Hebrew Meaning For James

He grasps the heel.

Hebrew meaning for james. James in hebrew note. The final s in the english first names is typical of those borrowed from old french where it was the former masculine subject case cf. English names which are not derived from hebrew names are normally represented below by hebrew names with similar underlying meanings put this hebrew name on your site or blog.

From hebrew ע מ ס amas meaning load burden. Italian giacomo portuguese jaime a derivative version of latin iacobus latin form of the hebrew name jacob. James as a first name is the english equivalent of the hebrew name jacob jacob means holds the heel or heel grabber which might sound rather strange in the torah genesis jacob at birth.

Other origins for the name james include hebrew israeli english the name james is most often used as a boy name or male name. Meaning of james hebrew name. In hebrew the name james means variant of jacob.

It comes from the hebrew word ya aqov which translated in english is the name jacob. James is the brother john both of whom are called in the greek boanerges which in hebrew is בני רגז beney regaz. This is the word בן ben strong s 1121 meaning son but written in the plural form sons and רגז regaz strong s 7266 meaning rage sons of rage.

Amos is one of the twelve minor prophets of the old testament the author of the book of amos which speaks against greed corruption and oppression of the poor. It means substitute or he who supplants. It is a modern descendant through old french james of vulgar latin iacomus cf.

James is a classic traditional and biblical name saint james of course was one of jesus 12 apostles meaning supplanter or replacer it s derived from the latin jacomus which also means. The biblical meaning of james is lacomus or lacobos which are both latin words that describe the. The second was james the lesser son of alphaeus.