Hebrew word study

יַעֲקֹבYaʻăqôb Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch

Pronounced “yah-ak-obe'

Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch

Translated in the King James as: Jacob.

Appears 349 times in Scripture

Origin: from H6117 (עָקַב); heel-catcher (i.e. supplanter);

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Where it appears

Genesis 180×
Genesis 25:26Genesis 25:27Genesis 25:28Genesis 25:29Genesis 25:30Genesis 25:31Genesis 25:33Genesis 25:34Genesis 27:6Genesis 27:11Genesis 27:15Genesis 27:17Genesis 27:19Genesis 27:21Genesis 27:22Genesis 27:30Genesis 27:36Genesis 27:41Genesis 27:42Genesis 27:46Genesis 28:1Genesis 28:5Genesis 28:6Genesis 28:7Genesis 28:10+ 155 more in Genesis
Exodus 11×
Exodus 1:1Exodus 1:5Exodus 2:24Exodus 3:6Exodus 3:15Exodus 3:16Exodus 4:5Exodus 6:3Exodus 6:8Exodus 19:3Exodus 33:1
Leviticus 1×
Leviticus 26:42
Numbers 9×
Numbers 23:7Numbers 23:10Numbers 23:21Numbers 23:23Numbers 24:5Numbers 24:17Numbers 24:19Numbers 32:11+ 1 more in Numbers
Deuteronomy 11×
Deuteronomy 1:8Deuteronomy 6:10Deuteronomy 9:5Deuteronomy 9:27Deuteronomy 29:13Deuteronomy 30:20Deuteronomy 32:9Deuteronomy 33:4Deuteronomy 33:10Deuteronomy 33:28Deuteronomy 34:4
Joshua 3×
Joshua 24:4Joshua 24:32+ 1 more in Joshua
1 Samuel 1×
1 Sam 12:8
2 Samuel 1×
2 Sam 23:1
1 Kings 1×
1 Ki 18:31
2 Kings 2×
2 Ki 13:232 Ki 17:34
1 Chronicles 2×
1 Chr 16:131 Chr 16:17
Psalms 34×
Psalms 14:7Psalms 20:1Psalms 22:23Psalms 24:6Psalms 44:4Psalms 46:7Psalms 46:11Psalms 47:4Psalms 53:6Psalms 59:13Psalms 75:9Psalms 76:6Psalms 77:15Psalms 78:5Psalms 78:21Psalms 78:71Psalms 79:7Psalms 81:1Psalms 81:4Psalms 84:8Psalms 85:1Psalms 87:2Psalms 94:7Psalms 99:4Psalms 105:6+ 9 more in Psalms
Isaiah 42×
Isaiah 2:3Isaiah 2:5Isaiah 2:6Isaiah 8:17Isaiah 9:8Isaiah 10:20Isaiah 10:21Isaiah 14:1Isaiah 17:4Isaiah 27:6Isaiah 27:9Isaiah 29:22Isaiah 29:23Isaiah 40:27Isaiah 41:8Isaiah 41:14Isaiah 41:21Isaiah 42:24Isaiah 43:1Isaiah 43:22Isaiah 43:28Isaiah 44:1Isaiah 44:2Isaiah 44:5Isaiah 44:21+ 17 more in Isaiah
Jeremiah 16×
Jeremiah 2:4Jeremiah 5:20Jeremiah 10:16Jeremiah 10:25Jeremiah 30:7Jeremiah 30:10Jeremiah 30:18Jeremiah 31:7Jeremiah 31:11Jeremiah 33:26Jeremiah 46:27Jeremiah 46:28Jeremiah 51:19+ 3 more in Jeremiah
Lamentations 3×
Lam 1:17Lam 2:2Lam 2:3
Ezekiel 4×
Ezekiel 20:5Ezekiel 28:25Ezekiel 37:25Ezekiel 39:25
Hosea 3×
Hosea 10:11Hosea 12:2Hosea 12:12
Amos 6×
Amos 3:13Amos 6:8Amos 7:2Amos 7:5Amos 8:7Amos 9:8
Obadiah 3×
Obadiah 1:10Obadiah 1:17Obadiah 1:18
Micah 11×
Micah 1:5Micah 2:7Micah 2:12Micah 3:1Micah 3:8Micah 3:9Micah 4:2Micah 5:7Micah 5:8Micah 7:20+ 1 more in Micah
Nahum 1×
Nahum 2:2
Malachi 4×
Malachi 1:2Malachi 2:12Malachi 3:6+ 1 more in Malachi

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