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 (plural Isaacs)

1. 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 964384981, 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.

• Isaacite

• 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 Hebrew יצחק‎ (Yiṣḥāq, literally “he laughs”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈi.sa.aːk/, [ˈɪs̠äːk]
• (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

Isaac

1. Isaac

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

Isaac m

1. Isaac (Biblical figure)
   • 1602, La Santa Biblia (antigua versión de Casiodoro de Reina), rev., Génesis 21:4:

     Y circuncidó Abraham á su hijo Isaac de ocho días, como Dios le había mandado.

2. a male given name, equivalent to English Isaac