יַעֲקֹב yaaqov

Hebrew word for “Jacob” · Strong’s H3290 · used 350 times in 320 verses

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Meaning

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.25.26;

How it is translated

Glosses given for yaaqov in context, with how often each is used:

• jacob 346
• belonged to jacob 1
• israel 1
• belonging to jacob 1
• over jacob 1

Where it is used

Also in 10 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Genesis 31 (23), Genesis 30 (18), Genesis 32 (16), Genesis 35 (15), Genesis 27 (12), Genesis 29 (11), Genesis 46 (11), Genesis 34 (10), Genesis 25 (8), Genesis 28 (8)

Forms

• יעקב 269
• ליעקב 36
• ויעקב 14
• ביעקב 11
• וליעקב 11
• יעקוב 5
• מיעקב 3
• ישׂראל 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with yaaqov more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• יִצְחָק yitschaq “Isaac” 33
• עֵשָׂו esav “Esau” 28
• לָבָן lavan “Laban” 25
• אַבְרָהָם avraham “Abraham” 27
• אָב av “father” 42
• רָחֵל rachel “Rachel” 18
• אָח ach “brother” 25
• לֵאָה leah “Leah” 14
• שֵׁם shem “name” 27
• קָרָא qara “to call” 24
• רָאָה raah “to see” 28
• שָׁבַע shava “to swear” 16

Key verses

The verses using yaaqov that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 32:28 — And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
• Genesis 35:2 — Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments:
• Exodus 3:6 — Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look…
• Isaiah 14:1 — For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall…
• Isaiah 41:8 — But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
• Isaiah 41:14 — Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
• Isaiah 43:1 — But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name;…
• Isaiah 44:23 — Sing, O ye heavens; for the LORD hath done shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for…
• Isaiah 45:19 — I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare…
• Isaiah 48:1 — Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the LORD, and…
• Isaiah 49:6 — And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give…
• Isaiah 58:1 — Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.