Jacob

[jey-kuhb, zha-kawb]

noun

1. (in the Bible) the second son of Isaac, the twin brother of Esau, and father of the 12 patriarchs.

2. François 1920–2013, French geneticist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1965.

3. a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “supplanter.”

Jacob

/ ˈdʒeɪkəb /

noun

1. Old Testament the son of Isaac, twin brother of Esau, and father of the twelve patriarchs of Israel

2. Also called: Jacob sheep. any of an ancient breed of sheep having a fleece with dark brown patches and two or four horns

Jacob

1. French geneticist who studied how genes control cellular activity by directing the synthesis of proteins. With Jacques Monod, he theorized that there are genes that regulate the activity of other, neighboring genes. They also proposed the existence of messenger RNA.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Jacob¹

sense 2 in allusion to Genesis 30:40

Example Sentences

But with four Ashes bankers in England's top five - and the fifth a possible starter in Jacob Bethell - they returned only one innings above 34 between them across three matches.

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"During his Masters in Palaeobiology at Bristol, Jacob realized that many fossils previously assigned to the small marine reptile Pachystropheus actually came from coelacanth fishes," explains Professor Mike Benton, one of Quinn's supervisors.

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The study of society emerged like Jacob after Esau, clutching the heel of the “secular study of something called religion.”

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On Thursday, army chief Gen Jacob John Mkunda ordered the protesters off the streets, saying the military would work with other security agencies to contain the situation.

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The only official statement came from army chief Jacob Mkunda late Thursday, who called the protesters "criminals".

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