Strong's Number G2385

Ἰάκωβος

Iakobos · ee-ak'-o-bos

Transliteration:

Iakobos{ee-ak'-o-bos}

Word Origin:

the same as 2384 Graecised

Part of Speech:

proper name masculine

Strong's Definition:

Jacobus, the name of three Israelites

Usage in the KJV:

James (son of Zebedee) 21, James (son of Alphaeus) 16, James (half-brother of Jesus) 5

Total: 42
Occurs 42 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

James = "supplanter"

son of Zebedee, an apostle and brother of the apostle John, commonly called James the greater or elder, slain by Herod, Acts 12
an apostle, son of Alphaeus, called the less
James the half-brother of Christ
an unknown James, father of the apostle Judas (?)