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Moses vs Jacob - What's the difference?

moses | jacob |

As a noun moses

is .

As a proper noun jacob is

(label) , equivalent to english (jacob).

moses

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • The pharaonic patriarch who led the slaved Jews out of Egypt, the brother of Aaron and Miriam described in the Book of Exodus and the Quran.
  • * :
  • And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the LORD called Moses' up to the top of the mount; and ' Moses went up.
  • * 1952 (w, Singin' in the Rain): Moses supposes (a song):
  • Moses' supposes his toeses are roses, / But '''Moses''' supposes erroneously, / '''Moses''' he knowses his toeses aren't roses, / As ' Moses supposes his toeses to be!
  • .
  • A dialect of the Columbia-Wenatchi language
  • Derived terms

    * Moses basket

    Noun

  • A large flatboat used in the West Indies for taking freight from shore to ship.
  • (Webster 1913) ----

    jacob

    English

    (wikipedia Jacob)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • One of the sons of Isaac and Rebecca, and twin brother of Esau; father of the Israelites.
  • *
  • And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents
  • .
  • * 1927 Ernest Hemingway: The Sun Also Rises : Chapter III:
  • "Georgette. How are you called?" "Jacob ." "That's a Flemish name." "American too." "You're not a Flamand?" "No, American." "Good, I detest Flamands." - - -
    Brett smiled at him. "I've promised to dance this with Jacob ," she laughed. "You've a hell of a biblical name, Jake."
  • A breed of multihorned sheep.
  • Synonyms

    * (father of the Israelites): Israel

    Derived terms

    * Jacobean * Jacob's ladder * Jacob's membrane * Jacob's staff