Jacob /(?)/
Ja·cob
Jacob
n.
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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.
Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel.
Phrases & Compounds
- Jacob's ladder
- A perennial herb of the genus Polemonium (Polemonium cœruleum), having corymbs of drooping flowers, usually blue. Gray.
- Jacob's membrane
- See Retina.
- Jacob's staff
- A name given to many forms of staff or weapon, especially in the Middle Ages; a pilgrim's staff