Genesis 32:27
And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.
And he said vnto him, what is thy name? and he said, Iacob.
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Genesis 32:27
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
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Sense 1: A word, appellation, or designation by which a person or thing is called or known. Sense 2: The person or persons named or represented. Sense 3: Reputation, character, renown, or remembrance. Sense 4: The authority, behalf, or standing represented by a name. Sense 5: As a verb, to call, designate, or mention by name.
Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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32:24¶ And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.
32:24¶ And Iacob was left alone: and there wrestled a man with him, vntill the †breaking of the day.
32:25And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.
32:25And when he saw, that he preuailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh: and the hollow of Iacobs thigh was out of ioynt, as hee wrestled with him.
32:26And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
32:26And he said, Let me goe, for the day breaketh: and he said, *I will not let thee goe, except thou blesse me.
32:27And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.
32:27And he said vnto him, what is thy name? and he said, Iacob.
Selected passage32:28And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
32:28And he said, *Thy name shall be called no more Iacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God, and with men, and hast preuailed.
32:29And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.
32:29And Iacob asked him, and saide, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name: and he said, wherefore is it, that thou doest aske after my name? and he blessed him there.
32:30And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
32:30And Iacob called the name of the place †Peniel: for I haue seene God face to face, and my life is preserued.
32:31And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh.
32:31And as he passed ouer Penuel, the sunne rose vpon him, and he halted vpon his thigh.
32:32Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob’s thigh in the sinew that shrank.
32:32Therefore the children of Israel eate not of the sinewe which shranke, which is vpon the hollow of the thigh, vnto this day: because hee touched the hollow of Iacobs thigh, in the sinewe that shranke.