Iacob

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb), from Biblical Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (yaʿaqóv, “he will/shall heel”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈi̯a.koːb/, [ˈi̯äkoːb]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈja.kob/, [ˈjäːkob]

Iacōb m (indeclinable)

1. Jacob

• Iacobus (“James”)

From Old English Iācōb, from Ancient Greek Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb), from Biblical Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (yaʿaqóv, “he will/shall heel”).

Iacob

1. Jacob (biblical figure)
   • c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎^[1], published c. 1410, Matheu 1:1–2, page 1r, column 2, lines 1–5; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:

     The book of þe generacıoū of ıhū crıſt .· þe ſone of dauıd þe ſone of abꝛaham / abꝛaham bıgat yſaac / yſaac bıgat ıacob / ıacob bıgat ıudas ⁊ hıſe bꝛıþ̇en /

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• ⇒ English: Jacob
  • ⇒ English: Jakob, Jaycob, Jaykob
  • ⇒ English: Jake, Jack, Jay (diminutive)
  • ⇒ English: Jeb (diminutive)
  • ⇒ English: Coby, Koby, Kobe (diminutive)
  • → Hawaiian: Iakobo, Iakoba, Iakopo, Iakopa
  • → Maori: Hakopa

• “Iacob”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb), from Biblical Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (yaʿaqóv, “he will/shall heel”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.ɑː.koːb/

Iācōb m

1. Jacob (father of Joseph in the Hebrew Bible)

• Middle English: Iacob
  • ⇒ English: Jacob
    • ⇒ English: Jakob, Jaycob, Jaykob
    • ⇒ English: Jake, Jack, Jay (diminutive)
    • ⇒ English: Jeb (diminutive)
    • ⇒ English: Coby, Koby, Kobe (diminutive)
    • → Hawaiian: Iakobo, Iakoba, Iakopo, Iakopa
    • → Maori: Hakopa

Iacob m

1. Alternative spelling of Iacób

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb). Doublet of Iacov.

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Iacob m

1. Jacob.