Jacob

Jâcob Jacòb English Etymology From en enm Iacob, from en la-lat Iācōbus, from en grc Ἰάκωβος, from en hbo יַעֲקֹב yaʿăqōḇ May He Heel, from the third-person singular masculine imperfective form of the Semitic verb "to heel" (with various meanings), in turn from he עָקֵב ʿāqēḇ heel of the foot. en James Yaakov Yakub. Pronunciation en /ˈd͡ʒeɪkəb/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Jacob.wav Southern England Proper noun en male Hebrew. III "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." en Sarah Dean; David McKenzie Jacob Zuma has made a dramatic comeback in South Africa’s elections. Will he have the last laugh over Ramaphosa? w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/05/africa/jacob-zuma-comeback-south-africa-elections-intl 2024-06-05 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20240828010413/https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/05/africa/jacob-zuma-comeback-south-africa-elections-intl/ en Q289957 en biblical character 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. en Yaakov Israel Genesis 25 27 103 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. en Mormonism The fifth son of Lehi and one of the younger brothers of Nephi, author of one of the books in the Book of Mormon. Derived terms en Copson Jacari Jacob Creek Jacobean Jacobian Jacobic Jacobite Jacob sheep Jacob's ladder Jacob's membrane Jacobson Jacobs River Jacob's staff Related terms en James Jake Jack Jay Jacques Jakeb Jacqueline Translations one of the sons of Isaac and Rebecca Afrikaans: af Jakob Aghwan: xag 𐔺𐔰𐕄𐕒𐔱 Amharic: am ያቆብ Arabic: ar يَعْقُوب Aramaic: Syriac: syc ܝܥܩܘܒ Armenian: hy Հակոբ Old Armenian: xcl Յակոբ Azerbaijani: az Yaqub Bashkir: ba Яҡуп Belarusian: be Я́каў m Bengali: bn ইয়াকুব yaqub Bulgarian: bg Я́ков m Cherokee: chr ᏤᎦᏈ Chinese: Cantonese: yue 雅各 ngaa5 gok3 Mandarin: cmn 雅各 Yǎgè Comorian: Ngazidja Comorian: zdj Yakub, zdj Yakuba Coptic: cop ⲓⲁⲕⲱⲃ Czech: cs Jákob m Danish: da Jakob c Dutch: nl Jakob m Estonian: et Jaakob Ewe: ee Yakob m Faroese: fo Jákup m Finnish: fi Jaakob French: fr Jacob m Old French: fro Jacob Ge'ez: gez ያዕቆብ Georgian: ka იაკობი German: de Jakob m Greek: el Ιακώβ m Ancient Greek: grc Ἰακώβ m Greenlandic: kl Jaaku Gujarati: gu યાકૂબ m Hausa: ha Yaƙubu Hawaiian: haw Iakoba Hebrew: he יַעֲקֹב ya'akov Hindi: hi याक़ूब m Hungarian: hu Jákob Icelandic: is Jakob m Indonesian: id Yakub Irish: ga Iacób m Italian: it Giacobbe m Japanese: ja ヤコブ Yakobu Kazakh: kk Жақып Korean: ko 야곱 Latin: la Jacobus m Latvian: lv Jēkabs m Macedonian: mk Јаков m Malay: ms Yaakub used by Muslims, ms Yakub used by Christians Maltese: mt Ġakobb m Manchu: mnc ᠶᠠᡴᠣᠪ Navajo: nv Jéíkab Norman: nrf Jâcob m Norwegian: no Jakob Old Nubian: onw ⲓⲁⲕⲱⲃ Persian: fa یعقوب ya'qub Polish: pl Jakub m Portuguese: pt Jacó Romanian: ro Iacov m Russian: ru Иа́ков m, ru Я́ков m Scots: sco Jaucob Scottish Gaelic: gd Iàcob Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Јаков Latin: sh Jakov m Slovak: sk Jakub m Slovene: sl Jakob m Spanish: es Jacob m Swahili: sw Yaakub Swedish: sv Jakob Thai: th ยาโคบ yaa-kôhp Turkish: tr Yakup, tr Yakub Ukrainian: uk Я́ків m, uk Іаків m Uyghur: ug ياقۇپ Vietnamese: vi Giacôbê, vi Giacôbe, vi Giacóp, vi Giacơ, vi Yacôbê Welsh: cy Jacob m Yiddish: yi יעקבֿ m yakev male given name (the standard form) Abkhaz: ab Еқәыԥ Afrikaans: af Jakob, af Jacobus, af Jaco, af Jakobus, af Jako Albanian: sq Minikel Arabic: ar يَعْقُوب m Armenian: hy Հակոբ Bashkir: ba Яҡуп Belarusian: be Я́каў m Bengali: bn ইয়াকুব yaqub Breton: br Jakez Bulgarian: bg Я́ков m Catalan: ca Jaume Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 雅各布 Yǎgèbù Czech: cs Jakub m Danish: da Jacob Dutch: nl Jacob, nl Jacobus Estonian: et Jaak Ewe: ee Yakob m Faroese: fo Jákup Finnish: fi Jaakko French: fr Jacob m, fr Jacques m Frisian: West Frisian: fy Japik Galician: gl Xaime, gl Xacobe m, gl Xácome m Georgian: ka German: de Jakob m Greek: el Ιάκωβος, el Ιακώβ, el Τζέικομπ transliteration from English Greenlandic: kl Jaaku Hausa: ha Yaƙubu Hawaiian: haw Iakopa Hindi: hi जेकब m Icelandic: is Jakob Ingrian: izh Jaakko Inuktitut: iu ᔮᑯᑉ Irish: ga Séamus, ga Séamas m Italian: it Giacobbe m, it Giacomo m, it Jacopo m Latvian: lv Jēkabs m Macedonian: mk Јаков m Malay: ms Yaakub Malayalam: ml ചാക്കോ, ml യാക്കോബ് Māori: mi Hākopa Marathi: mr जेकब m Navajo: nv Jéíkab Norman: nrf Jâcob m Norwegian: no Jakob Occitan: oc Jacme Old Church Slavonic: cu Иꙗковъ Old Nubian: onw ⲓⲁⲕⲱⲃ Persian: fa جاکوب jâkub Polabian: pox Joťüb m Polish: pl Jakub m Portuguese: pt Jaime m, pt Tiago m Romanian: ro Iacob m Russian: ru Я́ков m cognate, ru Дже́йкоб m transliteration, ru Иа́ков m archaic or biblical Scottish Gaelic: gd Seumas Sicilian: scn Jàbbucu m Slovak: sk Jakub m Spanish: es Jacobo m, es Yago m, es Santiago, es Diego m Swedish: sv Jakob Turkish: tr Yakup Ukrainian: uk Я́ків m, uk Іáків m archaic or biblical Uyghur: ug ياقۇپ Vietnamese: vi Giacóp transliteration Walloon: wa Djåke Waray-Waray: war Santiago Welsh: cy Iago Yiddish: yi יעקבֿ m yakev Noun A breed of multihorned sheep. en UK slang obsolete A ladder. en 1825 M. Egerton Airy Nothings; Or, Scraps and Naughts, and Odd-cum-shorts 26 Where's the Jacob? — the what, sir? — the Jacob! the ladder ye fool! References ladder en 1873 John Camden Hotten The Slang Dictionary https://www.gutenberg.org/files/42108/42108-h/42108-h.htm#:~:text=Jacob Further reading What Is The Meaning of the Name Jacob? en Biblical characters Catalan Etymology ca la Iācōbus, from ca he יַעֲקֹב he will/shall heel ya‘ăqṓḇ Jacob. Pronunciation ò Proper noun m en Jacob (biblical figure) Related terms ca jacobeu jacobí jacobita Cebuano Etymology From ceb en Jacob, from ceb la-lat Iacobus, from ceb grc Ἰάκωβος, from ceb he Hebr יעקב ya'aqóbh; Modern: Yaakov Jacob he will/shall heel, from he עקב ‘aqev heel of the foot Hebr. Also from ceb es Jacob. Proper noun ceb noun ceb male English,Spanish ceb biblical character en Jacob Danish Alternative forms da Jakob Proper noun da proper noun da male Jacob,James Hebrew Related terms (male given names) da Ib, da Jeppe, da Jack, da Jim, da Jimmi, da Jimmy (surnames) da Jacobsen Descendants 1 kl Jaakupi Jaakorpi 1 kl Jaakku Jaaku Iaaku diminutive 1 kl Jaakuaraq Jakunguaq diminutive References 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. Dutch Alternative forms nl Jakob Jacobus Jakobus Pronunciation nl /ˈjaː.kɔp/ nl Nl-Jacob.ogg nl Ja cob Proper noun m nl male Hebrew Jacob,James Derived terms nl Jaap diminutive nl Jaco diminutive nl Jim diminutive nl Coos, nl Cobus, nl Koos, nl Kobus, nl Kobbe, nl Kobe diminutive nl Koosje diminutive Descendants af Jacob Jakob Jacobus Jakobus af Cobus Kobus Jaco Jako Koos French Pronunciation fr LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-Jacob.wav <<France>> (<<Vosges>>) Proper noun m en Jacob biblical figure fr male Related terms fr Jacques fr Biblical characters German Alternative forms de Jakob Pronunciation de [ˈjaːkɔp] de De-at Jakob.ogg Austria de Ja cob Proper noun de proper noun de male Jacob,James Related terms Jakobchen, Köb, Köbes, Koeeb, Jäggi, Joggi Middle Dutch Etymology Borrowed from dum la-lat Iacobus, from dum grc Ἰάκωβος, from dum he יעקב ya'aqóbh he will/shall heel. Proper noun dum proper noun Jācob m dum male Inflection dum noun Alternative forms dum Jacobus Descendants nl Jacob Middle High German Etymology gmh :lbor la:Iācōbus<id:James> James ++ Proper noun gmh proper noun m Jācob gmh biblical character en Jacob one of the sons of Isaac and Rebecca gmh biblical character James one of two Apostles Declension gmh Descendants 1 gsw Jakob 1 gsw Jakobli diminutive 1 gsw Joggi diminutive 1 gsw Jockel diminutive 1 gsw Jockeli diminutive 1 gsw Köbi Chöbi diminutive 1 bar Jakob 1 bar Jackl diminutive gmw-cfr hrx Jakob de Jakob 1 1 de Jakobi Jakobi 1 de Jakobchen diminutive 1 de Köb Köbes Koeeb diminutive 1 de Jäggi Joggi diminutive 1 de Jeckel Jäckel diminutive 1 de Jockel Jokel diminutive 1 en yokel noun References Jâcob J00010 jācob Norwegian Bokmål Jakob (fornavn) no Alternative forms nb Jakob Etymology A spelling variant of nb Jakob, retaining the nb c found in nb la Iacobus, from nb grc Ἰάκωβος, from nb he יַעֲקֹב Yaʿăqōḇ. The meaning is disputed: the Old Testament associates the name with “holding the heel”, while another interpretation is “may God protect”. The surname is derived from the given name. Compare da Jacob, sv Jacob, de Jacob, en Jacob and cs Jakub male given names. Pronunciation nb /ˈjɑː.kɔb/ nb ɑːkɔb 2 nb Ja cob Proper noun nb proper noun nb male Hebrew Jacob, a spelling variant of nb Jakob nb given names derived from the male given name Usage notes The spellings nb Jakob and nb Jacob were both used in the 19th century, when the spelling recorded in censuses was often chosen by the registrar rather than the name bearer. The names experienced renewed popularity around the beginning of the 21st century. Derived terms nb Jacobine feminine derivative nb Jacobsen patronymic surname nb Jacobson patronymic surname nb Jacobsson patronymic surname Statistics According to Statistics Norway, 4,305 men in Norway had nb Jacob as their sole or first given name as of 31 December 2025.“Navn”, Statistics Norway. In 2025, 116 boys were given the spelling nb Jacob. Together with nb Jakob, the name ranked second among boys’ names, with 413 newborns.“Navn”, Statistics Norway. The surname nb Jacob was borne by 155 people in Norway as of 31 December 2025.“Tabell over beskyttede etternavn 2025”, Statistics Norway. References “Jacob – mannsnamn” in Store norske leksikon. “Jacob” at Nordic Names. Old Galician-Portuguese Alternative forms roa-opt Jacobe Jacobo Etymology roa-opt :lbor la:Iācōbus<id:James> son of Isaac ++ Cognate with osp Jacob and fro James. Proper noun roa-opt proper noun m roa-opt biblical character en Jacob one of the sons of Isaac and Rebecca roa-opt male Jacob Related terms roa-opt Santiago Descendants gl Xacobe Xagobe 1 pt Jacó References Portuguese Proper noun m pt Jacó Spanish Etymology es la Iacob, from es grc Ἰακώβ, from es hbo יַעֲקֹב he will/shall heel yaʿaqóv. Pronunciation Proper noun m es Jacob Q289957 es 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) Related terms es Diego, es Santiago, es Iago, Diago, Tiago, Yago, Joscia Swedish Proper noun c sv male Jakob