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  • 31jacob — (ja kob) s. m. 1°   Nom du patriarche père des tribus d Israël. •   Compagnes autrefois de ma captivité De l antique Jacob jeune postérité, RAC. Esth. I, 2. 2°   Nom sous lequel on personnifie quelquefois le peuple juif. •   Ô Dieu, qui vois… …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • 32Jacob — noun 1. French biochemist who (with Jacques Monod) studied regulatory processes in cells (born in 1920) • Syn: ↑Francois Jacob • Instance Hypernyms: ↑biochemist 2. (Old Testament) son of Isaac; brother of Esau; father of the twelve patriarchs of… …

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  • 33Jacob — noun /ˈdʒeɪkəb/ a) One of the sons of Isaac and Rebecca, and twin brother of Esau; father of the Israelites. And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents b) A breed …

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  • 34JACOB — I. JACOB fil. Isaac, Lat. Patriarcha et supplantator, quod ex utero matris Rebeccae exiens A. M. 2299. fratrem Esau plantâ pedis arreptum teneret, quem postea etiam non sine Dei providentia supplantavit. Gen. c. 25. v. 26. et c. 27. v. 38. Deinde …

    Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • 35Jacob — /ˈdʒeɪkəb/ (say jaykuhb) noun Bible a son of Isaac, the younger twin brother of Esau, and father of the 12 patriarchs. Genesis 25:24–35. {Late Latin Jacōbus, from Greek Iakōbos Jacob, James, from Hebrew Ya aqōb Jacob, explained as one who takes… …

  • 36Jacob, S. — S. Jacob, Patriarcha (19. Dec. al. 6. Oct.). Im Jahre der Welt 2168 (1836 v. Chr.), als der Patriarch Isaak 60 Jahre alt war, gebar ihm seine Rebekka Zwillinge, nämlich den Esau, welcher wegen seiner röthlichen Farbe und wegen des ebenfalls… …

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  • 37Jacob —    Jewish patriarch. Twin son of Isaac and Rebekah (Genesis 25:26) and a gentle man who dwelled in tents, from birth, he competed with his hunter twin, Esau, for their father s attention and love. With Rebekah s assistance, he stole the… …

    Historical Dictionary of Israel

  • 38Jacob — Provenance. Vient de l hébreu aqab Signifie : supplanter Se fête le 20 décembre. Histoire. Personnage biblique, Jacob est le fils d Isaac et de Rébecca, le frère d Isaü et le père de douze fils, souches des douze tribus qui constitueront le… …

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  • 39Jacob — Ja|cob in the Old Testament of the Bible, the son of ↑Isaac, and the brother of ↑Esau. Jacob s 12 sons were the ↑ancestors of the 12 tribes of Israel …

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  • 40Jacob (Vorname) — Jacob ist ein männlicher Vorname. Zur Etymologie des Namens siehe Jakob. Inhaltsverzeichnis A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z …

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