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| caption=[[Jacob Bragg]] competing in the 2013 GPS Cross-Country Championships. |
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| caption=''Isaac Blessing Jacob'', [[Govert Flinck]], 1638. The name Jacob comes from the [[bible|Biblical]] story of Jacob's birth where he came out holding the heel of his twin brother, Esau. |
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| pronunciation={{IPAc-en|ˈ|dʒ|eɪ|k|ə|b}} |
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Revision as of 09:03, 26 April 2014
| File:GPS CROSSCOUNTRY 2013.PNG Jacob Bragg competing in the 2013 GPS Cross-Country Championships. | |
| Pronunciation | /ˈdʒeɪkəb/ |
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| Gender | Male |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | derived from Late Latin Iacobus, from Greek Ἰάκωβος Iakobos, from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (Yaʿqob, Yaʿaqov, Yaʿăqōḇ) |
| Meaning | "seizing by the heel", "supplanting" |
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| Related names | James, Jakob (Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, German, Norwegian and Swedish), Jake, Jack, Jakobi (Albanian and Estonian), Yakub (Arabic), Yakup (Turkish), |
Jacob is a common male first name and a less well-known surname. From 1999 through 2012, Jacob has been the most popular baby name for boys in United States.[1] It is a cognate of James. Jacob is derived from Late Latin Iacobus, from Greek Ἰάκωβος Iakobos, from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (Yaʿqob, Yaʿaqov, Yaʿăqōḇ), the name of the Hebrew patriarch, Jacob son of Isaac and Rebecca. The name comes from the Hebrew root עקב ʿqb meaning "to follow, to be behind" but also "to supplant, circumvent, assail, overreach", from the word for "heel", עֲקֵב ʿaqeb).
In the narrative of Genesis, it refers to the circumstances of Jacob's birth when he held on to the heel of his older twin brother Esau (Genesis 25:26). The name is etymologized (in direct speech by the character Esau) in Genesis 27:36, adding the significance of Jacob having "supplanted" his elder brother by stealing his birthright.[2]
In a Christian context, Jacob – James as reduced English form – is the name for several people in the New Testament: (1) apostle James, son of Zebedee, (2) another apostle James, son of Alphaeus, and (3) James the Just, who led the original Messianic Community in Jerusalem.
Since Jacob is also venerated as a Prophet of Islam, his name is commonly used as a male first name in Arab and Muslim societies (Arabic Yakub, Turkish Yakup).
Variants
- Albanian - Jakup, Jakupi or Jakub , Jakubi
- English – Jacob, Jake, Jakob, Jakeb, James, Jayme, Jaime, Jimi, Jack, Jim, Jimmy, Coby, Koby, Cubby
- Afrikaans - Jakob, Jacob, Jakobus, Jacobus
- Arabic - Yaʿqūb (Yakub) (يعقوب)
- Bosnian - Jakub (Jakup)
- Armenian - Hakob (Հակոբ), Hagop (Յակոբ)
- Bulgarian - Yakov (Яков)
- Catalan - Jacob, Jaume, Dídac
- Chinese - Yǎgè 雅各
- Cornish - Jago, Jammes, Jamma
- Croatian - Jakov, Jakob, Jakša
- Czech - Jakub (short form: Kuba)
- Danish - Jacob, Jakob, Jep, Jeppe, Ib
- Dutch - Jaak, Jaap, Jakob, Jacob, Jacobus, Sjaak, Kobus
- Estonian - Jaak, Jaagup, Jakob
- Faroese - Jákup
- Finnish - Jaakob, Jaakoppi, Jaakko
- French - Jacob, Jacques, Jacqueline (fem.)
- Galician - Xacobe, Santiago, Iago, Xaime
- Georgian - იაკობ (Iakob), კობა (Koba)
- German - Jakob, Jacob [ja:kop]
- Greek - Iákovos (Ιάκωβος), Iakóv (Ιακώβ), Yángos (Γιάγκος)
- Hebrew - Ya'akov (יעקב), Koby, Ya'akova (female)
- Hungarian - Jakab, Jákob
- Indonesian - Yakub
- Irish - Séamas, Séamus, Iacób
- Italian - Diego, Giacomo, Jacopo, Iacopo, Giacobbe
- Japanese - Yakobu (ヤコブ)
- Kazakh - Жақып (Zhaqyp, Zhakip)
- Korean - Yagop (야곱)
- Latin - Iacobus
- Latvian - Jēkabs
- Lithuanian - Jokūbas
- Malayalam - Chacko, Yakob
- Maltese - Ġakbu
- Persian - Yaghub
- Polish - Jakub (short form: Kuba)
- Portuguese - Jacob, Jacó (orthographic variation of the former), Iago (from the Latin Jacobus), Saint James"), Tiago saints named "James" in English are São Tiago in Portuguese), Thiago (archaic spelling), Diogo, Jaime, Jácomo (from Italian Giacomo)
- Romanian - Iacob, Iacov
- Russian - Yakov (Иаков, Яков), Jascha, Yasha (Яша)
- Samoan - Iakopo, (eh-yuk-oh-po)
- Scandinavian - Jakob, Jacob
- Scots - Hamish
- Scottish Gaelic - Seumas
- Serbian - Jakov (Јаков), Jakša (Јакша)
- Slovak - Jakub
- Slovenian - Jakob [ja:kop], Jaka
- Sorbian - Jakub
- Spanish - Jacob, Jacobo, Jaime, Yago, Diego, Santiago, Iago, Tiago
- Swedish - Jakob, Jacob
- Syriac - ܝܥܩܘܒ (Yaʿqub), also (Yaqo, Yaqko)
- Turkish - Yakup
- Ukrainian - Yakiv (Яків)
- Vietnamese - Giacôbê
- Welsh - Siam, Jacob, Jac, Iago
- Yiddish - Yankev, Yankl, Yankel, Yankele
See also
- All pages with titles beginning with Jacob
- All pages with titles beginning with Jakob
- Jacob (surname)
References
- ^ U.S. Social Security Administration - Popular Baby Names
- ^ "And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me (יַּעְקְבֵנִי) these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing" (KJV)