Ἰάκωβος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

A modified form of Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb), from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (ya‘ăqṓḇ, “Jacob”, literally “heel-grabber”), from עָקֵב (‘āqḗḇ, “heel of the foot”). 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

 

• IPA^(key): /i.á.kɔː.bos/ → /iˈa.ko.βos/ → /iˈa.ko.vos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /i.á.kɔː.bos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /iˈa.ko.bos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /iˈa.ko.βos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /iˈa.ko.vos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈa.ko.vos/

Proper noun

Ἰάκωβος • (Iákōbos) m (genitive Ἰακώβου); second declension

1. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Jacob or James

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ἰάκωβος; τοῦ Ἰακώβου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἰάκωβος ho Iákōbos
Genitive	τοῦ Ἰακώβου toû Iakṓbou
Dative	τῷ Ἰακώβῳ tôi Iakṓbōi
Accusative	τὸν Ἰάκωβον tòn Iákōbon
Vocative	Ἰάκωβε Iákōbe
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Iacobus (see there for further descendants)
• → Old Armenian: Յակոբոս (Yakobos), Յակովբոս (Yakovbos), Յակուբոս (Yakubos)
• → Old Church Slavonic: Іакѡвъ (Iakovŭ)
  • → Belarusian: Якаў (Jakaŭ)
  • → Macedonian: Јаков (Jakov)
  • → Romanian: Iakov
  • → Russian: Яков (Jakov)
    • → Mongolian: Иаков (Iakov)
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: Јаков

    Latin script: Jakov

  • → Ukrainian: Яків (Jakiv)

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
• G2385 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Nestle, Eberhard, Aland, Kurt with et al. (2012) Novum Testamentum Graece‎^[1], 28th revised edition, 4th corrected printing edition, Stuttgart: Stuttgart Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, →ISBN