Abraham = "father of a multitude" or "chief of multitude"

1. friend of God and founder of Hebrew nation via God's elective covenant

chosen, choice one, chosen one, elect (of God)

son, grandson, child, member of a group

1. son, male child

2. grandson

3. children (pl. - male and female)

4. youth, young men (pl.)

5. young (of animals)

6. sons (as characterisation, i.e. sons of injustice [for un- righteous men] or sons of God [for angels]

7. people (of a nation) (pl.)

8. of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (fig.)

9. a member of a guild, order, class

seed, sowing, offspring

1. a sowing

2. seed

3. semen virile

4. offspring, descendants, posterity, children

5. of moral quality

   1. a practitioner of righteousness (fig.)

6. sowing time (by meton)

Jacob = "heel holder" or "supplanter"

1. son of Isaac, grandson of Abraham, and father of the 12 patriarchs of the tribes of Israel

slave, servant

1. slave, servant, man-servant

2. subjects

3. servants, worshippers (of God)

4. servant (in special sense as prophets, Levites etc)

5. servant (of Israel)

6. servant (as form of address between equals)