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Jacob Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Jacob? [n] (Old Testament) son of Isaac; brother of Esau; father of the twelve patriarchs of Israel; Jacob wrestled with God and forced God to bless him, so God gave Jacob the new name of Israel (meaning `one who has been strong against God') [n] French biochemist who (with Jacques Monod) studied regulatory processes in cells (born in 1920) Synonyms \| Synonyms for Jacob: Francois Jacob Related Terms \| Find terms related to Jacob: See Also \| biochemist \| patriarch Jacob In Webster's Dictionary \Ja"cob\, n. [Cf. F. Jacob. See 2d {Jack}.] A Hebrew patriarch (son of Isaac, and ancestor of the Jews), who in a vision saw a ladder reaching up to heaven (--Gen. xxviii. 12); -- also called {Israel}. And Jacob said . . . with my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I am become two bands. --Gen. xxxii. 9, 10. Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel. --Gen. xxxii. 28. {Jacob's ladder}. (a) (Bot.) A perennial herb of the genus {Polemonium} ({P. c[oe]ruleum), having corymbs of drooping flowers, usually blue. Gray}. (b) (Naut.) A rope ladder, with wooden steps, for going aloft. --R. H. Dana, Jr. (c) (Naut.) A succession of short cracks in a defective spar. {Jacob's membrane}. See {Retina}. {Jacob's staff}. (a) A name given to many forms of staff or weapon, especially in the Middle Ages; a pilgrim's staff. [Obs.] --Spenser. (b) (Surveying) See under {Staff}.

Jacob Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Jacob?

[n] (Old Testament) son of Isaac; brother of Esau; father of the twelve patriarchs of Israel; Jacob wrestled with God and forced God to bless him, so God gave Jacob the new name of Israel (meaning `one who has been strong against God')
[n] French biochemist who (with Jacques Monod) studied regulatory processes in cells (born in 1920)

Synonyms | Synonyms for Jacob: Francois Jacob

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Jacob In Webster's Dictionary

\Ja"cob\, n. [Cf. F. Jacob. See 2d {Jack}.]
A Hebrew patriarch (son of Isaac, and ancestor of the Jews),
who in a vision saw a ladder reaching up to heaven (--Gen.
xxviii. 12); -- also called {Israel}.

      And Jacob said . . . with my staff I passed over this
      Jordan, and now I am become two bands.   --Gen. xxxii.
                                               9, 10.

      Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel.
                                               --Gen. xxxii.
                                               28.

{Jacob's ladder}.
(a) (Bot.) A perennial herb of the genus {Polemonium} ({P.
    c[oe]ruleum), having corymbs of drooping flowers, usually
    blue. Gray}.
(b) (Naut.) A rope ladder, with wooden steps, for going
    aloft. --R. H. Dana, Jr.
(c) (Naut.) A succession of short cracks in a defective spar.


{Jacob's membrane}. See {Retina}.

{Jacob's staff}.
(a) A name given to many forms of staff or weapon, especially
    in the Middle Ages; a pilgrim's staff. [Obs.] --Spenser.
(b) (Surveying) See under {Staff}.

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