Isaac

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɪzək/

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈaɪzæk/

Isaac (countable and uncountable, plural Isaacs)

1. (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.

2. A male given name from Hebrew.
3. A surname originating as a patronymic.
4. Isaac Region, a local government area in central Queensland, Australia, named after the Isaac River.

• Isaacite
• Port Isaac (from Cornish)

• ASAIC, acais, asaic, açais, açaís

• IPA^(key): /i.za.ak/

Isaac m

1. Isaac (Biblical figure)
2. a male given name, equivalent to English Isaac

• casai

Ancient Greek Ἰσαάκ (Isaák), from Biblical Hebrew יצחק (Yiṣḥāq, literally “he laughs”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈi.sa.aːk/, [ˈɪs̠äːk]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈi.sa.ak/, [ˈiːs̬äːk]

Isaāc m sg (indeclinable)

1. (biblical) Isaac

• “Isaac”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Borrowed from Latin Isaāc, from Ancient Greek Ἰσαάκ (Isaák), from Biblical Hebrew יצחק (Yiṣḥāq, literally “he laughs”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.sɑ.ɑːk/, [ˈi.zɑ.ɑːk]

Isaāc m

1. Isaac (Biblical character)

Isaac

1. Isaac

• IPA^(key): /isaˈak/ [i.saˈak]
  • Rhymes: -ak
• IPA^(key): /iˈsak/ [iˈsak]
  • Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: I‧sa‧ac

Isaac m

1. 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)

2. a male given name, equivalent to English Isaac