[B-Greek] Jacob and James

tmcos at rogers.com tmcos at rogers.com
Sat Feb 28 13:27:15 EST 2004


Bart, the name James  in the KJV comes from the Greek name 
IAKWBOS (Jacobus) which is a Hellenized form of  IAKWB (Jacob). 
I don't think King James of England had the name James placed in 
the KJV for the sake of his memory. James was already in use 
among the English prior to the KJV. I believe James is an 
Anglicized form of Jacobus. Best regards,

Tony Costa


> From: Bart Torbert <Bart.Torbert at ihsenergy.com>
> Date: 2004/02/28 Sat PM 01:12:51 EST
> To: "Tony Costa" <tmcos at rogers.com>
> Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Jacob and James
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> Also I have heard that the name "James" is used in the KJV 
version when it
> should read "Jacob", just so that King James who sponsored the 
project
> would have his name in the bible.  Is this so?
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> Bart
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> Dear Friends, when the NT alludes to the patriarch Jacob it 
renders the
> name IAKWB (eg. Heb.11:21). However, when it mentions 
James, it uses
> IAKWBOS (eg. Matt.13:55; James 1:1) Why does the NT render 
this name
> differently by adding OS to the end of IAKWB thus giving us 
IAKWBOS? Why
> did it not simply use IAKWB?
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> Tony Costa
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