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Jacob

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Origin
hebrew
Origin name
‘holder of the heel’ ‘the next born’ ‘supplanter’. Gen 25;25 Jacob was born holding his twin brother Esau's heel - also one of the apostles, in eng. named James
- also a surname
– USA’s most choosed boy’s name in 2002, 2003, 2004

av hebraisk, 'den som kommer etter' (økende bruk nå, også over 70 som etternavn i N) - et av USA's mest brukte guttenavn i etter 2000. Jfr James

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US
inventor
1868-1908
US
sculptor
1880-1959
JM
singer
1952-1980
IL
church-bible
 
ZA
politician
born 1942