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Jacob

יַעֲקֹבStrong’s H3478

yaaqov (ya-a-qov)

Appears in 2,231 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Yaaqov is the Hebrew word usually translated “israel”, “o israel” and “from israel”. It appears in 2,231 verses of the Old Testament.

“And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that he should bring certain of the children of Israel, and of the king’s seed, and of the princes;”
Daniel 1:3 KJV
Meaning
  1. A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.25.26
How it's translated
  • israel 2225
  • in israel 88
  • o israel 41
  • and israel 34
  • to israel 29
  • from israel 29
  • for israel 13
  • of israel 12

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Numbers 209
  • 1 Kings 171
  • Ezekiel 169
  • 2 Chronicles 162
  • Exodus 160
  • Judges 154

34 books in all.

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Numbers 209
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Proverbs 1
1:1
Ecclesiastes 1
1:12
Song of Solomon 1
3:7
Lamentations 3
2:12:32:5
Obadiah 1
1:20
Nahum 1
2:2
Zephaniah 4
2:93:133:143:15
Hebrew dictionary

יַעֲקֹב yaaqov · Jacob

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.25.26; son of: Isaac (H3327) and Rebekah (H7259); brother of: Esau (H6215); married to Rachel (H7354), Leah (H3812), Zilpah (H2153) and Bilhah (H1090A); father of: Reuben (H7205), Simeon (H8095), Levi (H3878), Judah (H3063), Dan (H1835H), Naphtali (H5321), Gad (H1410), Asher (H0836), Issachar (H3485), Zebulun (H2074), Dinah (H1783), Joseph (H3130) and Benjamin (H1144); also called Jacob frequently Another name of yis.ra.el (יִשְׂרָאֵל "Israel" H3478) § Jacob = "heel holder" or "supplanter" …

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.