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Definition of: Jacob
(jā′kəb, Du., Ger. yä′kôp)
A masculine personal name. Also Fr. Ja·cob (zhá·kôb′), Sp. Ja·co·bo (hä·kō′bō), Lat. Ja·co·bus (jə·kō′bəs). [<Hebrew, supplanter]
—Jacob
A Hebrew patriarch; second son of Isaac and father of the founders of the twelve tribes of Israel: also called Israel. Gen xxv 26.
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