Ἰακώβ

IakōbJacob
greekNew TestamentName of a man27 occurrences7 books25 verses
This name belongs to 2 different people in the Bible:
  • Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes
  • Jacob: Father of Joseph, the husband of Mary

Definition

Ἰακώβ, ὁ indecl. (Heb. יַעֲקֹב),

Jacob;

1. The patriarch: Matthew 1:2; 8:11, John 4:5-6, Acts 7:8, al; as in Heb. (cf. Numbers 23:7, Isaiah 41:8, Sir.23.12, al.), of his descendants, Romans 11:26 (LXX).

2. The father-in-law of Mary: Matthew 1:15-16 (on the form as distinct from that of the next word, see Deiss., BS, 3161)

Glossary entries

Jacob Jeshurun Israel (Person) Israelite Jesurun

Where it occurs

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

27 total
  1. Matthew 1:2 (2×)Ἰακώβ · Jacob; Ἰακὼβ · Jacob
    Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers.
  2. Matthew 1:15Ἰακώβ · Jacob
    Eliud was the father of Eleazar, Eleazar the father of Matthan, Matthan the father of Jacob,
  3. Matthew 1:16Ἰακὼβ · Jacob
    …and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
  4. Matthew 8:11Ἰακὼβ · Jacob
    I say to you that many will come from the east and the west to share the banquet with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.
  5. Matthew 22:32Ἰακώβ · of Jacob
    ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”
  6. Mark 12:26Ἰακώβ · of Jacob
    But concerning the dead rising, have you not read about the burning bush in the Book of Moses, how God told him, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?
  7. Luke 1:33Ἰακὼβ · of Jacob
    …and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever. His kingdom will never end!”
  8. Luke 3:34Ἰακὼβ · of Jacob
    …the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,
  9. Luke 13:28Ἰακὼβ · Jacob
    There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves are thrown out.
  10. Luke 20:37Ἰακώβ · of Jacob
    Even Moses demonstrates that the dead are raised, in the passage about the burning bush. For he calls the Lord ‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’
  11. John 4:5Ἰακὼβ · Jacob
    So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.
  12. John 4:6Ἰακώβ · Jacob’s
    Since Jacob’s well was there, Jesus, weary from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
  13. John 4:12Ἰακώβ · Jacob
    Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock?”
  14. Acts 3:13Ἰακώβ · Jacob
    The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus. You handed Him over and rejected Him before Pilate, even though he had decided to release Him.
  15. Acts 7:8 (2×)Ἰακώβ · Jacob; Ἰακὼβ · Jacob
    Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, and Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day. And Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.
  16. Acts 7:12Ἰακὼβ · Jacob
    When Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our fathers on their first visit.
  17. Acts 7:14Ἰακὼβ · Jacob
    Then Joseph sent for his father Jacob and all his relatives, seventy-five in all.
  18. Acts 7:15Ἰακὼβ · Jacob
    So Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our fathers died.
  19. Acts 7:32Ἰακώβ · Jacob
    ‘I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.’ Moses trembled with fear and did not dare to look.
  20. Acts 7:46Ἰακώβ · of Jacob
    …who found favor in the sight of God and asked to provide a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.
  21. Romans 9:13Ἰακὼβ · Jacob
    So it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”
  22. Romans 11:26Ἰακώβ · Jacob
    And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: “The Deliverer will come from Zion; He will remove godlessness from Jacob.
  23. Hebrews 11:9Ἰακὼβ · Jacob
    By faith he dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.
  24. Hebrews 11:20Ἰακὼβ · Jacob
    By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the future.
  25. Hebrews 11:21Ἰακὼβ · Jacob
    By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph’s sons and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.