G2385 – Iakobos – Ἰάκωβος – James
- Strong’s ID:
- G2385
- Greek Word:
- Ἰάκωβος
- Transliteration:
- Iakobos
- Pronunciation:
- ee-ak’-o-bos
- Part of Speech:
- noun proper masculine
- Usage Count:
- 42
- Search:
- Find “Iakobos” in the Bible (New Testament)
Strong’s Greek Lexicon
the same as G2384 Graecized; Jacobus, the name of three Israelites:—James.
Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.
Thayer’s Greek Definitions
James = “supplanter”
1) son of Zebedee, an apostle and brother of the apostle John, commonly called James the greater or elder, slain by Herod, Acts 12
2) an apostle, son of Alphaeus, called the less
3) James the half-brother of Christ
4) an unknown James, father of the apostle Judas (?)
Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.