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GreekG2385Proper Noun (Masculine)

Ἰάκωβος

Iakōbos

38Occurrences
G2385Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Jacobus, the name of three Israelites

the same as G2384 (Ἰακώβ) Græcized;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
James
1.Son of Zebedee
2.Son of Alphæus
3.The Lord's brother (see
4.The father of the apostle, Ἰούδας Ἰακώβου

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

Ἰάκωβος appears 38 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Mark
13
Luke
8
Matthew
6
Acts
5
Galatians
3
1 Corinthians
1
James
1
Jude
1

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 15:7BSB

Then He appeared to James, then to all the apostles.

Galatians 2:9BSB

And recognizing the grace that I had been given, James, Cephas, and John—those reputed to be pillars—gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, so that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcised.

Luke 6:15BSB

Matthew and Thomas; James son of Alphaeus and Simon called the Zealot;

Matthew 13:55BSB

“Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t His mother’s name Mary, and aren’t His brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas?

Mark 10:41BSB

When the ten heard about this, they became indignant with James and John.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.