Strong's Lexicon
G2385 — Ἰάκωβος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2385 |
|---|---|
| Word: | Ἰάκωβος |
| Part of Speech: | Name Person |
| Etymology: | the same as G2384 Graecized |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 42 |
| Transliteration: | Iakobos |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ee-ak'-o-bos |
| Meaning: | 1. Jacobus, the name of three Israelites |
| KJV Renderings: | James |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Ἰάκωβος, Ἰακώβου, ὁ (see the preceding word (and cf. Buttmann, 6, 18 (16))), James;
1. son of Zebedee, an apostle, and brother of the apostle John (commonly called James the greater or elder). He was slain with the sword by the command of king Herod Agrippa I. (circa A.D. 44): Mat 4:21; Mat 10:2 (); ; Mar 1:19; Mar 1:29; Mar 3:17; Mar 5:37; Mar 9:2; Mar 10:35; Mar 10:41; Mar 13:3; Mar 14:33; Luk 5:10; Luk 6:14; Luk 8:51; Luk 9:28; Luk 9:54; Act 1:13; Act 12:2.
2. James (commonly called the less), an apostle, son of Alphaeus: Mat 10:3; Mar 3:18; Luk 6:15; Act 1:13; apparently identical with Ἰάκωβος ὁ μικρός James the little (A. V. the less), the son of Mary, Mar 15:40 (Mat 27:56); , wife of Cleophas (i. e. Clopas, which see) or Alphaeus, Joh 19:25; see in Ἁλφαῖος, and in Μαρία, 3.
3. James, the brother of our Lord (see ἀδελφός, 1): Mat 13:55; Mar 6:3; Gal 1:19 (where εἰ μή is employed according to a usage illustrated under εἰ, III. 8 c. β’.); ; Act 12:1?; ; 1Co 15:7 (?); Jas 1:1, the leader of the Jewish Christians, and by them surnamed ὁ δίκαιος the Just, the overseer (or bishop) of the church at Jerusalem down to the year 62 or 63 (or according to Hegesippus in Eusebius, h. e. 2, 23 (translated in B. D., p. 1206) down to 69, which is hardly probable (see Heinichen’s note at the passage)), in which year he suffered martyrdom, Josephus, Antiquities 20, 9, 1. In opposition to the orthodox opinion (defended in B. D. under the word ), which identifies this James with James the son of Alphaeus, and understands ὁ ἀδελφός τοῦ κυρίου to mean his cousin, cf. especially Clemen in Winer’s Zeitschr. f. wissensch. Theol. for 1829, p. 351ff; Blom, Diss. de τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς ... τοῦ κυρίου. Lugd. 1839; Wilib. Grimm in Ersch u. Gruber’s Encycl., Sect. 2, vol. 23, p. 80ff; Schaff, Das Verhältniss des Jacobus, Bruders des Herrn, zu Jacobus Alphäi. Beth 1842 (also his Church Hist. (1882) i., 272f); Hilgenfeld, Galaterbrief etc., p. 138ff; Hausrath in Sehenkel iii., p. 175ff; (Sieffert in Herzog edition 2, vi., 464ff; and references under the word ἀδελφός, 1 (especially Lightfoot)).
4. An unknown James, father of the apostle Judas (or Jude): Luk 6:16; Act 1:13, according to the opinion of those interpreters who think that not ἀδελφόν but υἱόν must be supplied in the phrase Ιουδαν Ἰακώβου; see Ἰού?Dan 8:1-27.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
Ἰάκωβος (James)
Matthew 4:21
- KJV: And going on from thence he saw other two brethren James of Zebedee and John his brother in a ship with Zebedee their father mending their nets and he called them
- GK: και προβάς εκείθεν είδεν άλλους δύο αδελφούς Ιάκωβον τον του Ζεβεδαίου και Ιωάννην τον αδελφόν αυτού εν τω πλοίω μετά Ζεβεδαίου του πατρός αυτών καταρτίζοντας τα δίκτυα αυτών και εκάλεσεν αυτούς
Matthew 10:2
- KJV: Now the names of the twelve apostles are these The first Simon who is called Peter and Andrew his brother James of Zebedee and John his brother
- GK: των δώδεκα αποστόλων τα ονόματά εισι ταύτα πρώτος Σίμων ο λεγόμενος Πέτρος και Ανδρέας ο αδελφός αυτού Ιάκωβος ο του Ζεβεδαίου και Ιωάννης ο αδελφός αυτού
Matthew 10:3
- KJV: Philip and Bartholomew Thomas and Matthew the publican James of Alphaeus and Lebbaeus whose surname was Thaddaeus
- GK: Φίλιππος και Βαρθολομαίος Θωμάς και Ματθαίος ο τελώνης Ιάκωβος ο του Αλφαίου και Λεββαίος ο επικληθείς Θαδδαίος
Matthew 13:55
- KJV: Is not this the carpenter’s son is not his mother called Mary and his brethren James and Joses and Simon and Judas
- GK: ουχ ούτός εστιν ο του τέκτονος υιός ουχί η μήτηρ αυτού λέγεται Μαριάμ και οι αδελφοί αυτού Ιάκωβος και Ιωσής και Σίμων και Ιούδας
Matthew 17:1
- KJV: And after six days Jesus taketh Peter James and John his brother and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart
- GK: και μεθ΄ ημέρας εξ παραλαμβάνει ο Ιησούς τον Πέτρον και Ιάκωβον και Ιωάννην τον αδελφόν αυτού και αναφέρει αυτούς εις όρος υψηλόν κατ΄ ιδίαν
Matthew 27:56
- KJV: Among which was Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Joses and the mother of Zebedee’s children
- GK: εν αις ην Μαρία η Μαγδαληνή και Μαρία η του Ιακώβου και Ιωσή μήτηρ και η μήτηρ των υιών Ζεβεδαίου
Mark 1:19
- KJV: And when he had gone a little further thence he saw James of Zebedee and John his brother who also were in the ship mending nets
- GK: και προβάς εκείθεν ολίγον είδεν Ιάκωβον τον του Ζεβεδαίου και Ιωάννην τον αδελφόν αυτού και αυτούς εν τω πλοίω καταρτίζοντας τα δίκτυα
Mark 1:29
- KJV: And forthwith when they were come out of the synagogue they entered into the house of Simon and Andrew with James and John
- GK: και ευθέως εκ της συναγωγής εξελθόντες ήλθον εις την οικίαν Σίμωνος και Ανδρέου μετά Ιακώβου και Ιωάννου
Mark 3:17
- KJV: And James the of Zebedee and John the brother of James and he surnamed them Boanerges which is The sons of thunder
- GK: και Ιάκωβον τον του Ζεβεδαίου και Ιωάννην τον αδελφόν του Ιακώβου και επέθηκεν αυτοίς ονόματα Βοανεργές ο εστιν υιοί βροντής