Jacob

(jā′kəb)

noun

a masculine name: dim. Jake, Jack; var. James; equiv. Fr. Jacques, It. Giácomo
Bible a son of Isaac, twin brother of Esau, and the father of the founders of the twelve tribes of Israel: also called Israel: Gen. 25:24-34

Origin: LL(Ec) Jacobus < Gr Iakōbos < Heb Jaʼaqob, Jacob, lit., seizing by the heel of (cf. Gen. 25:26)

See Jacob in American Heritage Dictionary 4

In the Bible, the son of Isaac and grandson of Abraham. His 12 sons became the progenitors of the 12 tribes of Israel.

Origin:

Origin: Late Latin Iacōbus

Origin: , from Greek Iakōb

Origin: , from Hebrew ya‘ăqōb, (God) has protected; see עqb in Semitic roots

French geneticist. He shared a 1965 Nobel Prize for the study of regulatory activity in body cells.

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