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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 6 / 7 (Isa 42:24–Amo 7:5)

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:24 - Who gave Jacob H3290 up for spoil, and Israel to plunderers?
Was it not the LORD, against whom we have sinned,
And in whose ways they were not willing to walk,
And whose law they did not obey?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:1 - But now, thus says the LORD, your Creator, O Jacob, H3290
And He who formed you, O Israel,
“Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;
I have called you by name; you are Mine!

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:22 - “Yet you have not called on Me, O Jacob; H3290
But you have become weary of Me, O Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:28

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:28 - “So I will [fn]pollute the [fn]princes of the sanctuary,
And I will consign Jacob H3290 to the ban and Israel to revilement.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:1 - “But now listen, O Jacob, H3290 My servant,
And Israel, whom I have chosen:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:2 - Thus says the LORD who made you
And formed you from the womb, who will help you,
‘Do not fear, O Jacob H3290 My servant;
And you Jeshurun whom I have chosen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:5 - “This one will say, ‘I am the LORD’S’;
And that one [fn]will call on the name of Jacob; H3290
And another will write [fn]on his hand, ‘Belonging to the LORD,’
And will name Israel’s name with honor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:21 - “Remember these things, O Jacob, H3290
And Israel, for you are My servant;
I have formed you, you are My servant,
O Israel, you will not be forgotten by Me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:23 - Shout for joy, O heavens, for the LORD has done it!
Shout joyfully, you lower parts of the earth;
Break forth into a shout of joy, you mountains,
O forest, and every tree in it;
For the LORD has redeemed Jacob H3290
And in Israel He shows forth His glory.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:4 - “For the sake of Jacob H3290 My servant,
And Israel My chosen one,
I have also called you by your name;
I have given you a title of honor
Though you have not known Me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:19 - “I have not spoken in secret,
In [fn]some dark land;
I did not say to the [fn]offspring of Jacob, H3290
‘Seek Me in [fn]a waste place’;
I, the LORD, speak righteousness,
Declaring things that are upright.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:3 - “Listen to Me, O house of Jacob, H3290
And all the remnant of the house of Israel,
You who have been borne by Me from [fn]birth
And have been carried from the womb;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:1 - “Hear this, O house of Jacob, H3290 who are named Israel
And who came forth from the [fn]loins of Judah,
Who swear by the name of the LORD
And invoke the God of Israel,
But not in truth nor in righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:12 - “Listen to Me, O Jacob, H3290 even Israel [fn]whom I called;
I am He, I am the first, I am also the last.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:20 - Go forth from Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans!
Declare with the sound of joyful shouting, proclaim this,
Send it out to the end of the earth;
Say, “The LORD has redeemed His servant Jacob.” H3290

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:5 - And now says the LORD, who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant,
To bring Jacob H3290 back to Him, so that Israel might be gathered to Him
(For I am honored in the sight of the LORD,
And My God is My strength),

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:6 - He says, “It is too [fn]small a thing that You should be My Servant
To raise up the tribes of Jacob H3290 and to restore the preserved ones of Israel;
I will also make You a light [fn]of the nations
So that My salvation may [fn]reach to the end of the earth.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:26

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:26 - “I will feed your oppressors with their own flesh,
And they will become drunk with their own blood as with sweet wine;
And all flesh will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior
And your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.” H3290

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:1 - “Cry loudly, do not hold back;
Raise your voice like a trumpet,
And declare to My people their transgression
And to the house of Jacob H3290 their sins.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:14 - Then you will take delight in the LORD,
And I will make you ride on the heights of the earth;
And I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob H3290 your father,
For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:20 - “A Redeemer will come to Zion,
And to those who turn from transgression in Jacob,” H3290 declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:16 - “You will also suck the milk of nations
And suck the breast of kings;
Then you will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior
And your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob. H3290

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:9 - “I will bring forth offspring from Jacob, H3290
And an heir of My mountains from Judah;
Even My chosen ones shall inherit it,
And My servants will dwell there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:4 - Hear the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, H3290 and all the families of the house of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:20 - “Declare this in the house of Jacob H3290
And proclaim it in Judah, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:16 - The portion of Jacob H3290 is not like these;
For the [fn]Maker of all is He,
And Israel is the tribe of His inheritance;
The LORD of hosts is His name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:25 - Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not know You
And on the families that do not call Your name;
For they have devoured Jacob; H3290
They have devoured him and consumed him
And have laid waste his [fn]habitation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:7 - ‘Alas! for that day is great,
There is none like it;
And it is the time of Jacob’s H3290 distress,
But he will be saved from it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:10 - ‘Fear not, O Jacob H3290 My servant,’ declares the LORD,
‘And do not be dismayed, O Israel;
For behold, I will save you from afar
And your [fn]offspring from the land of their captivity.
And Jacob H3290 will return and will be quiet and at ease,
And no one will make him afraid.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:18 - “Thus says the LORD,
‘Behold, I will restore the [fn]fortunes of the tents of Jacob H3290
And have compassion on his dwelling places;
And the city will be rebuilt on its ruin,
And the palace will stand on its rightful place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:7 - For thus says the LORD,
“Sing aloud with gladness for Jacob, H3290
And shout among the [fn]chief of the nations;
Proclaim, give praise and say,
‘O LORD, save Your people,
The remnant of Israel.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:11 - For the LORD has ransomed Jacob H3290
And redeemed him from the hand of him who was stronger than he.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:26 - then I would reject the [fn]descendants of Jacob H3290 and David My servant, [fn]not taking from his [fn]descendants rulers over the [fn]descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. H3290 But I will restore their [fn]fortunes and will have mercy on them.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:27 - “But as for you, O Jacob H3290 My servant, do not fear,
Nor be dismayed, O Israel!
For, see, I am going to save you from afar,
And your descendants from the land of their captivity;
And Jacob H3290 will return and be undisturbed
And secure, with no one making him tremble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:28 - “O Jacob H3290 My servant, do not fear,” declares the LORD,
“For I am with you.
For I will make a full end of all the nations
Where I have driven you,
Yet I will not make a full end of you;
But I will correct you properly
And by no means leave you unpunished.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:19 - The portion of Jacob H3290 is not like these;
For the [fn]Maker of all is He,
And of the [fn]tribe of His inheritance;
The LORD of hosts is His name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:17 - Zion stretches out her hands;
There is no one to comfort her;
The LORD has commanded concerning Jacob H3290
That the ones round about him should be his adversaries;
Jerusalem has become an unclean thing among them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:2 - The Lord has swallowed up; He has not spared
All the habitations of Jacob. H3290
In His wrath He has thrown down
The strongholds of the daughter of Judah;
He has brought them down to the ground;
He has profaned the kingdom and its princes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:3 - In fierce anger He has cut off
[fn]All the strength of Israel;
He has drawn back His right hand
From before the enemy.
And He has burned in Jacob H3290 like a flaming fire
Consuming round about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:5 - and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “On the day when I chose Israel and [fn]swore to the [fn]descendants of the house of Jacob H3290 and made Myself known to them in the land of Egypt, when I [fn]swore to them, saying, I am the LORD your God,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:25 - ‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “When I gather the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and will manifest My holiness in them in the sight of the nations, then they will live in their [fn]land which I gave to My servant Jacob. H3290

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:25 - “They will live on the land that I gave to Jacob H3290 My servant, in which your fathers lived; and they will live on it, they, and their sons and their sons’ sons, forever; and David My servant will be their prince forever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:25 - Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, “Now I will [fn]restore the fortunes of Jacob H3290 and have mercy on the whole house of Israel; and I will be jealous for My holy name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:11 - Ephraim is a trained heifer that loves to thresh,
But I will come over her fair neck with a yoke;
I will harness Ephraim,
Judah will plow, Jacob H3290 will harrow for himself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:2 - The LORD also has a dispute with Judah,
And will punish Jacob H3290 according to his ways;
He will repay him according to his deeds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:12 - Now Jacob H3290 fled to the [fn]land of Aram,
And Israel worked for a wife,
And for a wife he kept sheep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:13 - “Hear and testify against the house of Jacob,” H3290
Declares the Lord GOD, the God of hosts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:8 - The Lord [fn]GOD has sworn by Himself, the LORD God of hosts has declared:
“I loathe the arrogance of Jacob, H3290
And [fn]detest his citadels;
Therefore I will deliver up the city and [fn]all it contains.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:2 - And it came about, [fn]when it had finished eating the vegetation of the land, that I said,
“Lord GOD, please pardon!
[fn]How can Jacob H3290 stand,
For he is small?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:5 - Then I said,
“Lord GOD, please stop!
How can Jacob H3290 stand, for he is small?”

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