Isaac
English
Etymology
From Hebrew יצחק (Yiṣḥāq, “[She] will laugh”) (since his mother Sarah laughed when told she was pregnant at her old age).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaɪzək/
Proper noun
Isaac (plural Isaacs)
- The son of Abraham and Sarah, father of Esau and Jacob, from whom the Hebrew people trace their descent.
- 1611 — King James Version of the Bible, Genesis 21:4
- And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.
- 1611 — King James Version of the Bible, Genesis 21:4
- A male given name.
- A patronymic surname.
Derived terms
- Isaacite
Translations
son of Abraham and Sarah
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male given name
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French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i.za.ak/
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈi.sa.aːk/, [ˈɪ.sa.aːk]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈi.sa.ak/, [ˈiː.sa.ak]
References
- Isaac in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Scots
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /isaˈaɡ/, [isaˈaɣ]
Quotations
- 1602 — La Santa Biblia (antigua versión de Casiodoro de Reina), rev., Génesis 21:4
- Y cicuncidó Abraham á su hijo Isaac de ocho días, como Dios le había mandado.
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