IOKOBOS to JAMES

Chuck Tripp ctripp at ptialaska.net
Sun Aug 4 01:28:05 EDT 2002


I believe in French it is Jacques.

Chuck Tripp
Kodiak, Alaska
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From: Kevin Barney <klbarney at yahoo.com>
To: Biblical Greek <b-greek at franklin.metalab.unc.edu>
Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2002 8:22 PM
Subject: [b-greek] Re: IOKOBOS to JAMES


> The Latin transliteration of the Greek, Iacobus,
> became Iacomus in late Latin.  In the romance
> languages the name transmogrified to Giacomo in
> Italian, Jaime in Spanish, and I believe Iames in
> French.  English James is like the French form, but
> with an anglicized J.
>
> Kevin Barney
> Hoffman Estates, IL
> klbarney at yahoo.com
>
>
> >
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Subject: Re: IOKOBOS to JAMES
> > From: Clwinbery at aol.com
> > Date: Sat, 03 Aug 2002 09:49:47 -0400
> > X-Message-Number: 3
> >
> > In the GNT the name is most often IAKWBOS, a
> > transliteration of Jacob. In Latin the name is
> > either IACOBUS or IACOMUS. The latter is brought
> > into English as the name James, the consonantal I as
> > a J and the CO drops. If you can find a copy of
> > Murray, New English Dictionary, it will give a much
> > more detailed account of the origin of the name
> > James in English.
> >
> > Carlton Winbery
> > Louisiana College
> >
> >
>
> =====
> Kevin L. Barney
> Hoffman Estates, Illinois
> klbarney at yahoo.com
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