Jacob

Ja·cob  (jkb)

In the Bible, the son of Isaac and grandson of Abraham. His 12 sons became the progenitors of the 12 tribes of Israel.

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[Late Latin Iacbus, from Greek Iakb, from Hebrew ya'qb, (God) has protected; see qb in Semitic roots.]

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Ja·cob  (zhä-kôb), François Born 1920.

French geneticist. He shared a 1965 Nobel Prize for the study of regulatory activity in body cells.

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Jacob [ˈdʒeɪkəb]

n

1. (Christian Religious Writings / Bible) Old Testament the son of Isaac, twin brother of Esau, and father of the twelve patriarchs of Israel

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) Also called Jacob sheep any of an ancient breed of sheep having a fleece with dark brown patches and two or four horns

[sense 2 in allusion to Genesis 30:40]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Jacob - French biochemist who (with Jacques Monod) studied regulatory processes in cells (born in 1920) Francois Jacob
	2.	Jacob - (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') Old Testament - the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible patriarch - any of the early biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race

Translations

Jacob [ˈdʒeɪkəb] N → Jacob

Jacob

n → Jakob m