Jacob
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒeɪkəb/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Jacob
- (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.
- 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."
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Noun
[edit]Jacob (plural Jacobs)
- A breed of multihorned sheep.
Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin Iācōbus, from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (ya‘ăqṓḇ, “Jacob”, literally “he will/shall heel”).
Pronunciation
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[edit]Jacob m
- Jacob (biblical figure)
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Jacob
- a male given name from English or Spanish
- (biblical) Jacob
Danish
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[edit]Jacob
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Jacob or James
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[edit]- [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
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[edit]Jacob m
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Jacob or James
Derived terms
[edit]- Jaap (diminutive)
- Jim (diminutive)
- Coos, Cobus, Koos, Kobus, Kobbe, Kobe (diminutive)
- Koosje (diminutive)
Descendants
[edit]French
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[edit]Jacob m
- Jacob (biblical figure)
- a male given name
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[edit]German
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[edit]Jacob
- a male given name, equivalent to English Jacob or James
Related terms
[edit]- Jakobchen, Köb, Köbes, Koeeb, Jäggi, Joggi
Middle High German
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[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin Iācōbus, borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb), borrowed from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב, from עקב.
Proper noun
[edit]Jācob m
Declension
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Descendants
[edit]- → Alemannic German: Jakob
- → Bavarian: Jakob
- ⇒ Bavarian: Jackl (diminutive)
- Central Franconian:
- Hunsrik: Jakob
- German: Jakob, Jacob
References
[edit]- 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)
Norwegian
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[edit]Jacob
- a male given name, variant of Jakob
Old Galician-Portuguese
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]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.
Proper noun
[edit]Jacob m
- (biblical) Jacob (one of the sons of Isaac and Rebecca)
- a male given name, equivalent to English Jacob
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[edit]- Galician: Xacobe, Xacob, Jacobe (reintegrationist), Xagobe, Jagobe (reintegrationist)
- Portuguese: Jacó, Jacob, Jacobe, Jacobo
- → Hunsrik: Schakoh
References
[edit]- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “Jacob”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
Portuguese
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[edit]Jacob m
- Alternative form of Jacó
Spanish
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[edit]Jacob m
- 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)
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[edit]Jacob c (genitive Jacobs)
- a male given name, variant of Jakob
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