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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 - And after him, his brother came out, gripping Esau's foot; and he was named Jacob: Isaac was sixty years old when she gave birth to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:27 - And the boys came to full growth; and Esau became a man of the open country, an expert bowman; but Jacob was a quiet man, living in tents.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:28 - Now Isaac's love was for Esau, because Esau's meat was greatly to his taste: but Rebekah had more love for Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:29 - And one day Jacob was cooking some soup when Esau came in from the fields in great need of food;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:30 - And Esau said to Jacob, Give me a full meal of that red soup, for I am overcome with need for food: for this reason he was named Edom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:31 - And Jacob said, First of all give me your birthright.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:33 - And Jacob said, First of all give me your oath; and he gave him his oath, handing over his birthright to Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:34 - Then Jacob gave him bread and soup; and he took food and drink and went away, caring little for his birthright.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:6 - And Rebekah said to Jacob, her son, Your father said to your brother Esau in my hearing,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:11 - And Jacob said to Rebekah, his mother, But Esau my brother is covered with hair, while I am smooth:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:15 - And Rebekah took the fair robes of her oldest son, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob, her younger son:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:17 - And she gave into the hand of Jacob, her son, the meat and the bread which she had made ready.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:19 - And Jacob said, I am Esau, your oldest son; I have done as you said: come now, be seated and take of my meat, so that you may give me a blessing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:21 - And Isaac said, Come near so that I may put my hand on you, my son, and see if you are truly my son Esau or not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:22 - And Jacob went near his father Isaac: and he put his hands on him; and he said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:30 - And when Isaac had come to the end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob had not long gone away from Isaac his father, Esau came in from the field.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:36

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:36 - And he said, Is it because he is named Jacob that he has twice taken my place? for he took away my birthright, and now he has taken away my blessing. And he said, Have you not kept a blessing for me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:41

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:41 - So Esau was full of hate for Jacob because of his father's blessing; and he said in his heart, The days of weeping for my father are near; then I will put my brother Jacob to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:42

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:42 - Then Rebekah, hearing what Esau had said, sent for Jacob, her younger son, and said to him, It seems that your brother Esau is purposing to put you to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:46

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:46 - Then Rebekah said to Isaac, My life is a weariness to me because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob takes a wife from among the daughters of Heth, such as these, the women of this land, of what use will my life be to me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:1 - Then Isaac sent for Jacob, and blessing him, said, Do not take a wife from among the women of Canaan;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:5 - So Isaac sent Jacob away: and he went to Paddan-aram, to Laban, son of Bethuel the Aramaean, the brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:6 - So when Esau saw that Isaac had given Jacob his blessing, and sent him away to Paddan-aram to get a wife for himself there, blessing him and saying to him, Do not take a wife from among the women of Canaan;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:7 - And that Jacob had done as his father and mother said and had gone to Paddan-aram;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:10 - So Jacob went out from Beer-sheba to go to Haran.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:16 - And Jacob, awaking from his sleep, said, Truly, the Lord is in this place and I was not conscious of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:18 - And early in the morning Jacob took the stone which had been under his head, and put it up as a pillar and put oil on it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:20 - Then Jacob took an oath, and said, If God will be with me, and keep me safe on my journey, and give me food and clothing to put on,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:1 - Then Jacob went on his journey till he came to the land of the children of the East.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:4 - Then Jacob said to the herdmen, My brothers, where do you come from? And they said, From Haran.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:10 - Then when Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of Laban, his mother's brother, coming with Laban's sheep, he came near, and rolling the stone away from the mouth of the hole, he got water for Laban's flock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:11 - And weeping for joy, Jacob gave Rachel a kiss.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:12 - And Rachel, hearing from Jacob that he was her father's relation and that he was the son of Rebekah, went running to give her father news of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:13 - And Laban, hearing news of Jacob, his sister's son, came running, and took Jacob in his arms, and kissing him, made him come into his house. And Jacob gave him news of everything.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:15 - Then Laban said to Jacob, Because you are my brother are you to be my servant for nothing? say now, what is your payment to be?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:18 - And Jacob was in love with Rachel; and he said, I will be your servant seven years for Rachel, your younger daughter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:20 - And Jacob did seven years' work for Rachel; and because of his love for her it seemed to him only a very little time.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:21 - Then Jacob said to Laban, Give me my wife so that I may have her, for the days are ended.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:28 - And Jacob did so; and when the week was ended, Laban gave him his daughter Rachel for his wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:1 - Now Rachel, because she had no children, was full of envy of her sister; and she said to Jacob, If you do not give me children I will not go on living.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:2 - But Jacob was angry with Rachel, and said, Am I in the place of God, who has kept your body from having fruit?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:4 - So she gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob went in to her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:5 - And Bilhah became with child, and gave birth to a son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:7 - And again Bilhah, Rachel's servant, was with child, and gave birth to a second son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:9 - When it was clear to Leah that she would have no more children for a time, she gave Zilpah, her servant, to Jacob as a wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:10 - And Zilpah, Leah's servant, gave birth to a son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:12 - And Zilpah, Leah's servant, gave birth to a second son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:16 - In the evening, when Jacob came in from the field, Leah went out to him and said, Tonight you are to come to me, for I have given my son's love-fruits as a price for you. And he went in to her that night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:17 - And God gave ear to her and she became with child, and gave Jacob a fifth son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:19 - And again Leah became with child, and she gave Jacob a sixth son.

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