JACOB definitions International Standard Bible Encyclopedia ja'-kub: I. NAME 1 ... Testament 2. In the New Testament VI. MODERN INTERPRETATIONS OF JACOB 1. Personification of the Hebrew Nation 2. God and Demi ... expressed. But there are a number of independent indications that Jacob belongs to that large class of names consisting of a ... be associated with the same root `aqabh, as appears in Jacob (see H. Ranke, Early Babylonian Personal Names, 1905, with annotations ... Palestine that bore a name in some way connected with "Jacob." Moreover, a Pharaoh of the Hyksos period bears a name ... name composed of the same verbal root as that in Jacob, together with the Divine name Yahu (i.e. Yahweh) ...
Jacob definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: French biochemist ... Monod) studied regulatory processes in cells (born in 1920) [syn: Jacob, Francois Jacob] 2: (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 ... Abraham 2. the ancient Hebrew nation Webster's 1913 Dictionary Jacob Ja"cob, n. [Cf. F. Jacob. See 2d Jack.] ...
Jacob's ladder definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1 ... leaved European perennial having bright blue or white flowers [syn: Jacob's ladder, Greek valerian, charity, Polemonium caeruleum, Polemonium van- bruntiae ... or chains supporting wooden or metal rungs or steps [syn: Jacob's ladder, jack ladder, pilot ladder] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: from the ladder seen in a dream by Jacob in Genesis 28:12 Date: 1733 1. any of a ... ladder. 2 a rope-ladder with wooden rungs. Etymology: f. Jacob's dream of a ladder reaching to heaven, as described in Gen. 28:12 Webster's 1913 Dictionary Jacob Ja"cob, n. [Cf. F. Jacob. See 2d Jack.] ...
Jacob's staff definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1 ... forth foliage and clusters of red flowers [syn: ocotillo, coachwhip, Jacob's staff, vine cactus, Fouquieria splendens] Oxford Reference Dictionary n ... measuring distances and heights. Etymology: f. the staffs used by Jacob, as described in Gen. 30:37-43 Webster's 1913 Dictionary Jacob Ja"cob, n. [Cf. F. Jacob. See 2d Jack.] A Hebrew patriarch (son of Isaac, and ... up to heaven (--Gen. xxviii. 12); -- also called Israel. And Jacob said . . . with my staff I passed over this Jordan, ...
Jacob's Well definitions Easton's Bible Dictionary (John 4:5 ... about which there is no dispute. It was dug by Jacob, and hence its name, in the "parcel of ground" which ... a very laborious and costly undertaking. "Unfortunately, the well of Jacob has not escaped that misplaced religious veneration which cannot be ... Samaria, called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph: and Jacob's well was there." When Jacob came to Shechem on his return from Paddanaram he ...
Jacob's membrane definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Jacob Ja"cob, n. [Cf. F. Jacob. See 2d Jack.] A Hebrew patriarch (son of Isaac, and ... up to heaven (--Gen. xxviii. 12); -- also called Israel. And Jacob said . . . with my staff I passed over this Jordan, and ... 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 ...
... to Isaac; he traded his birthright to his twin brother Jacob for a mess of pottage Merriam Webster's noun Etymology ... and Rebekah who sold his birthright to his twin brother Jacob Hitchcock Bible Dictionary he that acts or finishes Easton's ... they founded (25:22, 23, 26). In process of time Jacob, following his natural bent, became a shepherd; while Esau, a ... cravings of hunger, Esau sold his birthright to his brother, Jacob, who thereby obtained the covenant blessing (Gen. 27:28, 29 ... daughter of Beeri, and Bashemath, the daughter of Elon. When Jacob was sent away to Padan-aram, Esau tried to conciliate ... that region. After some thirty years' sojourn in Padan-aram Jacob returned to Canaan, and was reconciled to Esau, who ...
... the land was promised to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, that the priesthood was exclusively hereditary, that the royal succession ... of the eponymous theory; under its spell the sons of Jacob disappear, and Jacob, Isaac and even Abraham become questionable. (4) The present quite ... Testament, where the regularity or symmetry is clearly intentional. Instance Jacob's 70 descendants, and the 70 nations of Ge 10 ... birth of Christ. After tracing the descent from Adam to Jacob, incidentally (Ge 10) giving the pedigree of the various nations ... 29:31-30:24; 35:16-26. The Children of Jacob (29:31-35 Assigned to P; 30:1-3a ...
... 0 (2005) n 1: (Old Testament) the second wife of Jacob and mother of Joseph and Benjamin Hitchcock Bible Dictionary sheep ... willed though beautiful younger daughter" of Laban, and one of Jacob's wives (Gen. 29:6, 28). He served Laban fourteen years for her, so deep was Jacob's affection for her. She was the mother of Joseph (Gen. 30:22-24). Afterwards, on Jacob's departure from Mesopotamia, she took with her her father ... buried "in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem. And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave". Her sepulchre is still ... Version "Rahel")): 1. Biography: An ancestress of Israel, wife of Jacob, mother of Joseph and Benjamin. Rachel was the younger ...
Jacob Epstein definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: British ... for busts and large controversial works (1880-1959) [syn: Epstein, Jacob Epstein, Sir Jacob Epstein]
Francois Jacob definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: French biochemist ... Monod) studied regulatory processes in cells (born in 1920) [syn: Jacob, Francois Jacob]
Sir Jacob Epstein definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: British ... for busts and large controversial works (1880-1959) [syn: Epstein, Jacob Epstein, Sir Jacob Epstein]
... offered by Abraham as a sacrifice to God; father of Jacob and Esau Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: Late Latin, from ... before 12th century the son of Abraham and father of Jacob according to the account in Genesis Hitchcock Bible Dictionary laughter ... roi (25:7-11), where his two sons, Esau and Jacob, were born (21-26), the former of whom seems to ... circle of a few miles; so guileless that he let Jacob overreach him rather than disbelieve his assurance; so tender that ... in the from his father's house, and what in Jacob's life is brought about by a series of providential ... country." But after the long narrative of the fortunes of Jacob and his family, occupying many years, we find Isaac ...
Jacob Harmensen definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: Dutch ... predestinarianism of John Calvin (1559-1609) [syn: Arminius, Jacobus Arminius, Jacob Harmensen, Jakob Hermandszoon]