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English bookseller and publisher (1655–1736)
Jacob Tonson, sometimes referred to as Jacob Tonson the Elder (12 November 1655 – 17 March 1736), was an eighteenth-century English bookseller and publisher
Jacob_Tonson
Biographies of famous Greeks and Romans by Plutarch
having no role in the actual translation of the work. It was published by Jacob Tonson. Plutarch structured Parallel Lives by pairing lives of famous Greeks
Parallel_Lives
English poet and antiquary, c. 1643–1713
states that Holmes was employed by the publisher of the first edition, Jacob Tonson, from p. 112 of Vol. 1, up to the end of Vol. 12 only; and that the subsequent
Thomas_Rymer
London gentleman's club
specially built for the purpose at Barn Elms, the home of the secretary Jacob Tonson. In summer, the club met at the Upper Flask, Hampstead Heath. The origin
Kit-Cat_Club
Latin phrase meaning "time flies"
Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis, 3rd ed., Vol. I, pp. 163–166. Jacob Tonson (London), 1709. Hosted at Google Books. Accessed 30 May 2014. Rhoades
Tempus_fugit
1681 satirical poem by John Dryden
publishing it the following year, 1682. According to the bookseller Jacob Tonson, Tate was aided by Dryden's advice and editorial direction. Dryden also
Absalom_and_Achitophel
English poet (1688–1744)
1709, Pope's Pastorals was published in the sixth part of bookseller Jacob Tonson's Poetical Miscellanies. This earned Pope instant fame and was followed
Alexander_Pope
Magic involving communication with the deceased
Dryden, L. Eusden, J. Gay, A. Maynwaring & N. Tate, trans. London: Jacob Tonson. OCLC 85877585. Redgrove, H. S. (1920). "Chapter 7: Ceremonial Magic
Necromancy
Collection of satirical poems by Juvenal
Hands. ... Fourth Edition, Adorn'd with Sculptures. United Kingdom, Jacob Tonson, 1711. Strong, Herbert Augustus. Thirteen Satires of Juvenal, Part I
Satires_(Juvenal)
Studios in the 1750s. He was a brother of bookseller and publisher Jacob Tonson. "TONSON, Richard (d.1772), of Water Oakley, nr. Windsor, Berks. | History
Richard_Tonson
Counties of England that surround London
Charles (1695). An Essay upon Ways and Means of Supplying the War. London: Jacob Tonson. p. 77.; quoted in "Home Counties". Oxford English Dictionary (online ed
Home_counties
1709 poem written by Alexander Pope
Pope to appear in print, when they were published in the sixth part of Jacob Tonson's Poetical Miscellanies on 2 May 1709. However, the Pastorals had been
Pastorals_(Pope)
Extinct Germanic language spoken in the Northern Isles of Scotland
49–111. Wallace, James. An Account of the Islands of Orkney. London: Jacob Tonson, 1700. For a list of words relating to Norn language, see the Norn language
Norn_language
Hottest part of summer in the Northern Hemisphere
"Georgics, Bk II", in Dryden, John (ed.), The Works of Virgil, London: Jacob Tonson. Webster, John (1613), The Duchess of Malfi, archived from the original
Dog_days
1680s three-volume book
Silvia (1687). The copyright holder was Joseph Hindmarsh, later joined by Jacob Tonson. The novel has been of interest for several reasons. First, some argue
Love-Letters Between a Nobleman and His Sister
Love-Letters_Between_a_Nobleman_and_His_Sister
Play by William Shakespeare
1966. Dryden, John (1695). "Preface". The Truth Found Too Late. London: Jacob Tonson. p. 15. OCLC 759693493. Apfelbaum, Roger (2004). Shakespeare's Troilus
Troilus_and_Cressida
English merchant and politician (1705-1770)
Hertfordshire. He died in 1770. He had married Mary, the daughter of Jacob Tonson, publisher, and with her had 6 sons and a daughter. His eldest son, also
William Baker (politician, born 1705)
William_Baker_(politician,_born_1705)
Film and television production complex in UK
in the 1750s for Richard Tonson, the Member of Parliament for Windsor and relative of publisher Jacob Tonson. After Tonson's death in 1772, the family
Bray_Film_Studios
British writer and politician (1672–1719)
parts of Italy, &c., in the years 1701, 1702, 1703, published in 1705 by Jacob Tonson. In 1705, with the Whigs in power, Addison was made Under-Secretary of
Joseph_Addison
Written account of a person's life
Third volume of a 1727 edition of Plutarch's Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans printed by Jacob Tonson
Biography
Book by Thomas d'Urfey
with the title Songs Compleat, Pleasant and Divertive, published by Jacob Tonson. Volumes I and II now consisted entirely of songs with words by D'Urfey
Wit and Mirth, or Pills to Purge Melancholy
Wit_and_Mirth,_or_Pills_to_Purge_Melancholy
Partly excavated Berber city in Morocco
Mequinez, the residence of the present emperor of Fez and Morocco. London: Jacob Tonson. OCLC 64409967. Wharton, Edith (1920). In Morocco. New York: C. Scribner's
Volubilis
Book publishing method
Subscribed-for books include an edition of Paradise Lost published by Jacob Tonson in 1688 and (according to Samuel Johnson) John Dryden's The Works of
Publication_by_subscription
Organosulfur compound
Disadvantages of Animal and Vegetable Diet, are Explain'd (3rd ed.). London: Jacob Tonson. p. 64. An Essay Concerning the Nature of Ailments. Stromberg, J. (3
Asparagusic_acid
English publisher
Bathurst, Bernard Lintot, William Mears, James Round, George Strahan, and Jacob Tonson. Misc. contributions: Oratio Dominica "The Lords Prayer in Above a Hundred
Benjamin_Motte
Roman lyric poet (65–8 BC)
Dryden, Sylvæ; or, The second Part of Poetical Miscellanies (London: Jacob Tonson, 1685) with adaptations of three of the Odes, and one Epode. Philip Francis
Horace
Minor figure in Greek mythology
Metamorphoses in Fifteen Books, translated by the most eminent hands (London: Jacob Tonson, 1717) Volume II, p. 201. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, 3.14.8; in
Philomela
Ancient Greek moral exhortations
the Life of Hierocles and His Commentaries upon the Verses. London: Jacob Tonson. (2nd edition, Glasgow: Robert Urie, 1756; reprinted in modern English
Golden_Verses
Surname list
Tonson or Tõnson is a surname. Notable people with this surname include the following. Jacob Tonson, (1655 – 1736), English bookseller and publisher Leopold
Tonson_(surname)
Literal (word-for-word) translation
the free dictionary. Ovid's Epistles, Preface by John Dryden, London: Jacob Tonson, 1681, cited in Baker, Malmkjær, p. 153 Andrew Dousa Hepburn, Manual
Metaphrase
Portrait size
are the same as his fellow Kit-cats. The portraits were engraved for Jacob Tonson by John Faber the Younger. "Portraits of members of the Kit Kat club
Kit-cat_portrait
Region of England
Charles (1695). An Essay upon Ways and Means of Supplying the War. London: Jacob Tonson. p. 77.; quoted in "Home Counties". Oxford English Dictionary (online ed
East_of_England
English author (1867–1931)
P.'s Weekly; later he reviewed for The New Age under the pseudonym Jacob Tonson and was associated with the New Statesman as not only a writer but also
Arnold_Bennett
Livery company of the City of London
Sheepey Nathaniel Cole Edward Littleton Richard Hett 1757 Thomas Wotton Jacob Tonson Dep. John Clarke Thomas Longman William Fenner Nathaniel Cole Edward
Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers
Worshipful_Company_of_Stationers_and_Newspaper_Makers
17th-century English noble
Some Account of the Life, &c. of Mr. William Shakespear. London, UK: Jacob Tonson. p. x. The dedication was withdrawn from the second edition. McKerrow
Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton
Henry_Wriothesley,_3rd_Earl_of_Southampton
English writer and lexicographer (1709–1784)
again, for a debt of £40, in February 1758. The debt was soon repaid by Jacob Tonson, who had contracted Johnson to publish Shakespeare, and this encouraged
Samuel_Johnson
English diplomat, politician and writer
Cambridge, 2011. Miscellanea: The First Part (4th ed.). London: Printed For Jacob Tonson. 1705. The Works of Sir William Temple, London, 1720; new. ed. 1757 General
Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet
Sir_William_Temple,_1st_Baronet
Christian hymn written by Charles Wesley
Their Majesties Servants. Written by Mr. Dryden (London : printed for Jacob Tonson, 1691) [Wing D2299] p. 48. The poetical works of the Right Honourable
Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
Love_Divine,_All_Loves_Excelling
Dryden Author John Dryden Language English Genre Religious poem Publisher Jacob Tonson Publication date 1682 Publication place United Kingdom Media type Print
Religio_Laici
English poet and writer (1674–1718)
translation of Claude Quillet The Works of William Shakespear (London: Jacob Tonson, 1709–10), first modern edition of the plays and poems Memoir of Boileau
Nicholas_Rowe_(writer)
Failed peasant revolution in Switzerland
ISBN 3-280-06020-6. Stanyan, A. (1714). An account of Switzerland. London: Jacob Tonson. Römer, J. (2004–2): Der Bauernkrieg als Revolution und die Revolution
Swiss_peasant_war_of_1653
commentary on the Paradise Lost of John Milton. In 1695, he edited for Jacob Tonson the sixth edition of Milton's Paradise Lost with elaborate notes. This
Patrick_Hume_(editor)
Dutch portrait engraver
1731 to 1735, and in the latter year they were published by him and Jacob Tonson. Faber occasionally produced other types of subject, such as The Taking
John_Faber_the_Younger
Lost Shakespearean play
script, because of Jacob Tonson's exclusive copyright on Shakespeare's plays. But that contention has been discounted, as the Tonson copyright applied
The_History_of_Cardenio
English poet and politician (1606–1687)
Waller, Esq.; not before printed in the several editions of his poems. Jacob Tonson. Retrieved 26 January 2021. Media related to Edmund Waller at Wikimedia
Edmund_Waller
Albanian warlord and military commander (1405–1468)
Sweden, ... IV An essay upon the cure of the gout by Moxa., printed for Jacob Tonson, and Awnsham and John Churchill, OCLC 83414679 Volaterranus, Raffaele
Skanderbeg
English playwright, poet and spy (1640–1689)
Oenone to Paris, a reworking of Ovid's Heroides, for John Dryden and Jacob Tonson's collection Ovid's Epistles Translated by Several Hands, published in
Aphra_Behn
18th-century collection edited by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens
the Miscellaneous Observations on the Tragedy of Macbeth. In response, Jacob Tonson and his associates, who controlled the copyright of the current edition
The Plays of William Shakespeare
The_Plays_of_William_Shakespeare
English ecclesiastical writer and traveler
and the most witty. A Voyage to Surat in the Year 1689, (1698), impr. Jacob Tonson, Londres. An essay upon the nature and qualities of tea (1699), impr
John_Ovington
1687 poem by John Dryden
England Language English Genre(s) Religious poem, beast fable Publisher Jacob Tonson Publication date 1687 Media type Print (hardback) Lines 2,569 Pages 145
The_Hind_and_the_Panther
Style of British literature
D'Urfey, Tom. Wit and Mirth: or Pills to Purge Melancholy. 6 vol. London: Jacob Tonson, 1719–1720. "The Contemplator's Short Biography of Thomas D'Urfey (1653–1723)"
Augustan_literature
Open space in Richmond upon Thames, London
possession of the bookseller Jacob Tonson, the Kit-Cat Club met at Barn Elms for many years. Here the "Kit-Kat portraits" hung; Tonson's extensions to the house
Barn_Elms
Style of 18th century British poetry
D'Urfey, Tom. Wit and Mirth: or Pills to Purge Melancholy. 6 vol. London: Jacob Tonson, 1719–1720. "The Contemplator's Short Biography of Thomas D'Urfey (1653–1723)"
Augustan_poetry
English physician and inventor (1696–1764)
more letters referring to some dirty and miserly old acquaintance of Jacob Tonson at Bath in 1735, are in Addit. MS. 28275, fols. 356–61. Some manuscript
William Oliver (physician, 1695–1764)
William_Oliver_(physician,_1695–1764)
Legal treatises by Sir Edward Coke
Esquires. And are to be sold by Christopher Wilkinson, Richard Tonson, and Jacob Tonson; at the Black-Boy in Fleetstreet, within Grays-Inn Gate next Grays-In
Institutes of the Lawes of England
Institutes_of_the_Lawes_of_England
Village and civil parish in England
blocks, to house the Kit-Cat Club portraits, which Baker inherited from Jacob Tonson. In 1941, Bayfordbury was leased to Dr Barnardo's Homes for young boys
Bayford,_Hertfordshire
French Catholic cardinal (1613–1679)
Memoirs of the Cardinal de Retz. Translated from the French. With Notes. London: Printed for Jacob Tonson at Shakespear's Head in the Strand. M DCC XXIII.
Jean_François_Paul_de_Gondi
Miscellanies. London: Jacob Tonson. 1685. William Bowles 64 1685 Sylvæ: Or, the Second Part of Poetical Miscellanies. London: Jacob Tonson. 1685. John Oldham
English translations of Catullus
English_translations_of_Catullus
of Part 2 of Abraham Cowley's Works, published by Charles Harper and Jacob Tonson. List of women printers and publishers before 1800 "Mary Clark (Biographical
Mary_Clark_(printer)
English family
with An Account of the life and writings of Edmund Waller, printed for Jacob Tonson, in the Strand, 1722 Notes on Past Days, by Cecil and Rachel De Salis
Waller_family
1680 play by Nathaniel Lee
Elizabeth Barry as Teraminta. It was published the following year by Jacob Tonson, and dedicated to the Earl of Dorset. The play became controversial at
Lucius_Junius_Brutus_(play)
D'Urfey, Tom. Wit and Mirth: or Pills to Purge Melancholy. 6 vol. London: Jacob Tonson, 1719–1720. "The Contemplator's Short Biography of Thomas D'Urfey (1653–1723)"
Augustan_prose
English academic and writer
and tradition? ... As good a claimant as any is the London bookseller Jacob Tonson." His memoir about the sustained serial, clerical childhood sexual abuse
Stephen_Bernard
powerful Whig publisher Jacob Tonson (Bibliopolo, or "book-seller") whose series of anthologies, known as Dryden's Miscellanies or Tonson's Miscellanies used
1704_in_poetry
1710s stories by François Pétis de la Croix
Ambrose (1714–1715). The Thousand and One Days: Persian Tales. London: Jacob Tonson. In 3 volumes. Button, Edward (1754). A New Translation of the Persian
Les_Mille_et_Un_Jours
Dutch illustrator and artist
Illustrations to the fourth edition of Milton's Paradise Lost, published by Jacob Tonson. Burghers engraved eleven of the twelve plates; seven of them after drawings
Michael_Burghers
Play by Edward Young
considered a success, enjoying a good run and was subsequently published by Jacob Tonson. The work was dedicated to the Duke of Newcastle who as Lord Chamberlain
Busiris,_King_of_Egypt
assistant Robert Sanderson (1660–1741). The work was published by bookseller Jacob Tonson (1655–1736), and re-edited by archivist George Holmes (1662–1749). The
List of collections of Crusader sources
List_of_collections_of_Crusader_sources
1701 play
patent theatres of the era, and was published the following year by Jacob Tonson. The original cast included Thomas Betterton as Tamerlane, John Verbruggen
Tamerlane_(play)
Early 18th-century English theatre
D'Urfey, Tom. Wit and Mirth: or Pills to Purge Melancholy. 6 vol. London: Jacob Tonson, 1719–1720. Gay, John and Alexander Pope. Acis and Galatea London: 1718
Augustan_drama
English writer
Theobald produced a rival edition of Shakespeare in seven volumes for Jacob Tonson, the book seller. For the edition, Theobald worked with Bishop Warburton
Lewis_Theobald
Several Hands ... To which is Prefixt The Life of Plutarch. R. E. by Jacob Tonson. 1700. p. 472. Plutarch (1859). Plutarch's Lives. S. Low. p. 527. Plutarch
Artagerses
Opera
was so popular that five editions of the libretto were published by Jacob Tonson in 1726 alone. It was performed at court for the birthday of Queen Anne
Camilla_(Bononcini)
17th/18th-century English poet and politician
written in this period. He worked for Jacob Tonson the bookseller, and his Pastorals opened the sixth volume of Tonson's Miscellanies (1709), which also contained
Ambrose_Philips
17th/18th-century English publisher
concentrating his stock primarily on literary authors, Lintot was a rival of Jacob Tonson's. In 1700, he married Catherine Langley, a widow, and moved his shop
Barnaby_Bernard_Lintot
literature (for instance, Irish or France). Now crowds to Founder Bocaj [Jacob Tonson] did resort And for his Favour humbly made their Court. The little Wits
1708_in_poetry
British publisher and bookseller (c. 1675–1747)
he was going to publish Poems on Several Occasions by Matthew Prior. Jacob Tonson had the sole rights to Prior's works, but Curll published anyway. In
Edmund_Curll
Timothy Goodwin, Matthew Wotton, Benjamin Tooke, Daniel Midwinter, and Jacob Tonson. p. 117. Retrieved 15 April 2020. The State of Britain, 35th Edition
Striking_in_the_King's_Court
Irish Shakespearean scholar and editor
then the inheritor, from Samuel Johnson, of the editor's mantle for the Jacob Tonson edition of Shakespeare's collected works, was then busy preparing a second
Edmond_Malone
1706 opera
Haymarket Theatre, London in 1712. A bilingual libretto produced by Jacob Tonson was published at the same time, and a collection of songs from the opera
Ambleto
English bookseller and radical Whig politician
(1717) was issued by William Churchill, and the last three (1726–1735) by Jacob Tonson. "Churchill, Awnsham (1658-1728), of the Black Swan, Paternoster Row
Awnsham_Churchill
Flemish-Spanish artist
illustrated, of Paradise Lost by John Milton, published in London by Jacob Tonson in 1688. Though they have been described, perhaps rather unfairly, as
John_Baptist_Medina
French soldier, hedonist, essayist and literary critic
edited from the manuscripts by Silvestre and Maizeaux, were printed by Jacob Tonson (London, 1705, 2 volumes; 2nd edition, 3 volumes, 1709), with a notice
Charles_de_Saint-Évremond
Art museum in London
the first illustrated edition of the plays, was published in 1709 by Jacob Tonson and edited by Nicholas Rowe. The plays appeared in "pleasant and readable
Boydell_Shakespeare_Gallery
known as Dryden's Miscellanies or Tonson's Miscellanies), sixth in a series of anthologies published by Jacob Tonson from 1684 to this year The 752-page
1709_in_poetry
English translator and diplomat
The Art of Poetry, of Nicolas Boileau's L'Art poétique. According to Jacob Tonson, it dated from 1680. It was later revised by John Dryden, and published
Sir William Soame, 1st Baronet
Sir_William_Soame,_1st_Baronet
1707 poem by Nicholas Rowe
that broke with the earlier Toryism of John Dryden. It was published by Jacob Tonson, known for his association with Whig writers through the Kit Cat Club
A Poem Upon the Late Glorious Successes
A_Poem_Upon_the_Late_Glorious_Successes
1709 poem by Matthew Prior
Jane Brereton and Hannah More. Poems on Several Occasions. London: Jacob Tonson. 1709. pp. 232–271. hdl:2027/nyp.33433112025030. Redmonds, George (2007)
Henry_and_Emma
English historian and clergyman, c. 1670–1730
First containing the space of 1678 years (several editions published by Jacob Tonson between 1707 and 1720), covering the period from the Roman occupation
Laurence_Echard
Opera by Thomas Clayton
in 1707 by John Walsh and P. Randall. The libretto was published by Jacob Tonson in the same year. After the failure of Rosamund there were no further
Rosamond_(Clayton)
Stephen Gray, dyer, astronomer and scientist (born 1666) 18 March – Jacob Tonson, bookseller and publisher (born c. 1655) 25 March – Nicholas Hawksmoor
1736_in_Great_Britain
British writer, historian (1675-1752)
of Greece, to the Death of Philip of Macedon was published in 1707 by Jacob Tonson; there was a 32-year gap before the publication of the second volume
Temple_Stanyan
Poetical Works of Mr. John Milton, edited by Patrick Hume and published by Jacob Tonson, who had bought the rights to the work, this was the first annotated
1695_in_poetry
Visual representations of William Shakespeare
portrait in a public context was the 18th-century English bookseller Jacob Tonson's shop sign which depicted him. It is not known which image it was based
Portraits_of_Shakespeare
Spanish dramatist
busca el castigo – Vanbrugh, John (1702). The False Friend. London: Jacob Tonson. (a free adaptation) Los Bandos de Verona ("The Factions in Verona")
Francisco_de_Rojas_Zorrilla
Name of one or more characters in Virgil's Aeneid
Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. Translated by Dryden, John. London: Jacob Tonson. pp. 372, 487, 591. Keith, Alison M. (2002). "Ovid on Vergilian War Narrative"
Corynaeus
Several Occasions: with Valentinian, a Tragedy, London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, posthumously published Seán Clárach Mac Domhnaill (died 1754), Irish
1691_in_poetry
Power of Union William Harison, Woodstock Park, London : printed for Jacob Tonson Nicholas Noyes, "On Cotton Mather's Endeavors Toward the Christian Education
1706_in_poetry
of Patrick Hume in the sixth edition of Paradise Lost (published by Jacob Tonson) in 1695. A committee of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland reported
John_Callander
Appointments by King William IV to various orders and honours
Alexander Thomson, 98th Foot Colonel John Duffy, Unattached Colonel Jacob Tonson, 37th Foot Colonel William Alexander Gordon, 95th Foot Colonel Lord George
1831_Coronation_Honours
JACOB TONSON
JACOB TONSON
Boy/Male
Spanish
Supplanter.
Boy/Male
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
Conqueror
Male
German
German and Scandinavian form of Greek Iakob, JAKOB means "supplanter."
Girl/Female
Australian, Danish, Dutch, French, Hebrew, Latin
Supplants; Female Version of Jacob; Supplanter
Biblical
Yacob, Yacoub - Jacob
Boy/Male
Hebrew
Supplanter.
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Danish German American Scandinavian Swedish
Boy/Male
Biblical American Hebrew
That supplants, undermines, the heel.
Male
Spanish
Spanish form of Latin Jacobus, JACOBO means "supplanter."
Male
English
Variant spelling of English Jacob, JAYCOB means "supplanter."
Female
Dutch
, supplanter.
Boy/Male
Arabic, Iranian, Muslim, Parsi
Jacob
Biblical
that supplants, undermines; the heel, supplanter,one who follows on another's heels; supplanter;he that supplants or follows after;supplanted;
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Jaycox.
Male
English
Anglicized form of Greek Iakob and Hebrew Yaaqob, JACOB means "supplanter." In the Old Testament bible, this is the name of a son of Isaac and Rebecca, and the twin brother of Esau. In the New Testament, it is the name of Mary's father-in-law.Â
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Hebrew
Supplanter.
Girl/Female
Latin Hebrew Scottish
Supplanter.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, Czechoslovakian, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Indian, Irish, Jamaican, Swedish
Supplanter; Held by the Heel; Heel Grabber; One who Supplants
Boy/Male
American, Australian, Christian, Hebrew
Replacer; Supplanter
Male
Danish
, supplanter.
JACOB TONSON
JACOB TONSON
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Lord Shiva; Eliminator of Ego
Male
French
French form of German Erich, EREC means "ever-ruler."
Boy/Male
Indian
Moon
Girl/Female
Muslim
Emerald
Biblical
separation; division
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
God's Servant
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Enemy of Daityas; Lord Krishna
Girl/Female
Spanish
Lively.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Beauty
Girl/Female
Scottish
Short.
JACOB TONSON
JACOB TONSON
JACOB TONSON
JACOB TONSON
JACOB TONSON
n.
A family, race, or series of generations, descending from the same progenitor, and kept distinct, as in the case of the twelve tribes of Israel, descended from the twelve sons of Jacob.
n.
One of the sect of Syrian Monophysites. The sect is named after Jacob Baradaeus, its leader in the sixth century.
n.
An appellative of Abraham or of one of his descendants, esp. in the line of Jacob; an Israelite; a Jew.
n.
A word used by Jacob on his deathbed, and interpreted variously, as "the Messiah," or as the city "Shiloh," or as "Rest."
n.
One of the descendants of Esau or Edom, the brother of Jacob; an Idumean.
n.
A Hebrew patriarch (son of Isaac, and ancestor of the Jews), who in a vision saw a ladder reaching up to heaven (Gen. xxviii. 12); -- also called Israel.
n.
A descendant of Israel, or Jacob; a Hebrew; a Jew.