Jacob (disambiguation)
Jacob was a patriarch of the Jewish & Christian traditions in the Old Testament.
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James is a later Latin/Vulgar Latin name derived from the same source as the name Jacob, which appears in the New Testament. James is also the name of the two apostles of Jesus: James son of Zebedee and James son of Alphaeus.
Jacob may also refer to:
- Jow (unit), an obsolete unit of length in India
- Jacob (sheep), a rare breed of black and white spotted, multi-horned sheep
- Book of Jacob (Mormon), the third book in the Book of Mormon
- Jacob (clothing retailer), a Canadian clothing store chain
- Jacob (film), 1994 film about the life of the patriarch
People
- Jacob (name), a masculine given name
- Jacob (surname), list of people with this surname
- Jacob in Islam, Islamic view of Jacob
- Jacob (Book of Mormon prophet) (fl. c. 600 BCE), a younger brother of the prophet Nephi
- Yaqob of Ethiopia (died 1638), ruler
- Jacob, son of Matthan, mentioned briefly in the genealogy of Jesus
- Jacob of Samosata, a companion in martyrdom of Romanus of Samosata
- Patriarch Jacob of Alexandria (1803–1865), Greek Patriarch of Alexandria 1861–1865
- Saint Jakov, Archbishop of Serbs 1286–1292
- Jacob (Lost), fictional character, ageless protector of the island in TV series Lost
Similar versions of the name
Disambiguation pages for related names
- St. Jacob (disambiguation)
- Saint James (disambiguation)
- Jakob (disambiguation)
- Jacobs (disambiguation)
- Jacob's, a brand name for several lines of biscuits and crackers
- Jacob's Ladder (disambiguation)
- Jacobean (disambiguation)
- Jacobian (disambiguation)
- Jacobin (disambiguation)
- Jacobite (disambiguation)
- Jacobsen (disambiguation)
- Jacobson (disambiguation)
Toponyms
- Jacob River, Quebec, a tributary of the Malbaie River flowing through Mont-Élie, in La Malbaie and Clermont, in Charlevoix-Est, in Quebec, Canada.
See also
- All pages with titles beginning with Jacob of
- All pages with titles beginning with Jacob the
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