Noun: Jacob jey-kub
- (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’)
- French biochemist who (with Jacques Monod) studied regulatory processes in cells (1920-2013)
- François Jacob
Derived forms: Jacobs
Type of: biochemist, patriarch
Encyclopedia: Jacob, Klaus