[nok kratit sī it] (n, exp) EN: Black-headed Munia ; Indian Black-headed Munia FR: Capucin à dos marron [ m ] ; Capucin à ventre blanc [ m ] ; Jacobin [ m ] ; Capucin tricolore [ m ] ; Nonnette à dos marron [ f ] ; Capucin à tête noire [ m ]
(n) (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')
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
n. [ Cf. F. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
And Jacob said . . . with my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I am become two bands. Gen. xxxii. 9, 10. [ 1913 Webster ]
Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel. Gen. xxxii. 28. [ 1913 Webster ]
Jacob's ladder. (a) (Bot.) A perennial herb of the genus Polemonium (Polemonium cœruleum), having corymbs of drooping flowers, usually blue. Gray.(b) (Naut.) A rope ladder, with wooden steps, for going aloft. R. H. Dana, Jr. (c) (Naut.) A succession of short cracks in a defective spar. -- Jacob's membrane. See Retina. -- Jacob's staff. (a)A name given to many forms of staff or weapon, especially in the Middle Ages; a pilgrim's staff. [ Obs. ] Spenser. (b) (Surveying) See under Staff. [ 1913 Webster ]
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