σίμων λεγόμενος Πέτρος καὶ Ἀνδρέας ἀδελφὸς αὐτοῦ Ἰάκωβος G2385 τοῦ Ζεβεδαίου καὶ Ἰωάννης ἀδελφὸς αὐτοῦ
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:3 - Φίλιππος καὶ Βαρθολομαῖος Θωμᾶς καὶ Ματθαῖος τελώνης Ἰάκωβος G2385 τοῦ Ἁλφαίου καὶ Λεββαῖος ἐπικληθεὶς Θαδδαῖος
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:55 - οὐχ οὗτός ἐστιν τοῦ τέκτονος υἱός; οὐχί μήτηρ αὐτοῦ λέγεται Μαριὰμ καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ Ἰάκωβος G2385 καὶ Ἰωσῆς καὶ Σίμων καὶ Ἰούδας;
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:1 - Καὶ μεθ᾽ ἡμέρας ἓξ παραλαμβάνει Ἰησοῦς τὸν Πέτρον καὶ Ἰάκωβον G2385 καὶ Ἰωάννην τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀναφέρει αὐτοὺς εἰς ὄρος ὑψηλὸν κατ᾽ ἰδίαν
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:56 - ἐν αἷς ἦν Μαρία Μαγδαληνὴ καὶ Μαρία τοῦ Ἰακώβου G2385 καὶ Ἰωσὴ μήτηρ καὶ μήτηρ τῶν υἱῶν Ζεβεδαίου
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:19 - Καὶ προβὰς ἐκεῖθεν ὀλίγον εἶδεν Ἰάκωβον G2385 τὸν τοῦ Ζεβεδαίου καὶ Ἰωάννην τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ αὐτοὺς ἐν τῷ πλοίῳ καταρτίζοντας τὰ δίκτυα
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:29 - Καὶ εὐθέως ἐκ τῆς συναγωγῆς ἐξελθόντες ἦλθον εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν Σίμωνος καὶ Ἀνδρέου μετὰ Ἰακώβου G2385 καὶ Ἰωάννου
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:17 - καὶ Ἰάκωβον G2385 τὸν τοῦ Ζεβεδαίου καὶ Ἰωάννην τὸν ἀδελφὸν τοῦ Ἰακώβου G2385 καὶ ἐπέθηκεν αὐτοῖς ὀνόματα Βοανεργές ἐστιν Υἱοὶ Βροντῆς·
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:18 - καὶ Ἀνδρέαν καὶ Φίλιππον καὶ Βαρθολομαῖον καὶ Ματθαῖον, καὶ Θωμᾶν καὶ Ἰάκωβον G2385 τὸν τοῦ Ἁλφαίου καὶ Θαδδαῖον καὶ Σίμωνα τὸν Κανανίτην,
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:37 - καὶ οὐκ ἀφῆκεν οὐδένα αὐτῷ συνακολουθῆσαι εἰ μὴ Πέτρον καὶ Ἰάκωβον G2385 καὶ Ἰωάννην τὸν ἀδελφὸν Ἰακώβου G2385
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:3 - οὐκ οὗτός ἐστιν τέκτων υἱὸς Μαρίας ἀδελφὸς δὲ Ἰακώβου G2385 καὶ Ἰωσῆ καὶ Ἰούδα καὶ Σίμωνος καὶ οὐκ εἰσὶν αἱ ἀδελφαὶ αὐτοῦ ὧδε πρὸς ἡμᾶς καὶ ἐσκανδαλίζοντο ἐν αὐτῷ
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:2 - Καὶ μεθ᾽ ἡμέρας ἓξ παραλαμβάνει Ἰησοῦς τὸν Πέτρον καὶ τὸν Ἰάκωβον G2385 καὶ τὸν Ἰωάννην καὶ ἀναφέρει αὐτοὺς εἰς ὄρος ὑψηλὸν κατ᾽ ἰδίαν μόνους καὶ μετεμορφώθη ἔμπροσθεν αὐτῶν
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:35 - Καὶ προσπορεύονται αὐτῷ Ἰάκωβος G2385 καὶ Ἰωάννης οἱ υἱοὶ Ζεβεδαίου λέγοντες Διδάσκαλε θέλομεν ἵνα ἐὰν αἰτήσωμέν ποιήσῃς ἡμῖν
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:41 - Καὶ ἀκούσαντες οἱ δέκα ἤρξαντο ἀγανακτεῖν περὶ Ἰακώβου G2385 καὶ Ἰωάννου
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:3 - Καὶ καθημένου αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸ Ὄρος τῶν Ἐλαιῶν κατέναντι τοῦ ἱεροῦ ἐπηρώτων αὐτὸν κατ᾽ ἰδίαν Πέτρος καὶ Ἰάκωβος G2385 καὶ Ἰωάννης καὶ Ἀνδρέας
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:33 - καὶ παραλαμβάνει τὸν Πέτρον καὶ τὸν Ἰάκωβον G2385 καὶ Ἰωάννην μεθ᾽ ἑαυτοῦ καὶ ἤρξατο ἐκθαμβεῖσθαι καὶ ἀδημονεῖν
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:40 - Ἦσαν δὲ καὶ γυναῖκες ἀπὸ μακρόθεν θεωροῦσαι ἐν αἷς ἦν καὶ Μαρία Μαγδαληνὴ καὶ Μαρία τοῦ Ἰακώβου G2385 τοῦ μικροῦ καὶ Ἰωσῆ μήτηρ καὶ Σαλώμη
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 16:1 - Καὶ διαγενομένου τοῦ σαββάτου Μαρία Μαγδαληνὴ καὶ Μαρία τοῦ Ἰακώβου G2385 καὶ Σαλώμη ἠγόρασαν ἀρώματα ἵνα ἐλθοῦσαι ἀλείψωσιν αὐτόν
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:10 - ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ Ἰάκωβον G2385 καὶ Ἰωάννην υἱοὺς Ζεβεδαίου οἳ ἦσαν κοινωνοὶ τῷ Σίμωνι καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς τὸν Σίμωνα Ἰησοῦς Μὴ φοβοῦ· ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν ἀνθρώπους ἔσῃ ζωγρῶν
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:14 - Σίμωνα ὃν καὶ ὠνόμασεν Πέτρον καὶ Ἀνδρέαν τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ Ἰάκωβον G2385 καὶ Ἰωάννην Φίλιππον καὶ Βαρθολομαῖον
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:15 - Ματθαῖον καὶ Θωμᾶν Ἰάκωβον G2385 τὸν τοῦ Ἁλφαίου καὶ Σίμωνα τὸν καλούμενον Ζηλωτὴν
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:16 - Ἰούδαν Ἰακώβου G2385 καὶ Ἰούδαν Ἰσκαριώτην, ὃς καὶ ἐγένετο προδότης
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:51 - εἰσελθὼν δὲ εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν οὐκ ἀφῆκεν εἰσελθεῖν οὐδένα εἰ μὴ Πέτρον καὶ Ἰάκωβον G2385 καὶ Ἰωάννην καὶ τὸν πατέρα τῆς παιδὸς καὶ τὴν μητέρα
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:28 - Ἐγένετο δὲ μετὰ τοὺς λόγους τούτους ὡσεὶ ἡμέραι ὀκτὼ καὶ παραλαβὼν τὸν Πέτρον καὶ Ἰωάννην καὶ Ἰάκωβον G2385 ἀνέβη εἰς τὸ ὄρος προσεύξασθαι
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:54 - ἰδόντες δὲ οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ Ἰάκωβος G2385 καὶ Ἰωάννης εἶπον, Κύριε θέλεις εἴπωμεν πῦρ καταβῆναι ἀπὸ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ ἀναλῶσαι αὐτούς ὡς καὶ Ἠλίας ἐποίησεν
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:10 - ἦσαν δὲ Μαγδαληνὴ Μαρία καὶ Ἰωάννα καὶ Μαρία Ἰακώβου G2385 καὶ αἱ λοιπαὶ σὺν αὐταῖς αἱ ἔλεγον πρὸς τοὺς ἀποστόλους ταῦτα
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:13 - καὶ ὅτε εἰσῆλθον ἀνέβησαν εἰς τὸ ὑπερῷον οὗ ἦσαν καταμένοντες τε Πέτρος καὶ Ἰάκωβος G2385 καὶ Ἰωάννης καὶ Ἀνδρέας Φίλιππος καὶ Θωμᾶς Βαρθολομαῖος καὶ Ματθαῖος, Ἰάκωβος G2385 Ἁλφαίου καὶ Σίμων ζηλωτὴς καὶ Ἰούδας Ἰακώβου G2385
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:2 - ἀνεῖλεν δὲ Ἰάκωβον G2385 τὸν ἀδελφὸν Ἰωάννου μαχαίρᾳ
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:17 - κατασείσας δὲ αὐτοῖς τῇ χειρὶ σιγᾶν διηγήσατο αὐτοῖς πῶς κύριος αὐτὸν ἐξήγαγεν ἐκ τῆς φυλακῆς εἶπέν δὲ Ἀπαγγείλατε Ἰακώβῳ G2385 καὶ τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς ταῦτα καὶ ἐξελθὼν ἐπορεύθη εἰς ἕτερον τόπον
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:13 - Μετὰ δὲ τὸ σιγῆσαι αὐτοὺς ἀπεκρίθη Ἰάκωβος G2385 λέγων, Ἄνδρες ἀδελφοί ἀκούσατέ μου
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:18 - τῇ δὲ ἐπιούσῃ εἰσῄει Παῦλος σὺν ἡμῖν πρὸς Ἰάκωβον G2385 πάντες τε παρεγένοντο οἱ πρεσβύτεροι
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:7 - ἔπειτα ὤφθη Ἰακώβῳ G2385 εἶτα τοῖς ἀποστόλοις πᾶσιν·
Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:19 - ἕτερον δὲ τῶν ἀποστόλων οὐκ εἶδον εἰ μὴ Ἰάκωβον G2385 τὸν ἀδελφὸν τοῦ κυρίου
Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:9 - καὶ γνόντες τὴν χάριν τὴν δοθεῖσάν μοι Ἰάκωβος G2385 καὶ Κηφᾶς καὶ Ἰωάννης οἱ δοκοῦντες στῦλοι εἶναι δεξιὰς ἔδωκαν ἐμοὶ καὶ Βαρναβᾷ κοινωνίας ἵνα ἡμεῖς εἰς τὰ ἔθνη αὐτοὶ δὲ εἰς τὴν περιτομήν·
Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:12 - πρὸ τοῦ γὰρ ἐλθεῖν τινας ἀπὸ Ἰακώβου G2385 μετὰ τῶν ἐθνῶν συνήσθιεν· ὅτε δὲ ἦλθον ὑπέστελλεν καὶ ἀφώριζεν ἑαυτόν φοβούμενος τοὺς ἐκ περιτομῆς
Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:1 - Ἰάκωβος G2385 θεοῦ καὶ κυρίου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ δοῦλος ταῖς δώδεκα φυλαῖς ταῖς ἐν τῇ διασπορᾷ χαίρειν
Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:1 - Ἰούδας Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ δοῦλος ἀδελφὸς δὲ Ἰακώβου G2385 τοῖς ἐν θεῷ πατρὶ ἠγίασμένοις, καὶ Ἰησοῦ Χριστῷ τετηρημένοις κλητοῖς·
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