Definitions for jacobˈdʒeɪ kəb

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

Ja•cobˈdʒeɪ kəb(n.)

  1. a son of Isaac and Rebekah, younger twin of Esau, and father of the 12 patriarchs. Gen. 24:24–34.

    Category: Bible

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Jacob, Francois Jacob(noun)

    French biochemist who (with Jacques Monod) studied regulatory processes in cells (born in 1920)

  2. Jacob(noun)

    (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')

Wiktionary

  1. Jacob(ProperNoun)

    One of the sons of Isaac and Rebecca, and twin brother of Esau; father of the Israelites.

  2. Jacob(ProperNoun)

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  3. Jacob(ProperNoun)

    A breed of multihorned sheep.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Jacob(noun)

    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

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Jacob

    a Hebrew patriarch, younger son of Isaac and Rebecca, the favourite of his mother, and had twelve sons, the fathers of the twelve tribes of Israel; his character and the story of his life are naïvely delineated in the book of Genesis.


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