(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.
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Abraham, Amos, Daniel, Ezekiel, Haggai, Hosea, Isaac, Jacob, Jeremiah, Joel, Jonah, Joseph, Joshua, Malachi, Micah, Moses, Nahum, Samuel, Zephaniah, prophet, vates sacer
