Ἰακώβ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew יעקב‎. While Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb) refers to Jacob and Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos) to James in the Greek writings, both English names derive from Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), which is derived from Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /i.a.kɔ̌ːb/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /i.aˈkob/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.aˈkoβ/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.aˈkov/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.aˈkov/

Proper noun

Ἰακώβ • (Iakṓb) m (indeclinable)

Jacob

Derived terms

Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos)

Descendants

Greek: Ιακώβ (Iakóv)
→ Georgian: იაკობი (iaḳobi), იაკობ (iaḳob)
→ Old Armenian: Յակոբ (Yakob), Յակօբ (Yakōb), Յակովբ (Yakovb)
- Armenian: Հակոբ (Hakob)

References

Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
G2384 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979

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