What does Ἰάκωβος · Ἰωάννης mean in the Bible?
Ἰάκωβος · Ἰωάννης is a Greek phrase meaning "James and John".
Greek · G2385, G2491
Ἰάκωβος καὶ Ἰωάννης
Jacobus, the name of three Israelites · Joannes (i.e. Jochanan), the name of four Israelites
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Ἰάκωβος G2385 Jacobus, the name of three Israelites
Pronunciation Iákōbos
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Ἰωάννης G2491 Joannes (i.e. Jochanan), the name of four Israelites
Pronunciation Iōánnēs
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What does Ἰάκωβος καὶ Ἰωάννης (Iakōbos kai Iōannēs) mean in the Bible?
Ἰάκωβος · Ἰωάννης is a Greek phrase meaning "James and John".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G2385, G2491?
G2385, G2491 is connected to 42 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. James and John
Source Gloss
James and John
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 4 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 4 Aligned forms 42 Case pattern Accusative (16) Number pattern Singular (42)
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 10:2 · Matt 10:3 · Matt 13:55 · Mark 10:35 · Mark 13:3 · Luke 9:54 · Acts 1:13 · Acts 15:13 · Gal 2:9 · Jas 1:1 11×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Matt 27:56 · Mark 1:29 · Mark 3:17 · Mark 5:37 · Mark 6:3 · Mark 10:41 · Mark 15:40 · Mark 16:1 · Luke 6:16 · Luke 24:10 · Acts 1:13 · Gal 2:12 · Jude 1:1 13×
Dative · Singular · Masculine Acts 12:17 · 1 Cor 15:7 2×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Matt 4:21 · Matt 17:1 · Mark 1:19 · Mark 3:17 · Mark 3:18 · Mark 5:37 · Mark 9:2 · Mark 14:33 · Luke 5:10 · Luke 6:14 · Luke 6:15 · Luke 8:51 · Luke 9:28 · Acts 12:2 · Acts 21:18 · Gal 1:19 16×
Word Origins
Ἰάκωβος καὶ Ἰωάννης is built from this root:
Cross-Language Connections
Hebrew roots and equivalents that share conceptual or etymological ground with this Greek word.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain