Definition of Jaob

Definition of Jaob

Jacob, a Hebrew patriarch, younger son of Isaac and Rebecca, the favourite of his mother, and had twelve sons, the fathers of the twelve tribes of Israel; his character and the story of his life are naïvely delineated in the book of Genesis.

- Wikipedia

Ja"cob (?), n. [Cf. F. Jacob. See 2d Jack.] 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.

Gen. 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 genus Polemonium (P. cœruleum), having corymbs of drooping flowers, usually blue. Gray.(b)(Naut.)A rope ladder, with wooden steps, for going aloft. R. H. Dana, Jr.(c)(Naut.)A succession of short cracks in a defective spar. -- Jacob's membrane. See Retina. -- Jacob's staff. (a)A name given to many forms of staff or weapon, especially in the Middle Ages; a pilgrim's staff. [Obs.] Spenser.(b)(Surveying)See under Staff.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

JACOB. A soft fellow. A fool.
JACOB. A ladder: perhaps from Jacob's dream. CANT. Also
the common name for a jay, jays being usually taught to
say, Poor Jacob! a cup of sack for Jacob.

- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)

an English male given name

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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