Ἰαβώκ

Iabok

Translated by Anne Mahoney12 Dec 1999Vetting: high4 revisions

2 words

Proper name.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἰαβώκ· ὄνομα κύριον.

Betacode

*)iabw/k: o)/noma ku/rion.

The name appears as Iakob in several manuscripts (and in ps.-Zonaras), which would make it a mistaken pre-echo of iota 8. The name Iabok is, however, attested as a river-name in the Septuagint (e.g. Genesis 32.23) and elsewhere.