jacob

1. n. 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. Source: opted

2. 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’) Source: wordnet

3. 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. coeruleum), 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. Source: webster

4. 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 nowI 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. coeruleum), 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 adefective 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. Source: adambom

5. n. French biochemist who (with Jacques Monod) studied regulatory processes in cells (born in 1920) 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') Source: ecdict

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