Jacob (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. the second son of Isaac, the twin brother of Esau, and father of the 12 patriarchs. Genesis 25:24–34.
  2. French geneticist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1965.
  3. a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “supplanter.”
noun
  1. the son of Isaac, twin brother of Esau, and father of the twelve patriarchs of Israel
  2. any of an ancient breed of sheep having a fleece with dark brown patches and two or four horns
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