Comments on: Jacob

By: bookworm

bookworm — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 00:16:52 +0000

Jacqueline, from what I’ve seen your name is the female form of Jacques, which comes from James, which comes from Jacob. So the meaning described here applies to your name. However, the name “Jacqueline” doesn’t actually appear in the scriptures.

By: jacqueline

jacqueline — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 23:56:42 +0000

WOTS THE MEANING OF JACQUELINE,IS IT ALSO BIBLICAL?

By: jacqueline

jacqueline — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 23:53:40 +0000

is Jacob the feminine name for Jacqueline? because am jacqueline and dint really understand it

By: bookworm

bookworm — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 20:51:57 +0000

Thanks for writing, monalisa! There are a lot of names with meanings related to “blessed” (implying abundance) and “strength”, too many to list here. Although the website has a lot of ads, there is a name meaning search here: http://babynamesworld.parentsconnect.com/meaning-search.html?navid=BNW_rightRail You can type in “blessed” or “strength” and look at some ideas! God bless you and your son!

Below is my above reply after running it through Google Translator (hope it works!):

Terima kasih untuk menulis, monalisa! Ada banyak nama dengan makna yang terkait dengan “diberkati” (menyiratkan kelimpahan) dan “kekuatan”, terlalu banyak untuk daftar di sini. Meskipun situs web memiliki banyak iklan, ada pencarian makna nama di sini: http://babynamesworld.parentsconnect.com/meaning-search.html?navid=BNW_rightRail Anda dapat mengetikkan “diberkati” atau “kekuatan” dan melihat beberapa ide! Tuhan memberkati Anda dan anak Anda!

By: monalisa

monalisa — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 06:27:42 +0000

saya ingin minta pendapat, mengenai pemberian nama untuk calon putra saya nanti.. rencananya saya ingin memberi nama “james” namun ingin diikuti dengan kata yg bermakna ” diberkati dengan limpah” atau “memperoleh kekuatan dari Tuhan”

terima kasih atas sarannya..

By: Kathy

Kathy — Mon, 23 May 2011 20:01:38 +0000

Thank you so much for your positive & true meaning of Jacob. We chose the name for our first boy, second child. We were in a Bible Study before the birth & I took hold of the strong points of Jacob’s crying out to God and holding on to God until God blessed him. That’s what I wanted this child to grow up to do, to always call on God & wait for Him to bless. Over the years the other references as in Psalm 135 have been encouraging. I hope people who dwell on the negative of the name read your great site for the deeper real meanings. Who wouldn’t want to name a child the name of a person who God loved so much he pursued him. God didn’t let go either!

By: L.A.

L.A. — Mon, 09 May 2011 18:58:18 +0000

In my search for the origin of the name “James” in English translations of the Bible, I came across Mr. Tennesen’s comment from a Google search.

“but you might know that all of the men in the New Testament named “James” were actually Jacob (Jakobbos in the original). They became “James,” due to the King by that name (obviously, “James” is not of Biblical origin, but came later) — and modern translators haven’t disturbed this particular aberration through the years.”

Further research shows this claim regarding the King James Version forcing the name “James” into the Bible (either as a threat by the king or as a willing honor to the king) is an unsupported myth. The name James also appeared in the Wycliffe Bible (late 1300′s) and the Geneva Bible, which was not only published about 50 years before the KJV but was also banned by King James. While the name Jacob is the anglicized version taken directly from the Hebrew Ya’akov and Greek Iacobus, the name James is the anglicized version derived from the French Iacomus, which is derived from the Greek Iacobus, which in turn is derived from the Hebrew Ya’akov. The appearance of the name James in the Bible seems to be merely an unfortunate linguistic evolution of a name.

Though, based on further research, I disagree with the origin of the name James in the Bible, I do agree with Mr. Tennesen that it could have been corrected in later translations back to a form of the name that is closer to the original. I do see using anglicized names like “Jesus” and “James” as helping to perpetuate the great disconnect between the OT and the NT.

By: kelsy

kelsy — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:36:18 +0000

could you find the christian meaning of Kelsy and Kenna and the scripters to match it thanks

By: bookworm

bookworm — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 06:42:51 +0000

Jacob R. T. – Interesting! After a brief search online, there seems to be some support of your comments. Definitely worth including on this page via your comment. As I have further confirmation, I may edit the main article itself with this info. Thank you for sharing this with us, JRT!

By: Jacob Richard Tennesen

Jacob Richard Tennesen — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 04:02:50 +0000

Technically, this is correct, “There are two people in the Bible with the name Jacob…” — but you might know that all of the men in the New Testament named “James” were actually Jacob (Jakobbos in the original). They became “James,” due to the King by that name (obviously, “James” is not of Biblical origin, but came later) — and modern translators haven’t disturbed this particular aberration through the years.