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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒeɪkəb/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

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."

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, Jakeb
• 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: Iàcob
• 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
• Malayalam: ചാക്കോ (cākkō), യാക്കോബ് (yākkōbŭ)
• 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): (Valencia) [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:

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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

Middle High German

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Jācob m

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

Declension

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Descendants

• → Alemannic German: Jakob
  • ⇒ Alemannic German: Jakobli (diminutive)
  • ⇒ Alemannic German: Joggi (diminutive)
  • ⇒ Alemannic German: Jockel (diminutive)
    • ⇒ Alemannic German: Jockeli (diminutive)
  • ⇒ Alemannic German: Köbi, Chöbi (diminutive)
• → Bavarian: Jakob
  • ⇒ Bavarian: Jackl (diminutive)
• Central Franconian:
  • Hunsrik: Jakob
• German: Jakob, Jacob
  • ⇒ German: Jakobi, Jakobi
  • ⇒ German: Jakobchen (diminutive)
  • ⇒ German: Köb, Köbes, Koeeb (diminutive)
  • ⇒ German: Jäggi, Joggi (diminutive)
  • ⇒ German: Jeckel, Jäckel (diminutive)
  • ⇒ German: Jockel, Jokel (diminutive)
    • → English: yokel (noun)

References

• 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

Proper noun

Jacob

1. a male given name, variant of Jakob

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Jacobe, Jacobo

Etymology

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

Jacob m

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

Related terms

• Santiago

 

Descendants

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

References

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

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