Lexicon / H3290
יַעֲקֹב
ya.a.qov
  • Jacob

STEPBible TBESH

Glosses: Jacob

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.25.26;

son of: Isaac (H3327) and Rebekah (H7259);

brother of: Esau (H6215); married to Rachel (H7354), Leah (H3812), Zilpah (H2153) and Bilhah (H1090A);

father of: Reuben (H7205), Simeon (H8095), Levi (H3878), Judah (H3063), Dan (H1835H), Naphtali (H5321), Gad (H1410), Asher (H0836), Issachar (H3485), Zebulun (H2074), Dinah (H1783), Joseph (H3130) and Benjamin (H1144); also called Jacob frequently

Another name of yis.ra.el (יִשְׂרָאֵל "Israel" H3478)

§ Jacob = "heel holder" or "supplanter"

son of Isaac, grandson of Abraham, and father of the 12 patriarchs of the tribes of Israel

BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)

Glosses: Jacob

יַעֲקֹב יַעֲקוֹב n.pr.m gent Jacob n.pr.m as. n.pr.gent as. 344,6. et. son of Isaac and Rebekah, father of tribes of Isr.