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Lexicon :: Strong's H3290 - yaʿăqōḇ

Aa
יַעֲקֹב
Transliteration
yaʿăqōḇ
Pronunciation
yah-ak-obe'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

יַעֲקֹב Yaʻăqôb, yah-ak-obe'; from H6117; heel-catcher (i.e. supplanter); Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch:—Jacob.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 349x

The KJV translates Strong's H3290 in the following manner: Jacob (349x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 349x
The KJV translates Strong's H3290 in the following manner: Jacob (349x).

  1. Jacob = "heel holder" or "supplanter"

    1. son of Isaac, grandson of Abraham, and father of the 12 patriarchs of the tribes of Israel

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יַעֲקֹב Yaʻăqôb, yah-ak-obe'; from H6117; heel-catcher (i.e. supplanter); Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch:—Jacob.
STRONGS H3290: Abbreviations
יַּעֲקב 344, יַעֲקוֺב 5 proper name, masculine and of a people Jacob, Ιακωβ, son of Isaac and Rebekah, father of tribes of Israel (explanation from עָקֵב heel Genesis 25:26; Hosea 12:4; i.e. supplanter; compare with עָקַב overreach Genesis 27:36; one closely following according to LagBN 127; connection with Palestinian city (?) called in Egyptian Y‘kb’ara (i.e. יַעֲקֹבאֵֿל) is obscure; compare MeyZAW vi.1 ff. WMMAs. u. Eur. 162 ff. JenZA x(1895-6), 347 ff.; see also Babylonian proper name, masculine Ya‘ḳubilu, Pinches in HomAHT 61, 96, 112; hence OT יַעֲקֹב perhaps originally יעקבקל or the like. compare Palmyrene proper name בלעקב, עתעקב); — יַעֲקוֺב Jeremiah 30:18 + 3 times Jeremiah Leviticus 26:42; יַעֲקֹב + 215 times Hexateuch (chiefly J E; + 180 times Genesis, once Leviticus, etc.), + 34 times Psalms, + 42 times Isaiah (27 times Isaiah 40-66), etc.; —
1. as proper name, masculine Genesis 25:26 + 205 times (+ אַבְרָהָם, יִצְחָק + 19 times); also בֵּית יַע׳ of people (see בַּיִת 5d (γ)), בְּנֵי יַע׳ (see בֵּן 1 j (β)), זֶרַע יַע׳ (see זֶרַע 4 f), עֵין יַע׳ (see עַיִן), etc.
2. as proper name, of a people (approximately + 100 times; poetry and prophets) Numbers 24:5, 19; Deuteronomy 32:9; Psalm 44:5; Isaiah 10:21; Isaiah 17:4; Jeremiah 10:25; Jeremiah 30:7 +; || יִשְׂרָאֵל Numbers 23:7; Deuteronomy 33:10; Isaiah 14:1; Psalm 14:7 + approximately + 35 times; specifically of Northern Israel Amos 7:2, 5; Hosea 12:13 (+ Hosea 10:11; Hosea 12:3 probably, see Now), Micah 1:5 (twice in verse); Isaiah 9:7; of Judah Micah 3:1, 8; Obadiah 10; Isaiah 65:9; Malachi 2:12 + others post-exilic; גְּאוֺן יַע׳ see גָּאוֺן; אֵל יַע׳ Psalm 146:5, אֱלוֺהַּ יַע׳ Psalm 114:7; אֱלֹהֵי יַע׳ 2 Samuel 23:1; Isaiah 2:3 = Micah 4:2 +9 times Psalms + Psalm 24:6 (יַע׳ א׳ for MT יַע׳ alone), so Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Vulgate Ew Ol Hup Bae We Che and others; read יַע׳ א׳ also probably 2 Samuel 23:2 (for יִשׂ׳ א׳, || צוּר יִשׂ׳) Vulgate HPS; קְדוֺשׁ יַע׳ Isaiah 29:23 (|| יִשׂ׳ א׳); מֶלֶךְ יַע׳ Isaiah 41:21 (|| יהוה). — On יַעֲקֹב see especially Dr 'Jacob' in HastingsDict. Bib. ii. 526 ff.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

25:26; 25:26; 27:36

Leviticus

26:42

Numbers

23:7; 24:5; 24:19

Deuteronomy

32:9; 33:10

2 Samuel

23:1; 23:2

Psalms

14:7; 24:6; 44:5; 114:7; 146:5

Isaiah

2:3; 9:7; 10:21; 14:1; 17:4; 29:23; 41:21; 65:9

Jeremiah

10:25; 30:7; 30:18

Hosea

10:11; 12:3; 12:4; 12:13

Amos

7:2; 7:5

Obadiah

1:10

Micah

1:5; 3:1; 3:8; 4:2

Malachi

2:12

H3290

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Strong's Number H3290 matches the Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (yaʿăqōḇ),
which occurs 349 times in 319 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 7 (Gen 25:26–Gen 30:19)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:26 - Afterward H310 his brother H251 came H3318 out H3318 with his hand H3027 holding H270 on to Esau’s H6215 heel H6119, so he was named H7121 H8034 [fn]Jacob H3290; and Isaac H3327 was sixty H8346 years H8141 old H1121 when she gave H3205 birth H3205 to them.

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When the boys H5288 grew H1431 up H1431, Esau H6215 became H1961 a skillful H3045 hunter H376 H6718, a man H376 of the field H7704; but Jacob H3290 was a [fn]civilized H8535 man H376, living H3427 in tents H168.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:28 - Now Isaac H3327 loved H157 Esau H6215 because H3588 [fn]he had a taste H6310 for game H6718; but Rebekah H7259 loved H157 Jacob H3290.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:29 - When Jacob H3290 had cooked H2102 a stew H5138 one day, Esau H6215 came H935 in H935 from the field H7704 and he was exhausted H5889;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:30 - and Esau H6215 said H559 to Jacob H3290, “Please H4994 let me have H3938 a H3938 mouthful H3938 of [fn]that red H122 stuff H123 there, for I am exhausted H5889.” Therefore H5921 H3651 he was called H7121 [fn]Edom H123 by name H8034.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:31 - But Jacob H3290 said H559, “[fn]First H3117 sell H4376 me your birthright H1062.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:33 - And Jacob H3290 said H559, “[fn]First H3117 swear H7650 to me”; so he swore H7650 an oath to him, and sold H4376 his birthright H1062 to Jacob H3290.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:34 - Then Jacob H3290 gave H5414 Esau H6215 bread H3899 and lentil H5742 stew H5138; and he ate H398 and drank H8354, and got H6965 up H6965 and went H1980 on H1980 his way H1980. So Esau H6215 despised H959 his birthright H1062.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:6 - Rebekah H7259 said H559 to her son H1121 Jacob H3290, “Behold H2009, I heard H8085 your father H1 speak H1696 to your brother H251 Esau H6215, saying H559,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:11 - But Jacob H3290 said H559 to his mother H517 Rebekah H7259, “Behold H2005, my brother H251 Esau H6215 is a hairy H8163 man H376 and I am a smooth H2509 man H376.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:15 - Then Rebekah H7259 took H3947 the [fn]best H2532 garments H899 of her elder H1419 son H1121 Esau H6215, which H834 were with her in the house H1004, and put H3847 them on H3847 her younger H6996 son H1121 Jacob H3290.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:17 - She also gave H5414 the delicious H4303 meal H4303 and the bread H3899 which H834 she had made H6213 [fn]to her son H1121 Jacob H3290.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:19 - Jacob H3290 said H559 to his father H1, “I am Esau H6215 your firstborn H1060; I have done H6213 as you told H1696 me. Come H6965 now H4994, sit H3427 and eat H398 of my game H6718, so H5668 that H5668 [fn]you may bless H1288 me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:21 - Then Isaac H3327 said H559 to Jacob H3290, “Please H4994 come H5066 close H5066, so that I may feel H4184 you, my son H1121, whether you are really H2088 my son H1121 Esau H6215 or H518 not.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:22 - So Jacob H3290 came H5066 close H5066 to his father H1 Isaac H3327, and he touched H4959 him and said H559, “The voice H6963 is the voice H6963 of Jacob H3290, but the hands H3027 are the hands H3027 of Esau H6215.”

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Now it came H1961 about H1961, as H834 soon H834 as H834 Isaac H3327 had finished H3615 blessing H1288 Jacob H3290, and Jacob H3290 had hardly H389 H3318 gone H3318 out H3318 from the presence H6440 of his father H1 Isaac H3327, that his brother H251 Esau H6215 came H935 in H935 from his hunting H6718.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:36 - Then Esau said H559, “[fn]Is he not rightly named H7121 H8034 [fn]Jacob H3290, for he has betrayed H6117 me these H2088 two H6471 times H6471? He took H3947 away my birthright H1062, and behold H2009, now H6258 he has taken H3947 away my blessing H1293.” And he said H559, “Have you not reserved H680 a blessing H1293 for me?”

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So Esau H6215 held H7852 a H7852 grudge H7852 against H7852 Jacob H3290 because H5921 of the blessing H1293 with which H834 his father H1 had blessed H1288 him; and Esau H6215 said H559 [fn]to himself H3820, “The days H3117 of mourning H60 for my father H1 are near H7126; then I will kill H2026 my brother H251 Jacob H3290.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:42 - Now when the words H1697 of her elder H1419 son H1121 Esau H6215 were reported H5046 to Rebekah H7259, she sent H7971 word and called H7121 her younger H6996 son H1121 Jacob H3290, and said H559 to him, “Behold H2009 your brother H251 Esau H6215 is consoling H5162 himself concerning you by planning to kill H2026 you.

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And Rebekah H7259 said H559 to Isaac H3327, “I am tired H6973 of [fn]living H2416 because H4480 H6440 of the daughters H1323 of Heth H2845; if H518 Jacob H3290 takes H3947 a wife H802 from the daughters H1323 of Heth H2845 like these H428 from the daughters H1323 of the land H776, what H4100 good will my life H2416 be to me?”

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So Isaac H3327 called H7121 Jacob H3290 and blessed H1288 him and commanded H6680 him, [fn]saying to him, “You shall not take H3947 a wife H802 from the daughters H1323 of Canaan H3667.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:5 - Then Isaac H3327 sent H7971 Jacob H3290 away H7971, and he went H1980 to Paddan-aram H6307 to Laban H3837, son H1121 of Bethuel H1328 the Aramean H761, the brother H251 of Rebekah H7259, the mother H517 of Jacob H3290 and Esau H6215.

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Now Esau H6215 saw H7200 that Isaac H3327 had blessed H1288 Jacob H3290 and sent H7971 him away H7971 to Paddan-aram H6307 to take H3947 to himself a wife H802 from there H8033, and that when he blessed H1288 him he commanded H6680 him, saying H559, “You shall not take H3947 a wife H802 from the daughters H1323 of Canaan H3667,”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:7 - and that Jacob H3290 had obeyed H8085 his father H1 and his mother H517 and had gone H1980 to Paddan-aram H6307.

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Then Jacob H3290 departed H3318 from Beersheba H884 and went H1980 toward Haran H2771.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:16 - Then Jacob H3290 awoke H3364 from his sleep H8142 and said H559, “The LORD H3068 is certainly H403 in this H2088 place H4725, and I did not know H3045 it!”

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So Jacob H3290 got H7925 up H7925 early H7925 in the morning H1242, and took H3947 the stone H68 that he had placed H7760 as a support H4763 for H4763 his head H4763, and set H7760 it up H7760 as a memorial H4676 stone H4676, and poured H3332 oil H8081 on its top H7218.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:20 - Jacob H3290 also made H5087 a vow H5088, saying H559, “If H518 God H430 will be with me and will keep H8104 me on this H2088 journey H1870 that I [fn]take H1980, and give H5414 me [fn]food H3899 to eat H398 and garments H899 to wear H3847,

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Then Jacob H3290 [fn]set H5375 out H5375 on H5375 his journey H7272, and went H1980 to the land H776 of the [fn]people H1121 of the east H6924.

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Jacob H3290 said H559 to them, “My brothers H251, where H370 are you from?” And they said H559, “We are from Haran H2771.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:10 - When H834 Jacob H3290 saw H7200 Rachel H7354 the daughter H1323 of his mother’s H517 brother H251 Laban H3837, and the sheep H6629 of his mother’s H517 brother H251 Laban H3837, Jacob H3290 went H5066 up H5066 and rolled H1556 the stone H68 from the mouth H6310 of the well H875, and watered H8248 the flock H6629 of his mother’s H517 brother H251 Laban H3837.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:11 - Then Jacob H3290 kissed H5401 Rachel H7354, and raised H5375 his voice H6963 and wept H1058.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:12 - Jacob H3290 told H5046 Rachel H7354 that he was a relative H251 of her father H1 and that he was Rebekah’s H7259 son H1121, and she ran H7323 and told H5046 her father H1.

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So when Laban H3837 heard H8085 the news H8088 about Jacob H3290, his sister’s H269 son H1121, he ran H7323 to meet H7122 him, and embraced H2263 him and kissed H5401 him, and brought H935 him to his house H1004. Then he told H5608 Laban H3837 all H3605 these H428 things H1697.

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Then Laban H3837 said H559 to Jacob H3290, “Because H3588 you are my relative H251, should you therefore serve H5647 me for H2600 nothing H2600? Tell H5046 me, what H4100 shall your wages H4909 be?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:18 - Now Jacob H3290 loved H157 Rachel H7354, so he said H559, “I will serve H5647 you seven H7651 years H8141 for your younger H6996 daughter H1323 Rachel H7354.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:20 - So Jacob H3290 served H5647 seven H7651 years H8141 for Rachel H7354, and they seemed H1961 H5869 to him like only a few H259 days H3117 because of his love H160 for her.

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Then Jacob H3290 said H559 to Laban H3837, “Give H3051 me my wife H802, for my [fn]time H3117 is completed H4390, that I may have H935 relations H935 with H935 her.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:28 - Jacob H3290 did H6213 so H3651 and completed H4390 her week H7620, and he gave H5414 him his daughter H1323 Rachel H7354 as his wife H802.

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Now when Rachel H7354 saw H7200 that she had not borne H3205 Jacob H3290 any children H3205, [fn]she became H7065 jealous H7065 of her sister H269; and she said H559 to Jacob H3290, “Give H3051 me children H1121, or else H518 H369 I am going to die H4191.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:2 - Then Jacob’s H3290 anger H639 burned H2734 against Rachel H7354, and he said H559, “Am I in H8478 the place H8478 of H8478 God H430, who H834 has withheld H4513 from you the fruit H6529 of the womb H990?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:4 - So she gave H5414 him her slave H8198 Bilhah H1090 as a wife H802, and Jacob H3290 had H935 relations H935 with H935 her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:5 - Bilhah H1090 conceived H2029 and bore H3205 Jacob H3290 a son H1121.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:7 - And Rachel’s H7354 slave H8198 Bilhah H1090 conceived H2029 again H5750 and bore H3205 Jacob H3290 a second H8145 son H1121.

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When Leah H3812 saw H7200 that she had stopped H5975 having H3205 children H3205, she took H3947 her slave H8198 Zilpah H2153 and gave H5414 her to Jacob H3290 as a wife H802.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:10 - And Leah’s H3812 slave H8198 Zilpah H2153 bore H3205 Jacob H3290 a son H1121.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:12 - And Leah’s H3812 slave H8198 Zilpah H2153 bore H3205 Jacob H3290 a second H8145 son H1121.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:16 - When Jacob H3290 came H935 in H935 from the field H7704 in the evening H6153, Leah H3812 went H3318 out H3318 to meet H7122 him and said H559, “You must have H935 relations H935 with H935 me, for I have indeed H7936 hired H7936 you with my son’s H1121 mandrakes H1736.” So he slept H7901 with her that night H3915.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:17 - God H430 listened H8085 to Leah H3812, and she conceived H2029 and bore H3205 Jacob H3290 a fifth H2549 son H1121.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:19 - And Leah H3812 conceived H2029 again H5750 and bore H3205 a sixth H8345 son H1121 to Jacob H3290.

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