Isaac
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English Ysaac, from Latin Isaac, from Ancient Greek Ἰσαάκ (Isaák), from Hebrew יצחק (Yiṣḥāq, literally “he laughs, he will laugh”). Explained in Genesis as referring to his mother Sarah’s laughing when she was told she would have a son at her old age. The verb is masculine, however, perhaps due to its use as a boy’s name.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈaɪzək/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈaɪzæk/
Proper noun
[edit]Isaac (countable and uncountable, plural Isaacs)
- (biblical) The son of Abraham and Sarah, father of Esau and Jacob, from whom the Hebrew people trace their descent.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 21:4, column 1:
- And Abraham circumciſed his ſonne Iſaac, being eight dayes old, as God had commanded him.
- A male given name from Hebrew.
- A surname originating as a patronymic.
- Isaac Region, a local government area in central Queensland, Australia, named after the Isaac River.
Derived terms
[edit]- Isaacite
- Port Isaac (from Cornish)
Translations
[edit]son of Abraham and Sarah
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male given name
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Anagrams
[edit]French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Isaac m
- Isaac (Biblical figure)
- a male given name, equivalent to English Isaac
Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek Ἰσαάκ (Isaák), from Biblical Hebrew יִצְחָק (Yiṣḥāq, literally “he laughs”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈi.sa.aːk/, [ˈɪs̠äːk]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈi.sa.ak/, [ˈiːs̬äːk]
Proper noun
[edit]Isaāc m sg (indeclinable)
Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Isaac”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Old English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin Isaāc, from Ancient Greek Ἰσαάκ (Isaák), from Biblical Hebrew יצחק (Yiṣḥāq, literally “he laughs”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Isaāc m
- Isaac (Biblical character)
- Old English Heptateuch, Genesis 22:2
- "Nim þīnne āncennedan sunu Īsaac, þe þū lufast, and far tō þām lande Visionis hraþe, and ġeoffra hine þǣr uppan ānre dūne."
- "Take your only-begotten son Isaac, whom you love, and quickly go to the land of Visionis, and sacrifice him there upon a mountain."
- Old English Heptateuch, Genesis 22:2
Scots
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Isaac
Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /isaˈak/ [i.saˈak]
- Rhymes: -ak
- IPA(key): /iˈsak/ [iˈsak]
- Rhymes: -ak
- Syllabification: I‧sa‧ac
Proper noun
[edit]Isaac m
- Isaac (Biblical figure)
- 1602, La Santa Biblia (antigua versión de Casiodoro de Reina), Génesis 21:4:
- Y circuncidó Abraham á su hijo Isaac de ocho días, como Dios le había mandado.
- And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him. (KJV)
- a male given name, equivalent to English Isaac
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