JACOB

Biblical PN	1.	Patriarch (= ISRAEL) (1 Nephi 5:14 (x2); 6:4; 17:40; 19:10; 20:1, 12, 20; 21:5, 6, 26; 2 Nephi 2:1, 2; 6:18; 12:3, 5, 6; 18:17; 19:8; 20:20, 21; 24:1 (x2); 27:33 (x2), 34; Mosiah 7:19; 23:23; Alma 5:24; 7:25; 29:11; 36:2; 46:23, 24, 26; Helaman 3:30; 3 Nephi 4:30; 5:21, 24, 25 (x3); 10:4, 17; 20:16, 22; 21:2, 12, 22, 23; 24:6; 4 Nephi 1:49; Mormon 5:12, 24; 7:10; 9:11)
Lehite PN	2.	Brother of NEPHI, early 6th c. BC (1 Nephi 18:7, 19; 2 Nephi 5:6, 26; 6:1, 2, 8; 10:1; 11:1, 3; 31:1; Jacob 1:1, 2, 8, 14, 17, 18; 2:1, 2, 11; 3:1, 12, 14; 4:1, 15; 7:3, 6, 15, 22, 26, 27; Words of Mormon 1:3; Alma 3:6)
	3.	Apostate NEPHITE, LAMANITE commander in conquered city of MULEK, ca. 65 BC (Alma 52:20 (x2), 22, 33, 34, 35)
	4.	King of GADIANTON Band, ca. 30 AD (3 Nephi 7:9, 12; 9:9)
Lehite GN	5.	City, ca. 30 AD (3 Nephi 9:8)

Etymology

The biblical name JACOB is from the Hebrew ya' aqob "he grasps the heel" or "(he) decieves." Cf. also Ya 'qub-Har the name of a 14th dynasty EGYPTIAN ruler.

See Book of Mormon JACOBITES and JACOBUGATH

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