jacob

n. male first name; family name; (Biblical) third Old Testament patriarch, son of Isaac, father of the 12 tribes of Israel (also called Israel)

Jacob or Yaʿqob, (Hebrew: יַעֲקֹב, Standard Tiberian ; Arabic: يعقوب, ; "holds the heel"), also known as Israel (Hebrew: יִשְׂרָאֵל, Standard Tiberian ; Arabic: اسرائيل, ; "Struggled with God"), is the third Biblical patriarch. His father is Isaac, and his grandfather is Abraham. Jacob plays a major part in some of the later events in the Book of Genesis.
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Noun
1. French biochemist who (with Jacques Monod) studied regulatory processes in cells (born in 1920)
(synonym) Francois Jacob
(hypernym) biochemist
2. (Old Testament) son of Isaac; brother of Esau; father of the twelve patriarchs of Israel; Jacob wrestled with God and forced God to bless him, so God gave Jacob the new name of Israel (meaning `one who has been strong against God')
(hypernym) patriarch
(classification) Old Testament

n. (Biblical) Jacob, third Old Testament patriarch, son of Isaac, father of the 12 tribes of Israel (also called Israel); male first name

n. Jacob, male first name (Biblical); third Old Testament patriarch, son of Isaac, father of the 12 tribes of Israel (also called Israel), Yaacov