Jacob

See also: Jâcob, jacob, and Jacòb

English

Etymology

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 and jacuzzi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒeɪkəb/

  • Audio (Southern England)

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Proper noun

Jacob

1. (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.

2. 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."

Synonyms

• (father of the Israelites): Israel, Yaakov

Derived terms

Derived terms

• Jacari
• Jacobean
• Jacob's ladder
• Jacob's membrane
• Jacob's staff

Related terms

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

Translations

one of the sons of Isaac and Rebecca

• Afrikaans: Jakob
• Aghwan: 𐔺𐔰𐕄𐕒𐔱 (yaḳob)
• Amharic: ያቆብ (yaḳob)
• Arabic: يَعْقُوب (ar) (yaʕqūb)
• Aramaic:

  Syriac: ܝܥܩܘܒ

• Armenian: Հակոբ (hy) (Hakob)

  Old Armenian: Յակոբ (Yakob)

• Azerbaijani: Yaqub
• Bashkir: Яҡуп (Yaqup)
• Belarusian: Я́каў m (Jákaŭ)
• Bengali: ইয়াকুব (yaqub)
• Bulgarian: Я́ков m (Jákov)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 雅各 (ngaa⁵ gok³)

  Mandarin: 雅各 (zh) (Yǎgè)

• Coptic: ⲓⲁⲕⲱⲃ (iakōb)
• Czech: Jákob m
• Danish: Jakob (da) c
• Dutch: Jakob (nl) m
• Estonian: Jaakob
• Ewe: Yakob m
• Faroese: Jákup (fo) m
• Finnish: Jaakob (fi)
• French: Jacob (fr) m

  Old French: Jacob

• Ge'ez: ያዕቆብ (yaʿḳob)
• Georgian: იაკობი (iaḳobi)
• German: Jakob (de) m
• Greek: Ιακώβ (el) m (Iakóv)

  Ancient: Ἰακώβ m (Iakṓb)

• Greenlandic: Jaaku (kl)
• Hausa: Yaƙubu
• Hawaiian: Iakoba
• Hebrew: יַעֲקֹב (he) (ya'akov)
• Hindi: याकूब m (yākūb)
• Hungarian: Jákob (hu)
• Icelandic: Jakob (is) m
• Irish: Iacób m
• Italian: Giacobbe (it) m
• Japanese: ヤコブ (Yakobu)
• Kazakh: Жақып (Jaqyp)
• Korean: 야곱 (yagop)
• Latin: Jacobus m
• Latvian: Jēkabs m
• Macedonian: Јаков m (Jakov)
• Malay: Yaakub
• Maltese: Ġakobb m
• Manchu: ᠶᠠᡴᠣᠪ (yakob)
• Navajo: Jéíkab
• Ngazidja Comorian: Yakub, Yakuba
• Norman: Jâcob m
• Norwegian: Jakob (no)
• Persian: یعقوب (fa) (ya'qub)
• Polish: Jakub (pl) m
• Portuguese: Jacó (pt)
• Romanian: Iacov m
• Russian: Иа́ков (ru) m (Iákov), Я́ков (ru) m (Jákov)
• Scots: Jaucob
• Scottish Gaelic: Seumas (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Јаков

  Roman: Jakov m

• Slovak: Jakub m
• Slovene: Jakob (sl) m
• Spanish: Jacob (es) m
• Swahili: Yaakub
• Swedish: Jakob (sv)
• Thai: ยาโคบ (yaa-kôhp)
• Turkish: Yakup, Yakub
• Ukrainian: Я́ків m (Jákiv)
• Uyghur: ^{(please verify)} ياقۇپ (yaqup)
• Vietnamese: Giacôbê, Giacôbe, Giacóp, Giacơ, Yacôbê
• Welsh: Jacob m
• Yiddish: יעקבֿ m (yakev)

male given name (the standard form)

• Abkhaz: Еқәыԥ (Ekʷəp)
• Afrikaans: Jakob, Jacobus, Jaco, Jakobus (af), Jako
• Albanian: Minikel
• Arabic: يَعْقُوب (ar) m (yaʕqūb)
• Armenian: Հակոբ (hy) (Hakob)
• Bashkir: Яҡуп (Yaqup)
• Belarusian: Я́каў m (Jákaŭ)
• Bengali: ইয়াকুব (yaqub)
• Breton: Jakez (br)
• Catalan: Jaume (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雅各布 (Yǎgèbù)

• Czech: Jakub (cs) m
• Danish: Jacob
• Dutch: Jacob (nl), Jacobus
• Estonian: Jaak
• Ewe: Yakob m
• Faroese: Jákup (fo)
• Finnish: Jaakko (fi)
• French: Jacob (fr) m, Jacques (fr) m
• Galician: Xaime (gl), Xacobe (gl) m, Xácome (gl) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Jakob (de) m
• Greek: Ιάκωβος (el) (Iákovos), Ιακώβ (el) (Iakóv), Τζέικομπ (el) (Tzéikomp) (transliteration from English)
• Greenlandic: Jaaku (kl)
• Hausa: Yaƙubu
• Hawaiian: Iakopa
• Icelandic: Jakob (is)
• Ingrian: Jaakko
• Inuktitut: ᔮᑯᑉ (yaakop)
• Irish: Séamus, Séamas (ga) m
• Italian: Giacobbe (it) m, Giacomo (it) m, Jacopo (it) m
• Latvian: Jēkabs m
• Macedonian: Јаков m (Jakov)
• Malay: Yaakub
• Maori: Hākopa
• Marathi: जेकब m (jekab)
• Navajo: Jéíkab
• Norman: Jâcob m
• Norwegian: Jakob (no)
• Occitan: Jacme (oc)
• Persian: جاکوب (jâkub)
• Polabian: Joťüb m
• Polish: Jakub (pl) m
• Portuguese: Jaime (pt) m, Tiago (pt) m
• Romanian: Iacob (ro) m
• Russian: Я́ков (ru) m (Jákov) (cognate), Дже́йкоб (ru) m (Džéjkob) (transliteration), Иа́ков (ru) m (Iákov) (archaic or biblical)
• Scottish Gaelic: Seumas (gd)
• Sicilian: Jàbbucu m
• Slovak: Jakub m
• Spanish: Jacobo (es) m, Yago (es) m, Santiago (es), Diego (es) m
• Swedish: Jakob (sv)
• Turkish: Yakup
• Ukrainian: Я́ків m (Jákiv)
• Uyghur: ياقۇپ (yaqup)
• Vietnamese: Giacóp (transliteration)
• Walloon: Djåke (wa)
• Waray-Waray: Santiago
• Welsh: Iago (cy)
• West Frisian: Japik
• Yiddish: יעקבֿ m (yakev)

Noun

Jacob (plural Jacobs)

1. A breed of multihorned sheep.

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Jacob m

1. Jacob (biblical figure)

Related terms

• jacobeu
• jacobí
• jacobita

 

Cebuano

Etymology

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.

Proper noun

Jacob

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

Danish

Alternative forms

• Jakob

Proper noun

Jacob

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

Related terms

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

Descendants

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

References

• [1] 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

• Jakob, Jacobus, Jakobus

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjaː.kɔp/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: Ja‧cob

Proper noun

Jacob m

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

Derived terms

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

Descendants

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

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒa.kɔb/

• Audio

  (file)

Proper noun

Jacob m

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

Related terms

• Jacques

German

Alternative forms

• Jakob

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjaːkɔp]

• Audio (Austria)

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Ja‧cob

Proper noun

Jacob

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

Related terms

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

Norwegian

Proper noun

Jacob

1. a male given name, variant of Jakob

Portuguese

Proper noun

Jacob m

1. Alternative form of Jacó

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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)

Related terms

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

Swedish

Proper noun

Jacob c (genitive Jacobs)

1. a male given name, variant of Jakob