44 ; &#1497;&#1506;&#1511;&#1489; "Holder of the heel; supplanter"; Standard Hebrew Ya&#703;aqov , Tiberian Hebrew Ya&#703;&#259;q&#333;&#7687; ), the son of Zebedee and Salome and brother to St. John , was one of the disciples of Jesus . He is called Saint James the Great to distinguish him from the other apostles named James