JACOB
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Biblical PN | 1. | Father of the Twelve Tribes (1 Nephi 5:14; 17:40; 2 Nephi 12:3=Isaiah 2:3; Alma 5:24; 3 Nephi 10:17; 20:22). |
2. | House/sons of, NEPHITES a remnant of (1 Nephi 20:1; 2 Nephi 12:5-6=Isaiah 2:5-6; 2 Nephi 18:17=Isaiah 8:17; Alma 46:23; 3 Nephi 5:24; 24:6=Malachi 3:6; 4 Nephi 1:49; Mormon 5:12). | |
Lehite PN | 3. | High Priest and Brother of NEPHI (1 Nephi 18:7-Alma 3:6). |
4. | Plates of (Jacob 3:14) | |
5. | ZORAMITE leader of LAMANITE army against MORONI #1 (Alma 52:20-35). | |
6. | Wicked king of JACOBUGATH (3 Nephi 7:9-9:9) | |
Lehite GN | 7. | City of (3 Nephi 9:8) |
Etymology
Hebrew yaʿăqōb "Protector; Betrayer; Who seizes by the heel;[1] Supplanter"[2] (Genesis 25:26), who was renamed ISRAEL (Genesis 32:28).
See ISRAEL, JACOBITES, and JACOBUGATH.
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