Iakōbos · James

What it means

Iakōbos (Ἰάκωβος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “James”.

The Greek form of Jacob. Several men in the New Testament bear the name: James son of Zebedee and James son of Alphaeus, both among the Twelve, and James the brother of Jesus.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×6
• Mark×15
• Luke×8
• Acts×7
• 1 Corinthians×1
• Galatians×3
• James×1
• Jude×1

• Matthew 4:21

  And going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them.

• Matthew 10:2

  Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee and John his brother;

• Matthew 10:3

  Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus and Thaddaeus;

• Matthew 13:55

  Is this not the carpenter’s son? Is not his mother called Mary, and his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas?

• Matthew 17:1

  And after six days Jesus takes along Peter and James and John his brother, and leads them up onto a high mountain by themselves.

• Matthew 27:56

  among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

• Mark 1:19

  And going on a little, he saw James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, who were also in the boat mending the nets.

• Mark 1:29

  And at once, having gone out of the synagogue, they went into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.

• Mark 3:17

  and James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James (and he gave them the name Boanerges, which means Sons of Thunder);

• Mark 3:18

  and Andrew and Philip and Bartholomew and Matthew and Thomas and James the son of Alphaeus and Thaddaeus and Simon the Cananaean

• Mark 5:37

  And he did not let anyone follow along with him except Peter and James and John the brother of James.

• Mark 6:3

  Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us?” And they stumbled over him.

• Mark 9:2

  And after six days Jesus takes along Peter and James and John, and leads them up onto a high mountain by themselves alone. And he was transfigured before them,

• Mark 10:35

  And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come up to him, saying to him, “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask you.”

• Mark 10:41

  And when the ten heard it, they began to be indignant at James and John.

• Mark 13:3

  And as he was sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew were asking him privately,

• Mark 14:33

  And he takes Peter and James and John with him, and he began to be greatly distressed and troubled.

• Mark 15:40

  And there were also women watching from a distance, among whom were both Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome,

• Mark 16:1

  And when the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him.

• Luke 5:10

  and likewise also James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching people.”

• Luke 6:14

  Simon, whom he also named Peter, and Andrew his brother, and James and John and Philip and Bartholomew,

• Luke 6:15

  and Matthew and Thomas and James son of Alphaeus and Simon who was called the Zealot,

• Luke 6:16

  and Judas son of James and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.

• Luke 8:51

  And when he came to the house, he did not allow anyone to go in with him except Peter and John and James, and the girl’s father and mother.

• Luke 9:28

  Now it happened, about eight days after these words, that taking along Peter and John and James, he went up onto the mountain to pray.

• Luke 9:54

  And when the disciples James and John saw it, they said, “Lord, do you want us to tell fire to come down from heaven and consume them?”

• Luke 24:10

  Now it was Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them who were telling these things to the apostles.

• Acts 1:13

  And when they had entered, they went up to the upper room where they were staying: Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James.

• Acts 12:2

  And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.

• Acts 12:17

  But motioning to them with his hand to be silent, he described to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, “Report these things to James and to the brothers.” And he went out and went to another place.

• Acts 15:13

  And after they had fallen silent, James answered, saying, “Brothers, listen to me.

• Acts 21:18

  And on the following day Paul went in with us to James, and all the elders were present.

• 1 Corinthians 15:7

  then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles;

• Galatians 1:19

  But I did not see any other of the apostles except James, the brother of the Lord.

• Galatians 2:9

  and recognizing the grace that had been given to me, James and Cephas and John, who were considered to be pillars, gave to me and to Barnabas the right hands of fellowship, so that we should go to the nations and they to the circumcision.

• Galatians 2:12

  For before certain people came from James, he was eating with people of the nations; but when they came, he began drawing back and separating himself, fearing those of the circumcision.

• James 1:1

  James, a slave of God and of the Lord Jesus the Messiah, to the twelve tribes that are in the dispersion: greetings.

• Jude 1:1

  Judas, a slave of Jesus the Messiah and brother of James, to those who are called, loved in God the Father and kept for Jesus the Messiah:

And 4 more times.