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Jaakobah

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

Heel-catcher, a form of the name Jacob, one of the descendants of Simeon (1 Chr. 4:36).

From M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.

Named in 1 verse

1 Chronicles: 4:36

The family, dates and events on this page come from Theographic, a knowledge graph of the Bible by Robert Rouse, used and shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. It is a work in progress, and its dates follow one reconstruction of biblical chronology among several. The dictionary article above is separately in the public domain.