Ἰάκωβος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(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

A male given name, 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

English: James
Greek: Ιάκωβος (Iákovos); Γιάκωβος (Giákovos)
Latin: Jacobus; Jacomus

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’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
Nestle, Eberhard; Aland, Kurt; et al. (2012) Novum Testamentum Graece‎, 28th revised edition, 4th corrected printing edition, Stuttgart: Stuttgart Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, →ISBN

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