Jacob
Jacob , noun
[Compare French 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.
Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel.
Collocations (3)
Jacob's ladder (Botany) , A perennial herb of the genus Polemonium (Polemonium coruleum), having corymbs of drooping flowers, usually blue. Gray. A rope ladder, with wooden steps, for going aloft — R. H. Dana, Jr A succession of short cracks in a defective spar.
Jacob's membrane , See Retina.
Jacob's staff (Surveying) , (a) A name given to many forms of staff or weapon, especially in the Middle Ages; a pilgrim's staff [Obsolete] — Spenser See under Staff.