Definitions for: 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)

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: Francois Jacob

See Also: biochemist, patriarch

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