יַעֲקֹב (yaʿăqōb) is a Hebrew proper noun meaning Jacob. It appears 349 times in 22 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H3290).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1676f)

Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

יַעֲקֹב proper name of a man: Jacob

• 1.as proper name of a man
• 2.as proper name of a people

Strong's H3290 יַעֲקֹב: Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
KJV:Jacob.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1676: עָקַב ʿāqab — follow at the heel, assail insidiously, circumvent, overreach; attack at the heel, hold back; seize by the heel, restrain; take by the heel, stay, supplant

• עֵקֶב ʿēqeb — consequence
• עָקֵב ʿāqēb — heel
• עָקַב ʿāqab — follow at the heel
• עָקֹב ʿāqōb — steep
• עׇקְבָה ʿoqbâ — insidiousness
• עָקֵב ʿāqēb — overreacher

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