Jacob: alternatives and connections

One of a body of devoted Jews who opposed the Hellenistic Jews, and supported the Asmoneans.

To deprive partially of vision; to make vision difficult for and painful to; to dazzle.

A part of the vestment of the high priest, worn upon the front of the ephod. It was a double piece of richly embroidered stuff, a span…

A descendant, however remote; -- used esp. in the plural; as, the children of Israel; the children of Edom.

Of or pertaining to David, the king and psalmist of Israel, or to his family.

A person who, on account of his age, occupies the office of ruler or judge; hence, a person occupying any office appropriate to such a…

A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor; a founder of a race or family; -- in the plural…

A word found in the Authorized Version of the Bible, representing different Hebrew originals. In Isaiah xxviii. 25, 27, it means the b…

The presence of the Divine Being; the manifestations of the divine nature and favor to the blessed in heaven; celestial honor; heaven.

To render like heaven or fit for heaven.

A Hebrew idiom or custom; a peculiar expression or manner of speaking in the Hebrew language.

To speak Hebrew, or to conform to the Hebrew idiom, or to Hebrew customs.

One who affiliates with Greeks, or imitates Greek manners; esp., a person of Jewish extraction who used the Greek language as his moth…

A blending of property for equality of division, as when lands given in frank-marriage to one daughter were, after the death of the an…

A family of ancestors, descendants, and kindred; a race of persons from the same stock; a tribe; especially, a noble family or an illu…

To take by descent from an ancestor; to take by inheritance; to take as heir on the death of an ancestor or other person to whose esta…

A descendant of Israel, or Jacob; a Hebrew; a Jew.

Of or pertaining to Israel, or to the Israelites; Jewish; Hebrew.