Jacob

Domain	Definition
Bible	Jacob one who follows on another's heels; supplanter, (Gen. 25:26; 27:36; Hos. 12:2-4), the second born of the twin sons of Isaac by Rebekah. He was born probably at Lahai-roi, when his father was fifty-nine and Abraham one hundred and fifty-nine years old. Like his father, he was of a quiet and gentle disposition, and when he grew up followed the life of a shepherd, while his brother Esau became an enterprising hunter. His dealing with Esau, however, showed much mean selfishness and cunning (Gen. 25:29-34). When Isaac was about 160 years of age, Jacob and his mother conspired to deceive the aged patriarch (Gen. 27), with the view of procuring the transfer of the birthright to himself. The birthright secured to him who possessed it (1) superior rank in his family (Gen. 49:3); (2) a double portion of the paternal inheritance (Deut. 21:17); (3) the priestly office in the family (Num. 8:17-19); and (4) the promise of the Seed in which all nations of the earth were to be blessed (Gen. 22:18). Soon after his acquisition of his father's blessing (Gen. 27), Jacob became conscious of his guilt; and afraid of the anger of Esau, at the suggestion of Rebekah Isaac sent him away to Haran, 400 miles or more, to find a wife among his cousins, the family of Laban, the Syrian (28). There he met with Rachel (29). Laban would not consent to give him his daughter in marriage till he had served seven years; but to Jacob these years "seemed but a few days, for the love he had to her." But when the seven years were expired, Laban craftily deceived Jacob, and gave him his daughter Leah. Other seven years of service had to be completed probably before he obtained the beloved Rachel. But "life-long sorrow, disgrace, and trials, in the retributive providence of God, followed as a consequence of this double union." At the close of the fourteen years of service, Jacob desired to return to his parents, but at the entreaty of Laban he tarried yet six years with him, tending his flocks (31:41). He then set out with his family and property "to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan" (Gen. 31). Laban was angry when he heard that Jacob had set out on his journey, and pursued after him, overtaking him in seven days. The meeting was of a painful kind. After much recrimination and reproach directed against Jacob, Laban is at length pacified, and taking an affectionate farewell of his daughters, returns to his home in Padanaram. And now all connection of the Israelites with Mesopotamia is at an end. Soon after parting with Laban he is met by a company of angels, as if to greet him on his return and welcome him back to the Land of Promise (32:1, 2). He called the name of the place Mahanaim, i.e., "the double camp," probably his own camp and that of the angels. The vision of angels was the counterpart of that he had formerly seen at Bethel, when, twenty years before, the weary, solitary traveller, on his way to Padan-aram, saw the angels of God ascending and descending on the ladder whose top reached to heaven (28:12). He now hears with dismay of the approach of his brother Esau with a band of 400 men to meet him. In great agony of mind he prepares for the worst. He feels that he must now depend only on God, and he betakes himself to him in earnest prayer, and sends on before him a munificent present to Esau, "a present to my lord Esau from thy servant Jacob." Jacob's family were then transported across the Jabbok; but he himself remained behind, spending the night in communion with God. While thus engaged, there appeared one in the form of a man who wrestled with him. In this mysterious contest Jacob prevailed, and as a memorial of it his name was changed to Israel (wrestler with God); and the place where this occured he called Peniel, "for", said he, "I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved" (32:25-31). After this anxious night, Jacob went on his way, halting, mysteriously weakened by the conflict, but strong in the assurance of the divine favour. Esau came forth and met him; but his spirit of revenge was appeased, and the brothers met as friends, and during the remainder of their lives they maintained friendly relations. After a brief sojourn at Succoth, Jacob moved forward and pitched his tent near Shechem (q.v.), 33:18; but at length, under divine directions, he moved to Bethel, where he made an altar unto God (35:6,7), and where God appeared to him and renewed the Abrahamic covenant. While journeying from Bethel to Ephrath (the Canaanitish name of Bethlehem), Rachel died in giving birth to her second son Benjamin (35:16-20), fifteen or sixteen years after the birth of Joseph. He then reached the old family residence at Mamre, to wait on the dying bed of his father Isaac. The complete reconciliation between Esau and Jacob was shown by their uniting in the burial of the patriarch (35:27-29). Jacob was soon after this deeply grieved by the loss of his beloved son Joseph through the jealousy of his brothers (37:33). Then follows the story of the famine, and the successive goings down into Egypt to buy corn (42), which led to the discovery of the long-lost Joseph, and the patriarch's going down with all his household, numbering about seventy souls (Ex. 1:5; Deut. 10:22; Acts 7:14), to sojourn in the land of Goshen. Here Jacob, "after being strangely tossed about on a very rough ocean, found at last a tranquil harbour, where all the best affections of his nature were gently exercised and largely unfolded" (Gen. 48). At length the end of his checkered course draws nigh, and he summons his sons to his bedside that he may bless them. Among his last words he repeats the story of Rachel's death, although forty years had passed away since that event took place, as tenderly as if it had happened only yesterday; and when "he had made an end of charging his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost" (49:33). His body was embalmed and carried with great pomp into the land of Canaan, and buried beside his wife Leah in the cave of Machpelah, according to his dying charge. There, probably, his embalmed body remains to this day (50:1-13). (See HEBRON.) The history of Jacob is referred to by the prophets Hosea (12:3, 4, 12) and Malachi (1:2). In Micah 1:5 the name is a poetic synonym for Israel, the kingdom of the ten tribes. There are, besides the mention of his name along with those of the other patriarchs, distinct references to events of his life in Paul's epistles (Rom. 9:11-13; Heb. 12:16; 11:21). See references to his vision at Bethel and his possession of land at Shechem in John 1:51; 4:5, 12; also to the famine which was the occasion of his going down into Egypt in Acts 7:12 (See LUZ ¯T0002335; BETHEL.). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.
Biographical Satire	JACOB, birthright speculator, traveler, s. Isaac, and brother of Esau. Was mother's pet. Became proficient as a character impersonator, but never went on the stage. Left home suddenly. Slept on a stone and had hard dreams. Later married, and was responsible for Joseph and his brethren. (See Joe.). Source: Who was Who: 5000BC - 1914.
Slang in 1811	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. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Specialty Definition: Jacob

The Hebrew Bible portrays Jacob, also known as Israel, as one of the patriarchs of the Jewish people. The Hebrew name Yaakov ("Jacob") means one who follows on another's heels; supplanter.

Some commentators believe that there is some suggestion that Israel may be another name for Jacob's father Isaac (Amos 7:9, 16) but it is far more common to take Israel to mean only Jacob (Gen 32:22-28, especially 28).

Jacob was the second born of the twin sons of Isaac, by Rebekah. He was born probably at Lahai-roi, when his father was fifty-nine and Abraham one hundred and fifty-nine years old. Like his father, he was of a quiet and gentle disposition, and when he grew up followed the life of a shepherd, while his brother Esau became an enterprising hunter. His dealing with Esau, however, showed selfishness and cunning (Gen. 25:29-34).

According to the Bible, when Isaac was about 160 years of age, Jacob and his mother conspired to deceive the aged patriarch (Gen. 27), with the view of procuring the transfer of the birthright to himself. The birthright secured to him who possessed it:

superior rank in his family (Gen. 49:3);
a double portion of the paternal inheritance (Deut. 21:17);
the priestly office in the family (Num. 8:17-19); and
the promise of the Seed in which all nations of the earth were to be blessed (Gen. 22:18).

Soon after his acquisition of his father's blessing (Gen. 27), Jacob became conscious of his guilt; and afraid of the anger of Esau, at the suggestion of Rebekah Isaac sent him away to Haran, 400 miles or more, to find a wife among his cousins, the family of Laban, the Syrian (28). There he met with Rachel (29). Laban would not consent to give him his daughter in marriage till he had served seven years; but to Jacob these years "seemed but a few days, for the love he had to her." But when the seven years were expired, Laban craftily deceived Jacob, and gave him his daughter Leah. Other seven years of service had to be completed probably before he obtained the beloved Rachel. But "life-long sorrow, disgrace, and trials, in the retributive providence of God, followed as a consequence of this double union."

At the close of the fourteen years of service, Jacob desired to return to his parents, but at the entreaty of Laban he tarried yet six years with him, tending his flocks (31:41). He then set out with his family and property "to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan" (Gen. 31). Laban was angry when he heard that Jacob had set out on his journey, and pursued after him, overtaking him in seven days. The meeting was of a painful kind. After much recrimination and reproach directed against Jacob, Laban is at length pacified, and taking an affectionate farewell of his daughters, returns to his home in Padanaram. And now all connection of the Israelites with Mesopotamia is at an end.

Soon after parting with Laban he is met by a company of angels, as if to greet him on his return and welcome him back to the Land of Promise (32:1, 2). He called the name of the place Mahanaim, i.e., "the double camp," probably his own camp and that of the angels. The vision of angels was the counterpart of that he had formerly seen at Bethel, when, twenty years before, the weary, solitary traveller, on his way to Padan-aram, saw the angels of God ascending and descending on the ladder whose top reached to Heaven (28:12).

He now hears with dismay of the approach of his brother Esau with a band of 400 men to meet him. In great agony of mind he prepares for the worst. He feels that he must now depend only on God, and he betakes himself to him in earnest prayer, and sends on before him a munificent present to Esau, "a present to my lord Esau from thy servant Jacob." Jacob's family were then transported across the Jabbok; but he himself remained behind, spending the night in communion with God. While thus engaged, there appeared one in the form of a man who wrestled with him. In this mysterious contest Jacob prevailed, and as a memorial of it his name was changed to Israel (wrestler with God); and the place where this occurred he called Peniel, "for", said he, "I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved" (32:25-31).

After this anxious night, Jacob went on his way, halting, mysteriously weakened by the conflict, but strong in the assurance of the divine favour. Esau came forth and met him; but his spirit of revenge was appeased, and the brothers met as friends, and during the remainder of their lives they maintained friendly relations. After a brief sojourn at Succoth, Jacob moved forward and pitched his tent near Shechem, (33:18); but at length, under divine directions, he moved to Bethel, where he made an altar unto God (35:6,7), and where God appeared to him and renewed the Abrahamic covenant. While journeying from Bethel to Ephrath (the Canaanitish name of Bethlehem), Rachel died in giving birth to her second son Benjamin (35:16-20), fifteen or sixteen years after the birth of Joseph. He then reached the old family residence at Mamre, to wait on the dying bed of his father Isaac. The complete reconciliation between Esau and Jacob was shown by their uniting in the burial of the patriarch (35:27-29).

Jacob was soon after this deeply grieved by the loss of his beloved son Joseph through the jealousy of his brothers (37:33). Then follows the story of the famine, and the successive goings down into Egypt to buy corn (Gen. 42), which led to the discovery of the long-lost Joseph, and the patriarch's going down with all his household, numbering about seventy souls (Ex. 1:5; Deut. 10:22; Acts 7:14), to sojourn in the land of Goshen. Here Jacob, "after being strangely tossed about on a very rough ocean, found at last a tranquil harbour, where all the best affections of his nature were gently exercised and largely unfolded" (Gen. 48). At length the end of his checkered course draws nigh, and he summons his sons to his bedside that he may bless them. Among his last words he repeats the story of Rachel's death, although forty years had passed away since that event took place, as tenderly as if it had happened only yesterday; and when "he had made an end of charging his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost" (49:33). His body was embalmed and carried with great pomp into the land of Canaan, and buried beside his wife Leah in the cave of Machpelah, according to his dying charge.

See also: History of ancient Israel and Judah

Initial text from Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897. Please update.

Jacob's sons

Jacob had twelve sons.

By his first wife Leah, he had Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar and Zebulun.

By Bilhah, handmaiden of Rachel, he had Dan and Naphtali.

By Zilpah, handmaiden of Leah, he had Gad and Asher.

Finally, by his favourite wife Rachel, he had Joseph and Benjamin.

Ten of these founded ten of the twelve Tribes of Israel. However with Levi and Joseph it is a bit more complicated. The Tribe of Levi were priests, and as such had no lands. In order to make up the number of tribes to twelve, where the tribes are listed without Levi, there is no Tribe of Joseph, instead there are listed with the other ten the tribes of Ephraim and Manassah, Joseph's two sons by his Egyptian wife Asenath.

According to the Book of Mormon, Jacob was the younger brother of Nephi, an ancient prophet. Jacob's writing begins after The Second Book of Nephi.

Expression: Jacob

Expressions using "Jacob": Francois Jacob ♦ Jacob City ♦ Jacob Epstein ♦ Jacob Harmensen ♦ John Jacob Astor ♦ Karl Gustav Jacob Jacobi ♦ Saint Jacob ♦ Sir Jacob Epstein ♦ st jacob ♦ St. Jacob. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "Jacob": Creutzfeldt-jacob.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Jacob

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
jacob watch	945	annex jacob	64
jacob	637	company jacob watch	64
co jacob	622	jacob jewelry	57
jacob the jeweler	388	jacob new park york	54
co jacob watch	366	center jacob javitz	51
jacob javits center	190	marc jacob	50
jacob co replica watch	182	jacob new park yorks	50
jacob clothing	164	jacob underwood	48
replica jacob watch	150	fox and jacob home	46
jacob lawrence	135	john jacob astor	45
jacob young	127	jacob replica	41
irene jacob	108	jacob vargas	38
jacob javits convention center	97	jacob wetterling	36
co custom jacob watch	86	jacob have i loved	35
replica jacob and co	84	brent jacob	33
company jacob	83	esau jacob	33
jacob riis	79	jacob clothing store	33
jacob javits	70	jacob burn film center	33
annexe jacob	70	jacob store	32
co.com jacob	70	jacob javitz	31
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Modern Translation: Jacob

Language		Translations for "Jacob"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Czech		Jakub. (various references)

Danish		Jacob's tegn (Jacob sign), Jacob-Monod's model (Jacob-Monod model). (various references)

Dutch		Jacobus (Jack, James), Jacob (Jack, James), Jaap (cut, Jack, James). (various references)

Esperanto		Jakobo. (various references)

Farsi		یعقوب نبی قوم یهود. (various references)

French		Jacob (Jack, James). (various references)

German		Jakob (James). (various references)

Greek		Ιάκωβοσ. (various references)

Hungarian		jakab (jake). (various references)

Italian		Giacobbe. (various references)

Pig Latin		acobjay

Portuguese		sinal de Jacob (Jacob sign), sinal de Jackson (Jacob sign), modelo de Jacob-Monod (Jacob-Monod model). (various references)

Scottish		Seumas (Jack, James). (various references)

Spanish		signo de Jacob (Jacob sign), modelo de Jacob-Monod (Jacob-Monod model). (various references)

Turkish		Hz.yakup. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Jacob

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	israhel, israhele, israhelem, israheli, israhelis, israhelitem, israhelitis. (various references)
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Bible Trace: Jacob

Language	Date	Source	Genesis Chapter 30, Verse 19
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Kai sunelaben eti leia kai eteken uion ekton tw iakwb
Latin	405	Vulgate	Rursum Lia concipiens peperit sextum filium
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	And Lea coceaued yet agayne and bare Iacob the sexte sonne.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	And Leah conceived again, and bore Jacob the sixth son.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	And again Leah became with child, and she gave Jacob a sixth son.
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Matched Bible Translations: Jacob

Language	Genesis Chapter 30, Verse 19
Cebuano	Ug nanamkon si Lea pag-usab, ug gianak niya kang Jacob ang ikaunom ka anak nga lalake.
Chinese	利亞又懷孕、給雅各 �"� 了第六個 �' 子。
Croatian	Lea opet zaèe i rodi Jakovu šestoga sina.
Danish	Siden blev Lea frugtsommelig igen og fødte Jakob en sjette Søn;
Dutch	En Lea werd wederom bevrucht, en zij baarde Jakob den zesden zoon.
Finnish	Ja Leea tuli jälleen raskaaksi ja synnytti Jaakobille kuudennen pojan.
French	Léa devint encore enceinte, et enfanta un sixième fils � Jacob.
German	Abermals ward Lea schwanger und gebar Jakob den sechsten Sohn,
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Lea mengandung lagi dan melahirkan anaknya yang keenam.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Maka Lea mengandung pula, lalu beranaklah laki-laki yang keenam bagi Yakub.
Italian	Poi Lia concepì e partorì ancora un sesto figlio a Giacobbe.
Maori	Na ka hapu ano a Rea, a ka whanau te tokoono o a raua tama ko Hakopa.
Norwegian	Og Lea blev atter fruktsommelig og fødte Jakob en sjette sønn.
Rumanian	Lea a rqmas iarqw knsqrcinatq, wi a nqscut un al waselea fiu lui Iacov.
Swedish	Åter blev Lea havande, och hon födde åt Jakob en sjätte son.
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Derivations & Misspellings: Jacob

Derivations
	Words beginning with "Jacob": jacobin, jacobins, jacobus, jacobuses. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Jacob" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Jaco, Jacoba, Jacot, Jaico, Jajo, Jakdo, Jakubac, Jasco, Jebco, Jekou, Zakob. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Jacob"

Words rhyming with "Jacob" (pronounced 'Ja"cob'): Corncob. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Jacob

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-c-j-o"
	-2 letters: abo, boa, cab, cob, jab, job, oca.
	-3 letters: ab, ba, bo, jo.
	Words containing the letters "a-b-c-j-o"
	+2 letters: jacobin, jacobus.
	+3 letters: bootjack, jackboot, jacobins.
	+4 letters: abjection, bootjacks, jackboots, jacobuses.
	+5 letters: abjections, jaboticaba, jackbooted.
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Alternative Orthography: Jacob

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4A 61 63 6F 62

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.--- .- -.-. --- -...

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001010 01100001 01100011 01101111 01100010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#74 &#97 &#99 &#111 &#98

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004A 0061 0063 006F 0062

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4467698168

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Domain	Usage
Screenplays	My name is Jacob Stein. (The Blues Brothers; writing credit: Dan Aykroyd ; John Landis) Sweet dreams, Jacob Daniel. (A Nightmare On Elm Street: The Dream Child; writing credit: Wes Craven; John Skipp)
Movie/TV Titles	Gordon Jacob (1959) Jacob Smits (1955) Le Puits de Jacob (1925) Staff and Veterans of the Spanish-American War Col. John Jacob Astor (1899) Finn & Jacob - ...på vejen igen (1996)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	The Lost Dutchman Mine of Jacob Waltz, Part 1. The Golden Dream (reference) Maryland and Virginia Colonials : Genealogies of Some Colonial Families. Families of Bacon, Beall, Beasley, Cheney, Duckett, Dunbar, Ellyson, Elmore, Graves, Heydon, Howard, Jacob, Morris, Nuthall, Odell, Peerce, Reeder, Ridgley, Prather, Sprigg, Wesson, (reference) Deutscher Horaz : Conrad Celtis, Georg Fabricius, Paul Melissus, Jacob Balde : d. Nachwirkung d. Horaz in d. neulatein. Dichtung Deutschlands (reference) Confessions of Jacob Boehme (reference) Epistles of Jacob Boehme: The Life of Christ (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Jacob Lawrence:The Glory of Expression (reference) Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Jacob Druckman: Brangle; Counterpoise; Viola Concerto (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Dr. L. Boutan's first underwater photography apparatus, 1893. In: Reighard , Jacob, 1907, "The Photography of Aquatic Animals in Their Natural Environment. " Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries, Vol. XXVII, 1907, pp. 41-68. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.		Operating Boutan's third apparatus from a boat by means of a string. In: Reighar d, Jacob, 1907, "The Photography of Aquatic Animals in Their Natural Environment . " Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries, Vol. XXVII, 1907, pp. 41-68. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.
	A reflecting camera shown in section. In: Reighard , Jacob, 1907, "The Photography of Aquatic Animals in Their Natural Environment. " Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries, Vol. XXVII, 1907, pp. 41-68. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.		Photograph taken in 4-feet of water off Tortugas Islands, Florida. In: Reighard , Jacob, 1907, "The Photography of Aquatic Animals in Their Natural Environment. " Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries, Vol. XXVII, 1907, pp. 41-68. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.
	Figure 23. Current meter invented by Jacob Amsler-Laffon about 1876. This instrument was devised to measure the currents of streams and rivers. It was an application of Woltman's electrical turnstile method of measuring the current. The first use of this instrument was in the Rhine River near Schaffhouse in 1876 . 278 measurements were made at 26 stations at 6 meters depth. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.		Figure 36. Current meter invented by Jacob Peter Jacobsen in 1909. Left: view of the assembled unit. Right from top to bottom: bubble levels; sample bucket. This instrument was used by Jacobsen for many years. He first tested it in the Grand Belt from the vessel THOR in 1909. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.
	Figure 45. Jacobsen and Paulsen apparatus for the measurement of plankton in a water sample. Devised by Jacob Peter Jacobsen of the Danish Hydrographic Laboratory and Doctor Ove Paulsen, of the Botanical Museum of the University of Copenhagen, in 1910. This instrument was easier to use and less subject to "operator" error than the preceding model. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.		Figure 37. Jacob thermometer devised by Martin Knudsen and constructed by Friedrich C. Jacob of Copenhagen. This thermometer was mounted inside an insula ted bottle that was lowered from an underway ship. This thermometer was of a classic design that had nothing particularly new. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.
	Figure 43. Nansen total immersion hydrometer, an instrument of variable weight and constant volume. The fact that the instrument is completely immersed during use explains the term "constant volume." Its principle was first put forth by Giuseppe Pisati in 1890 and adopted by Fridthof Nansen in 1900. In 1901 it was used by Jacob Schetelig, Nansen's assistant, from the MICHAEL SARS. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.		Rice harvesting on Jacob Bordelon Farm. Credit: USDA.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Author	Quotation
Blaise Pascal	"The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob," not of philosophers and scholars.
Jacob Boehme	You are at enmity with yourself.
Jacob Burckhardt	The people no longer believe in principles, but will probably periodically believe in saviours.
Jacob Probst	You can't go through the mill without getting dust on you.
John Jacob Rogers	The southern Democrats are in the saddle and the northern Democrats must tag along as best they may, no matter what ill may betide.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
A Christmas Carol	Dickens, Charles	Old Jacob Marley, tell me more.
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	Jacob wrestled with the angel but one night.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		The first person to investigate the pathological signs of apoplexy was Johann Jacob Wepfer. (references)
Economic History	Morocco	Examples are Goodyear Tire, Interlame du Maroc (Gillette), Coca Cola Export Corp., Industries Marocaines Modernes (Procter & Gamble), Colgate Palmolive Maroc, Clark Gum, CPC Maghreb, Crown Cork Corp., Fruit of the Loom, Jacob Delafon (Kohler), Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Simmons Maroc and Steelcase Strafor Maroc. (references)
Human Rights	Kenya	There were no reported investigations into the following 1999 cases during the year: The July killings of Peter Kariuki, Jacob Anaseti, and Ramadhani Barula; the April killing of Ahluwalia Subir Ahluwalia; the March killing of Ibrahim Kullow Hussein; the February killing of Elijah Kimani Mwaura; and the February killing of David Muragi. (references)
Political Economy	South Africa	In Thabo Mbeki's new cabinet, of the 28 ministerial-level positions (including the Deputy President, ANC's Jacob Zuma), the ANC holds 25 positions while the IFP has three. (references)
Trade	Czech Rep	Jacob Sadilek, Director, tel.: (420 2) 2423-9070, fax: (420 2) 2423-3077. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	100%	838	8,386

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Jacob	First name Male	165,000	122
Jacob	Last name	7,000	1,894
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

"Jacob" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "that supplants", "undermines", "the heel", "the heel holder", "a supplanter".

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "Jacob".
Name	Gender	Language	Meaning
Santiago	N/A	Spanish	Same as Jacob
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
The following table summarizes names related to "Jacob."
Name	Gender	Language	Related Name
Coby	Male	N/A	Jacob
Jacobina	Female	N/A	Jacob
Jacob	N/A	Biblical	N/A
James	Male	Biblical	Jacob
Jago	Male	Cornish	Jacob
Jakov	Male	Croatian	Jacob
Jakub	Male	Czech	Jacob
Ib	Male	Danish	Jacob
Jacobine	Female	Danish	Jacob
Jaap	Male	Dutch	Jacob
Jacob	Male	Dutch	N/A
Jacoba	Female	Dutch	Jacob
Jacobine	Female	Dutch	Jacob
Jacob	Male	English	N/A
James	Male	English	Jacob
Jaycob	Male	English	Jacob
Jeb	Male	English	Jacob
Jaakko	Male	Finnish	Jacob
Jouko	Male	Finnish	Jacob
Jacques	Male	French	Jacob
Jakob	Male	German	Jacob
Iakopa	Male	Hawaiian	Jacob
Jákob	Male	Hungarian	Jacob
Jakab	Male	Hungarian	Jacob
Giacobbe	Male	Italian	Jacob
Jacopo	Male	Italian	Jacob
Kapel	Male	Jewish	Jacob
Koppel	Male	Jewish	Jacob
Yakov	Male	Jewish	Jacob
Yankel	Male	Jewish	Jacob
Jacobine	Female	Norwegian	Jacob
Jakub	Male	Polish	Jacob
Kuba	Male	Polish	Jacob
Yakov	Male	Russian	Jacob
Jacob	Male	Scandinavian	N/A
Jakob	Male	Scandinavian	Jacob
Jaka	Male	Slovene	Jacob
Iago	Male	Spanish	Jacob
Jacobo	Male	Spanish	Jacob
Iago	Male	Welsh	Jacob
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Jacob

Definition: Jacob

Jacob

Noun

Specialty Definition: Jacob

Specialty Definition: Jacob

Synonym: Jacob

Crosswords: Jacob

Modern Usage: Jacob

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Blaise Pascal

Jacob Boehme

Jacob Burckhardt

Jacob Probst

John Jacob Rogers

Use in Literature: Jacob

A Christmas Carol

Dickens, Charles

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

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Expression: Jacob

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Modern Translation: Jacob

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Esperanto

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Pig Latin

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Bible Trace: Jacob

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