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Jacob
[jey-kuhb, zh
noun
(in the Bible) the second son of Isaac, the twin brother of Esau, and father of the 12 patriarchs.
çǾ 1920–2013, French geneticist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1965.
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “supplanter.”
Jacob
/ ˈɪə /
noun
Old Testament the son of Isaac, twin brother of Esau, and father of the twelve patriarchs of Israel
Also called: Jacob sheep.any of an ancient breed of sheep having a fleece with dark brown patches and two or four horns
Jacob
French geneticist who studied how genes control cellular activity by directing the synthesis of proteins. With Jacques Monod, he theorized that there are genes that regulate the activity of other, neighboring genes. They also proposed the existence of messenger RNA.
Word History and Origins
Origin of Jacob1
Example Sentences
Along with Williams, former police officer Jeremy Hunt, 55, of Horne in Surrey, and Jacob Willmer, 39, from Richmond, west London, did not indicate a plea.
Skipper Harry Brook and Jacob Bethell continued the momentum as they peppered the boundary to finish unbeaten on 35 and 36 respectively, as a dispirited West Indies bowling attack ran out of ideas.
Jacob is part of a 35-strong squad that will prepare for Samoa's July Test against Scotland in Auckland, New Zealand, and August's Pacific Nations Cup campaign.
As boundaries flowed at the other end - younger men Jacob Bethell, Will Jacks and Matthew Potts among those punished - Dawson was not hit to the rope until his fourth over.
England selector Luke Wright stopped short of backing incumbent number three Ollie Pope after Jacob Bethell was included in the squad for the first Test against India.
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