Hebrew word · Strong's H3290

יַעֲקֹב

Yaʻăqôb · yah-ak-obe' · proper noun · “Jacob”

In a sentence

Yaakov — Jacob — is the patriarch renamed Israel. His Hebrew name plays on “heel” and “supplanter,” but God reshapes his life and his name forever.

Yaakov’s name plays on the Hebrew for “heel” (he was born grasping his brother’s heel) and on “supplanter.” His early life lives down to the name: deception, wrestling, struggle.

But God meets him, renames him Yisrael, and weaves him into the line of the Messiah. Jacob’s story is a portrait of grace: God does not write us off; he renames us.

Strong's reference

Definition: Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch

KJV usage: Jacob.

Reference gloss from Strong's Concordance (1890, public domain).

Key verses BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

Genesis 25:26 “After this, his brother came out grasping Esau’s heel; so he was named Jacob. And Isaac was sixty years old when the twins were born.” Genesis 32:28 “Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed.”” Malachi 1:2 ““I have loved you,” says the LORD. But you ask, “How have You loved us?” “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the LORD. “Yet Jacob I have loved,”

Original BibleDawn word study. Original-language data and the public-domain Strong's (1890) gloss are referenced; see sources.