Jacob
['dʒeikəb]
Definition
(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').
(noun.) French biochemist who (with Jacques Monod) studied regulatory processes in cells (born in 1920).
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Definition
(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.
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Examples
- There follows a history of the fathers and founders of the Hebrew nation, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I will seek him out, said Isaac, for he is a good youth, and hath compassion for the exile of Jacob. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The late Jacob Hess, a famous New York Republican politician, was a member of the commission appointed to put the wires underground in New York City, in the eighties. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Go home all of you to dinner, said the schoolmaster, except Jacob. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I was Esau, and Andros Jacob, the favored one. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The chief personage aboard proved to be Jacob Thompson, Secretary of the Interior under the administration of President Buchanan. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- For an offense done to the family honor, the sons of Jacob exterminated all Shechem once. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- About 1525 Jacob Zech of Prague invented the fusee, which was re-invented and improved by the celebrated Dr. Hooke, 125 years later. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- In this same parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor for a hundred pieces of silver, is Jacob's celebrated well. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The sons of Jacob had been pasturing their flocks near there. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- T' ghaist of Mistress Fairlie, answered Jacob in a whisper. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- She turned with an air of satirical defiance to little Jacob, and began to question him directly. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- You all see Jacob Postlethwaite standing up on the stool there in disgrace. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Oh, it was a kind of Esau and Jacob business. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- They appeared to think that we had arrived for the express purpose of seeing Jacob Postlethwaite caned. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Jacobs, will you ask the Prime Minister to come up? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Jacobs, bring down my despatch-box. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Thank you, Jacobs, put it here. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
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