Jacob word meaning and definition

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Meaning and definition for "jacob" word

[noun] (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')
[noun] French biochemist who (with Jacques Monod) studied regulatory processes in cells (born in 1920)

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\Ja"cob\, 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}. And Jacob said . . . with my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I am become two bands. --Gen. xxxii. 9, 10. Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel. --Gen. xxxii. 28. {Jacob's ladder}.
(a) (Bot.) A perennial herb of the genus {Polemonium} ({P. c[oe]ruleum), 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}.

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Francois Jacob

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Let's analyse "jacob" as pure text. This string has Five letters in Two syllables and Two vowels. 40% of vowels is 1.4% more then average English word. Written in backwards: BOCAJ. Average typing speed for these characters is 1340 milliseconds. [info]

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Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: jacob: 1 + 6 = 7, reduced: 7 . and the final result is Seven.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: jacob: 1 + 1 + 3 + 6 + 2 = 13, reduced: 4, and the final result is Four.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
A (1)	1	Magician	Creative, Inventive, Intuitive
B (1)	2	High Priestess	Compassionate, Caring, Knowing
C (1)	3	Empress	Patient, Willful, Strong, Giving
J (1)	10	Wheel of Fortune	Optimist, Opportunist, Enterpreneur
O (1)	15	Devil	Optimist, Gamesman, Marketer, Hunter

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