English Explanatory Dictionary

Jacob

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A male given name from Hebrew.
  2. 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.
  3. The fifth son of Lehi and one of the younger brothers of Nephi, author of one of the books in the Book of Mormon.
noun
  1. A breed of multihorned sheep.
  2. A ladder.

Pronunciation

/ˈd͡ʒeɪkəb/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Jacob.wav

Word forms

Jacob Jacobs

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, Yaakov, and Yakub.

Synonyms

Yaakov Israel

Related words

Jack Jacqueline Jacques Jake Jakeb James Jay

Derived words

Jacari Jacob Creek Jacobean Jacob sheep Jacob's ladder Jacob's membrane Jacobs River Jacob's staff

Translations

Abkhaz: Еқәыԥ Afrikaans: Jakob Afrikaans: Jacobus Afrikaans: Jaco Afrikaans: Jakobus Afrikaans: Jako Albanian: Minikel Arabic: يَعْقُوب Armenian: Հակոբ Bashkir: Яҡуп Belarusian: Я́каў Bengali: ইয়াকুব Breton: Jakez Bulgarian: Я́ков Catalan: Jaume Chinese Mandarin: 雅各布 Czech: Jakub Danish: Jacob Dutch: Jacob Dutch: Jacobus Estonian: Jaak Ewe: Yakob Faroese: Jákup Finnish: Jaakko French: Jacob French: Jacques West-Frisian: Japik Galician: Xaime Galician: Xacobe Galician: Xácome German: Jakob Greek: Ιάκωβος Greek: Ιακώβ Greek: Τζέικομπ Greenlandic: Jaaku Hausa: Yaƙubu Hawaiian: Iakopa Hindi: जेकब Icelandic: Jakob Ingrian: Jaakko Inuktitut: ᔮᑯᑉ Irish: Séamus Irish: Séamas Italian: Giacobbe Italian: Giacomo Italian: Jacopo Latvian: Jēkabs Macedonian: Јаков Malay: Yaakub Malayalam: ചാക്കോ Malayalam: യാക്കോബ് Māori: Hākopa Marathi: जेकब Navajo: Jéíkab
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