Jacob

From Middle English Iacob, from Late Latin Iācōbus, from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Biblical Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (yaʿăqōḇ, literally “he will/shall heel”), from עָקֵב (ʿāqēḇ, “heel”). Doublet of James.

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒeɪkəb/

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Jacob

2. (biblical) One of the sons of Isaac and Rebecca, and twin brother of Esau; father of the Israelites (Jews and Samaritans) by 12 sons by 4 consorts, most famously Judah and Joseph who fathered Manasseh; was renamed to Israel.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 25:27, column 2:

     And the boyes grew; and Eſau was a cunning hunter, a man of the fielde: and Iacob was a plaine man, dwelling in tents.

3. A male given name from Hebrew.
   • 1927, Ernest Hemingway, chapter III, in The Sun Also Rises:

     "Georgette. How are you called?" "Jacob." "That's a Flemish name." "American too." "You're not a Flamand?" "No, American." "Good, I detest Flamands." - - -
     Brett smiled at him. "I've promised to dance this with Jacob," she laughed. "You've a hell of a biblical name, Jake."

   • 2024 June 5, Sarah Dean and David McKenzie, “Jacob Zuma has made a dramatic comeback in South Africa’s elections. Will he have the last laugh over Ramaphosa?”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     Analysts and opinion polls had forecast losses for the ANC but a pivotal factor in the party’s staggering decline was former President Jacob Zuma and his newly formed uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party, which capitalized on widespread discontent within the ANC’s traditional voter base.

• (father of the Israelites): Israel, Yaakov

• James and its variants
• Jake, Jack, Jay, Jacques, Jakeb
• feminine: Jacqueline

Jacob (plural Jacobs)

1. A breed of multihorned sheep.
2. (UK, slang, obsolete) A ladder.
   • 1825, M. Egerton, Airy Nothings; Or, Scraps and Naughts, and Odd-cum-shorts, page 26:

     Where's the Jacob? — the what, sir? — the Jacob! the ladder ye fool!

• (ladder): John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary

Learned borrowing from Latin Iācōbus, from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (ya‘ăqṓḇ, “Jacob”, literally “he will/shall heel”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ʒəˈkɔp]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [d͡ʒaˈkɔp]

Jacob m

1. Jacob (biblical figure)

From English Jacob, from Late Latin Iacobus, from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Hebrew יעקב (ya'aqóbh; Modern: Yaakov, “Jacob”, literally “he will/shall heel”), from עקב (‘aqev, “heel of the foot”). Also from Spanish Jacob.

Jacob

1. a male given name from English or Spanish
2. (biblical) Jacob

• Jakob

Jacob

1. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Jacob or James

• (male given names) Ib, Jeppe, Jack, Jim, Jimmi, Jimmy
• (surnames) Jacobsen

• → Greenlandic: Jaakupi, Jaakorpi
  • ⇒ Greenlandic: Jaakku, Jaaku, Iaaku (diminutive)
  • ⇒ Greenlandic: Jaakuaraq, Jakunguaq (diminutive)

• [2] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 25 930 males with the given name Jacob (compared to 22 417 named Jakob) have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1970s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

• Jakob, Jacobus, Jakobus

• IPA^(key): /ˈjaː.kɔp/

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• Hyphenation: Ja‧cob

Jacob m

1. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Jacob or James

• Jaap (diminutive)
• Jaco (diminutive)
• Jim (diminutive)
• Coos, Cobus, Koos, Kobus, Kobbe, Kobe (diminutive)
  • Koosje (diminutive)

• Afrikaans: Jacob, Jakob, Jacobus, Jakobus
  • Afrikaans: Cobus, Kobus, Jaco, Jako, Koos

• IPA^(key): /ʒa.kɔb/

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Jacob m

1. Jacob (biblical figure)
2. a male given name

• Jacques

• Jakob

• IPA^(key): [ˈjaːkɔp]

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• Hyphenation: Ja‧cob

Jacob

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Jacob or James

• Jakobchen, Köb, Köbes, Koeeb, Jäggi, Joggi

Borrowed from Late Latin Iacobus, from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Hebrew יעקב (ya'aqóbh, literally “he will/shall heel”).

Jācob m

1. a male given name

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• Jacobus

• Dutch: Jacob, Jakob, Jacobus, Jakobus
  • Afrikaans: Jacob, Jakob, Jacobus, Jakobus
    • Afrikaans: Cobus, Kobus, Jaco, Jako, Koos

Learned borrowing from Latin Iācōbus, borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb), borrowed from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב, from עקב.

Jācob m

1. (biblical) Jacob (one of the sons of Isaac and Rebecca)
2. (biblical) James (one of two Apostles)

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• Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “Jâcob”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel
• "jācob" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)

Jacob

1. a male given name, variant of Jakob

• Jacobe, Jacobo

Learned borrowing from Latin Iācōbus, borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb), borrowed from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב, from עקב.

Cognate with Old Spanish Jacob and Old French James.

Jacob m

1. (biblical) Jacob (one of the sons of Isaac and Rebecca)
2. a male given name, equivalent to English Jacob

• Galician: Xacobe, Xacob, Jacobe (reintegrationist), Xagobe, Jagobe (reintegrationist)
• Portuguese: Jacó, Jacob, Jacobe, Jacobo
  • → Hunsrik: Schakoh

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “Jacob”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Jacob m

1. alternative form of Jacó

• IPA^(key): /xaˈkob/ [xaˈkoβ̞]
• Rhymes: -ob
• Syllabification: Ja‧cob

Jacob m

1. Jacob (biblical figure)
   • 1602, La Santa Biblia (antigua versión de Casiodoro de Reina), Génesis 25:27:

     Y crecieron los niños, y Esaú fué diestro en la caza, hombre del campo: Jacob empero era varón quieto, que habitaba en tiendas.

     And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents. (KJV)

• Diego, Santiago, Iago, Diago, Tiago, Yago, Joscia

Jacob c (genitive Jacobs)

1. a male given name, variant of Jakob