Jacob-s-ladder meaning
A rope or chain ladder with rigid rungs.
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Any of various plants of the genus Polemonium, especially P. caeruleum, having bell-shaped usually blue flowers and alternate, pinnately compound leaves with numerous leaflets.
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The ladder from earth to heaven that Jacob saw in a dream: Gen. 28:12
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A portable ladder used on ships and having, typically, wooden rungs and rope or wire sides.
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Any of several plants (genus Polemonium) of the phlox family, with pinnately compound leaves and small, blue, bell-shaped flowers.
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A pocketknife consisting of two handle segments joined by a pivot, with a blade connected by a second pivot to the end of one handle segment.
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Origin of jacob-s-ladder
From the ladder seen by the biblical patriarch Jacob in a dream (Genesis 28:12)