Isaac
English
Etymology
From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#ISAACCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#ISAAC Ysaac, from LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#ISAAC Isaac, from Ancient GreekCategory:English terms derived from Ancient Greek#ISAAC Ἰσαάκ (Isaák), from HebrewCategory:English terms derived from Hebrew#ISAAC 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
- IPA(key): /ˈaɪzək/Category:English 2-syllable words#ISAACCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#ISAAC
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#ISAACAudio (Southern England): (file) - (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈaɪzæk/Category:English 2-syllable words#ISAACCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#ISAAC
Proper noun
Isaac (countable and uncountable, plural Isaacs)Category:English lemmas#ISAACCategory:English proper nouns#ISAACCategory:English uncountable nouns#ISAACCategory:English countable nouns#ISAACCategory:English countable nouns#ISAACCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ISAACCategory:Pages with entries#ISAACCategory:Pages with 6 entries#ISAAC
- (biblicalCategory:en:Biblical characters#ISAAC) 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.Category:English terms with quotations#ISAAC
- A male given name from HebrewCategory:English given names#ISAACCategory:English male given names#ISAACCategory:English male given names from Hebrew#ISAAC.
- A surname originating as a patronymicCategory:English surnames#ISAACCategory:English surnames from patronymics#ISAAC.
- A local government area in central Queensland, Australia, named after the Isaac River; in full, Isaac RegionCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#ISAACCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#ISAACCategory:en:Local government areas of Queensland, Australia#ISAACCategory:en:Places in Queensland, Australia#ISAACCategory:en:Places in Australia#ISAAC.
Derived terms
- Isaac Wunder order
- Isaacite
- Port Isaac (from Cornish)
Descendants
- → Pohnpeian: Aisek
Translations
Anagrams
Category:en:Biblical characters#ISAACCategory:en:Individuals#ISAACFrench
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Isaac mCategory:French lemmas#ISAACCategory:French proper nouns#ISAACCategory:French uncountable nouns#ISAACCategory:French entries with incorrect language header#ISAACCategory:French masculine nouns#ISAACCategory:Pages with entries#ISAACCategory:Pages with 6 entries#ISAAC
- Isaac (Biblical figure)
- a male given name, equivalent to English IsaacCategory:French given names#ISAACCategory:French male given names#ISAAC
Anagrams
Category:fr:Biblical characters#ISAACCategory:fr:Individuals#ISAACLatin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient GreekCategory:Latin terms borrowed from Ancient Greek#ISAACCategory:Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek#ISAAC Ἰσαᾱ́κ (Isaā́k), from Biblical HebrewCategory:Latin terms derived from Biblical Hebrew#ISAAC יִצְחָק (Yiṣḥāq, literally “he laughs”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Isaāc m sg (indeclinable)Category:Latin lemmas#ISAACCategory:Latin proper nouns#ISAACCategory:Latin indeclinable nouns#ISAACCategory:Latin masculine indeclinable nouns#ISAACCategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#ISAACCategory:Latin masculine nouns#ISAACCategory:Pages with entries#ISAACCategory:Pages with 6 entries#ISAAC
Descendants
Further reading
- “Isaac”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Old English
Etymology
Borrowed from LatinCategory:Old English terms borrowed from Latin#ISAACCategory:Old English terms derived from Latin#ISAAC Isaāc, from Ancient GreekCategory:Old English terms derived from Ancient Greek#ISAAC Ἰσαάκ (Isaák), from Biblical HebrewCategory:Old English terms derived from Biblical Hebrew#ISAAC יצחק (Yiṣḥāq, literally “he laughs”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈi.sɑ.ɑːk/, [ˈi.zɑ.ɑːk]Category:Old English terms with IPA pronunciation#ISAAC
Proper noun
Isaāc mCategory:Old English lemmas#ISAACCategory:Old English proper nouns#ISAACCategory:Old English entries with incorrect language header#ISAACCategory:Old English masculine nouns#ISAACCategory:Pages with entries#ISAACCategory:Pages with 6 entries#ISAAC
- 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
Proper noun
IsaacCategory:Scots lemmas#ISAACCategory:Scots proper nouns#ISAACCategory:Scots entries with incorrect language header#ISAACCategory:Pages with entries#ISAACCategory:Pages with 6 entries#ISAAC
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /isaˈak/ [i.saˈak]Category:Spanish 3-syllable words#ISAACCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#ISAAC
- IPA(key): /iˈsak/ [iˈsak]Category:Spanish 2-syllable words#ISAACCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#ISAAC
- Syllabification: I‧sa‧ac
Proper noun
Isaac mCategory:Spanish lemmas#ISAACCategory:Spanish proper nouns#ISAACCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#ISAACCategory:Spanish masculine nouns#ISAACCategory:Pages with entries#ISAACCategory:Pages with 6 entries#ISAAC
- 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.Category:Spanish terms with quotations#ISAAC
- And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him. (KJV)
- a male given name, equivalent to English IsaacCategory:Spanish given names#ISAACCategory:Spanish male given names#ISAAC