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JACOB (2)

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JACOB (2): JACOB (2).

(ya`aqobh; Iakob):

(1) The patriarch (see preceding article).

(2) The father of Joseph the husband of Mary (Mt 1:15,16).

(3) Patronymic denoting the Israelites (Isa 10:21; 14:1; Jer 10:16).

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