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Baby Name Jacob |
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| Meaning of Jacob - What does the name Jacob means? |
| Pronunciation: |
| jay-kob |  |
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Boy Name |
| Origin: |
Scottish |
| Name Meaning: |
From the Ecclesiastic Late Latin Iacobus, which is from the Greek Iakobos, a name derived from the Hebrew Yaakov, which is from ya'aqob (seizing by the heel, supplanting). The name is borne in the Bible by a son of Isaac. Jacob was one of the three patriarchs and the father of twelve sons, who founded the tribes of Israel |
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American, Biblical, English, Hebrew, Scandinavian, Scottish |
| Pet forms: | Jake |
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