| Definitions | James
proper noun (book of the Bible, Epistle of James)
- (biblical) A book of the New Testament of the Bible, the general epistle of James.
- (biblical) Two Apostles, and other characters in the New Testament.
- (given name, male, , )
- An English surname derived from the given name.
Translations: - French: Jacques, Jame, Gemmes (Normandy), Gemme (Normandy)
- German: Jakob
- Spanish: Diego, Jaime, Jacóme, Iago
- Italian: Giacomo, Iago
Etymology: The English New Testament form of Jacob, through the variation Gemmes of the Iacomus, dialect variant of Iacobus, from Ancient Greek (polytonic, á) (IacÅbos), from (polytonic, á) (IacÅb), from (Hebr.) (YaÊaqov).
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