# Jacob
## 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: /ˈd͡ʒeɪkəb/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Proper noun

Jacob
* (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.
* 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

* 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
### Noun

Jacob (plural Jacobs)
* 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: (Central, Balearic) [ʒəˈkɔp]
* IPA: (Valencia) [d͡ʒaˈkɔp]

### Proper noun

Jacob m
* 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
* a male given name from English or Spanish
* (biblical) Jacob

## Danish
### Alternative forms

* Jakob

### Proper noun

Jacob
* 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

* 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: /ˈjaː.kɔp/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: Ja‧cob

### Proper noun

Jacob m
* 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: /ʒa.kɔb/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Jacob m
* Jacob (biblical figure)
* a male given name

#### Related terms

* Jacques

## German
### Alternative forms

* Jakob

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈjaːkɔp]
* Audio (Austria):(file)
* Hyphenation: Ja‧cob

### Proper noun

Jacob
* 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
* (biblical) Jacob (one of the sons of Isaac and Rebecca)
* (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
* 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
* (biblical) Jacob (one of the sons of Isaac and Rebecca)
* 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: Instituto da Lingua Galega

## Portuguese
### Proper noun

Jacob m
* Alternative form of Jacó

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /xaˈkob/ [xaˈkoβ̞]
* Rhymes: -ob
* Syllabification: Ja‧cob

### Proper noun

Jacob m
* 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)
* a male given name, variant of Jakob