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Iakobos

Iakobos {ee-ak'-o-bos}
Greek: personal noun masculine

Possible Definitions:
1) James meaning "supplanter" was the son of Zebedee, and was an apostle and the older brother of John the apostle. The name
"Boanerges" was given to both of them and means "sons of thunder". He was present in the garden before the crucifixion. On the day of the ascension, he is mentioned as persevering, with the rest of the apostles and disciples in prayer. Shortly before the day of the passover, in the year 44 A.D., he was put to death by Herod Agrippa I, Acts 12:2.
2) James the son of Alphaeus was one of the twelve apostles. Whether or not this James is to be identified with James the Less, the son of Alphaeus, the brother of our Lord, is one of the most difficult questions in the Gospel history. By comparing Mat. 27:56, Mark 15:40, with John 19:25, we find that the Virgin Mary had a sister named, like herself, Mary, who was the wife of Clopas or Alphaeus (varieties of the same name), and had two sons, James the Less and Joses, with two other brethren named James and Jude among the apostles. It would certainly be natural to think that we had but one family of four brothers and three or more sisters, the children of Clopas and Mary, nephews and nieces of the Virgin Mary. There are difficulties with this conclusion; but in reply to the objection that the four brethren in Mat. 13:55 are described as the brothers of Jesus, not his cousins, it must be recollected that "adelphoi", which is here translated
"brethren", may also signify cousins.
3) James the Less, was called this because he was younger or smaller in stature than James the son of Zebedee. He was the son of Alphaeus or Clopas and brother of our Lord (see above); and was called to be an apostle at the same time his brother Jude was. The Lord appeared to him after his resurrection and before his ascension. 1 Cor. 15:7. Ten years after we find James on the same level with Peter, and with him deciding on the admission of St. Paul into fellowship with the church at Jerusalem; and from henceforth we always find him equal, or in his own department superior, to the very chiefest apostles, Peter, John, and Paul. Acts 9:27, Gal. 1:18,19. This preeminence is evident throughout the after history of the apostles, whether we read it in Acts, in the epistles or in ecclesiastical writers. Acts 12:17; 15:13, 19; 21:18; Gal.
2:9. According to tradition, James was thrown down from the temple by the scribes and Pharisees; he was then stoned, and his brains dashed out with a fuller's club.

Iakobos {ee-ak'-o-bos}

Greek: personal noun masculine

the same as 2384 Graecised;

Translated as:

James (son of Zebedee) (21 times)

James (son of Alphaeus) (16 times)

James (brother of Jesus) (5 times)

Total: 42 times

Strong's Number 2385

TDNT - omitted,omitted