Defenition of the word jacob

• Defenition of the word 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) 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'')
  • French biochemist who (with Jacques Monod) studied regulatory processes in cells (born in 1920)

Synonyms for the word jacob

• • Jacob

Hypernyms for the word jacob

• • biochemist
  • patriarch
  • surname

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