Jacob's ladder
Leaflet-runged blue flower
Jacob's ladder names several things connected by the image of a ladder reaching toward heaven, from the biblical story of Jacob's dream.
It commonly refers to a rope ladder with wooden rungs used on ships, or to a flowering plant with ladder-like leaf arrangements.
In electrical demonstrations, a Jacob's ladder is a device where an arc of electricity climbs between two vertical conductors.
The name also applies to a children's folk toy made of wooden blocks that appear to cascade when tilted.
First biblical book
- angelsDivine winged messengers
- dreamSleeping mind's narrative
- visionAbility to see
- patriarchMale head of family
Israel · Esau · Isaac · Rebekah · Abraham · covenant · stone · pillow
Ropes controlling ship sails
- shipSeagoing transport vessel
- mastVessel's sail support
- sailorSeafaring crew member
- seafaringTraveling by ocean vessel
boarding · gangway · deck · climbing · ratlines · shrouds · aloft · vessel
Sky or bliss
- angelsDivine winged messengers
- ascensionMovement to higher position
- divineOf or from gods
- celestialOf the sky above
transcendence · salvation · eternity · afterlife · enlightenment · vision · metaphysical · mystical
Uncultivated flowering plant
- perennialRecurring each year
- blue flowersBlossoms with cool-toned petals
- woodlandForested land area
- gardenCultivated plant area
herbaceous · native · ornamental · shade plant · alpine · rockery · cultivar · bell-shaped
String figure between fingers
- children's gameStructured play for youth
- loopCurve closing on itself
- patternRecurring arrangement or template
- weavingInterlacing strands into fabric
hands · yarn · playground · traditional · folk game
Genesis
First biblical book
patriarch · Israel · Esau · Isaac · Rebekah · Abraham · covenant · stone · pillow · altar
rigging
Ropes controlling ship sails
seafaring · boarding · gangway · deck · climbing · ratlines · shrouds · aloft · vessel · maritime
heaven
Sky or bliss
celestial · transcendence · salvation · eternity · afterlife · enlightenment · vision · metaphysical · mystical · sacred
wildflower
Uncultivated flowering plant
- perennialRecurring each year
- blue flowersBlossoms with cool-toned petals
- woodlandForested land area
garden · herbaceous · native · ornamental · shade plant · alpine · rockery · cultivar · bell-shaped · pollinator
cat's cradle
String figure between fingers
- children's gameStructured play for youth
- loopCurve closing on itself
- patternRecurring arrangement or template
weaving · hands · yarn · playground · traditional · folk game
- Bible visionswheels within wheels, valley of dry bones, valley of bones, dry bones, burning bush
- Biblical ReferencesAdam and Eve, ark, forbidden fruit, Garden of Eden, Ten Commandments
- Bible StoriesAdam and Eve, David and Goliath, Noah's Ark, Jonah and the whale, nativity
- gym equipmenttreadmill, elliptical, stationary bike, rowing machine, weight belt
- Plant Nicknamesbaby's breath, bachelor's button, black-eyed Susan, bleeding heart, buttercup
- Biblical imageryLamb of God, Good Shepherd, bread of life, light of the world, living water
Jacob's ladderdescent into hell
Passage to the damned realm
Dante's Inferno · bottomless pit · fall from grace · Tower of Babel · downward spiral
Jacob's ladderspiral staircase
Ascending structure winding around pole
grand staircase · elevator · escalator · ramp · lift