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(Encyclopedia)El-beth-el [Heb.,=God of the house of God], in the Bible, name given by Jacob to a place in Canaan where God appeared to him.Fröbel, Friedrich Wilhelm August
(Encyclopedia)Fröbel, Friedrich Wilhelm August: see Froebel. ...Mendel, David
(Encyclopedia)Mendel, David: see Neander, Johann August Wilhelm. ...Dinah
(Encyclopedia)Dinah dīˈnə [key], in the Bible, daughter of Jacob and Leah. ...Edar
(Encyclopedia)Edar ēˈdär [key], in the Bible, tower, near which Jacob pitched his tent. ...Zilpah
(Encyclopedia)Zilpah zĭlˈpə [key], in the Bible, Leah's maid, mother of two of Jacob's sons. ...Cuyp
(Encyclopedia)Cuyp or Kuyp both: koip [key], family of Dutch painters of Dordrecht. Jacob Gerritszoon Cuyp, 1594–c.1651, pupil of Abraham Bloemaert, was a portrait and landscape painter. His stepbrother and pupil...Schurman, Jacob Gould
(Encyclopedia)Schurman, Jacob Gould shûrˈmən [key], 1854–1942, American educator and diplomat, b. Freetown, Prince Edward Island. His education was completed in London, Edinburgh, and, as Hibbert fellow, in He...Gordin, Jacob Mikhailovich
(Encyclopedia)Gordin, Jacob Mikhailovich yäˈkôb mĭkhīˈləvyĭch gôrˈdĭn [key], 1853–1909, American writer of Yiddish plays, b. Russia. He was for some years a teacher and a newspaper writer in St. Peters...Leah
(Encyclopedia)Leah lēˈə [key], in the Bible, Laban's elder, less beautiful daughter and Jacob's first wife. ...Browse by Subject
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