Synonyms for jacob
ˈdʒeɪ kəbja·cob

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1. Jacobnoun

   Synonyms:
   Israel

2. Jacobnoun

   One of the sons of Isaac and Rebecca, and twin brother of Esau; father of the Israelites.

   Synonyms:
   Israel

3. Jacobnoun

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   Synonyms:
   Israel

4. Jacobnoun

   A breed of multihorned sheep.

   Synonyms:
   Israel

Princeton's WordNet

1. Jacob, Francois Jacobnoun

   French biochemist who (with Jacques Monod) studied regulatory processes in cells (born in 1920)

2. Jacobnoun

   (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')

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1. List of paraphrases for "jacob":

   yacoub, jakob, ya'qub, jacobs, yaakob, yaqub, yacoubou, yaakov, yaacov, yaqoub, jake, tall

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1. List of known nicknames for "Jacob":

   Israel, יִצְחָק, יִשְׂרָאֵל, Yaqub

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1. Jordan Sekulow:

   Pastor Saeed languishes in a filthy and violent prison in Iran -- not because he poses any threat or violated any law -- but because he peacefully gathered to pray with other Christian believers almost 15 years ago, as the U.S. government sits down with Iran in Geneva it is imperative that our diplomats carry out President Obama's promise to young Jacob and secure Pastor Saeed's release in advance of any formal agreement with Iran.

2. Jacob Wells:

   We're not here to take sides, we don't necessarily condone on our platform a campaign any more than when Jacob Wells tweet on Twitter that Twitter somehow agrees with Jacob Wells.

3. Tennessee Bureau of Investigation:

   This is also the first time since they've disappeared we've been able to definitively place #AmberClare with Jacob, find them!!!!! They’re on foot!!!

4. Chief Executive Paddy Padmanathan:

   There's no point in getting excited about the rand getting devalued today or doing this yesterday, or (President Jacob) Zuma said this the day before yesterday, we have to look at it for the medium to long term and ride out the cycles, we are providing electricity and, where we do, water, two principle commodities which are fundamental to life, not just economic development, so they are the last thing which people are going to pull the plug on.

5. Sheriff Nick Smith:

   We believe that at this point Jacob can't return and we need your help.