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Isaac

Isaac

English

Proper noun

Isaac

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.
A male given name.

Derived terms

Isaacite

Translations

son of Abraham and Sarah

Arabic: إِسْحَاق m ‎(ʾisḥāq)
Armenian: Իսահակ ‎(Isahak)
Basque: Isaka
Belarusian: Ісаак m ‎(Isaák)
Bulgarian: Исаак m ‎(Isaák)
Catalan: Isaac
Chinese:
Mandarin: 以撒 (zh) ‎(Yǐsā), 依撒格 (zh) ‎(Yīsāgé)
Czech: Izák
Danish: Isak
Dutch: Izaäk m, Izaak (nl) m
Estonian: Iisak
Ewe: Isak m
Faroese: Ísakur m
Finnish: Iisak (fi)
French: Isaac (fr) m
Georgian: ისააკი ‎(isaaḳi)
German: Isaak m
Greek: Ισαάκ (el) m ‎(Isaák)
Ancient Greek: Ἰσαάκ m ‎(Isaák)
Hawaiian: Isaʻaka
Hebrew: יִצְחָק (he) m ‎(yitzḥáq)

Hungarian: Izsák (hu)
Irish: Íosác
Italian: Isacco m
Japanese: イサーク ‎(Isāku)
Korean: 이삭 (ko) ‎(Isak)
Latin: Isaac m
Malay: Ishak
Manx: Ysaig
Maori: Īhaka
Navajo: Áízak
Ngazidja Comorian: Isihaka
Northern Sami: Issát
Norwegian: Isak
Persian: اسحاق (fa) ‎(Ishâq)
Polish: Izaak (pl) m
Portuguese: Isaque (pt)
Russian: Исаа́к (ru) m ‎(Isaák), Иса́к (ru) m ‎(Isák)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: Исак m

Roman: Isak m
Slovak: Izák m
Spanish: Isaac (es) m
Swedish: Isak (sv)
Turkish: İshak
Ukrainian: Ісаак m ‎(Isaák)

male given name

Arabic: إِسْحَاق m ‎(ʾisḥāq)
Armenian: Իսահակ ‎(Isahak)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 艾薩克 (zh), 艾萨克 (zh) ‎(Àisàkè)
Czech: Izák m
Danish: Isak
Ewe: Isak m
Faroese: Ísakur m
Finnish: Iisakki (fi)
French: Isaac (fr) m
German: Isaak m
Greenlandic: Iisaaq
Hawaiian: ʻIkaʻaka, ʻAikake
Hebrew: יִצְחָק (he) m ‎(Yitzḥáq)
Italian: Isacco m

Japanese: アイザック ‎(Aizakku)
Malay: Ishak
Maori: Īhaka
Northern Sami: Issát
Norwegian: Isak
Polish: Izaak (pl) m
Portuguese: Isaque (pt) m
Russian: Исаа́к (ru) m ‎(Isaák), Иса́к (ru) m ‎(Isák), А́йзак m ‎(Ájzak) (transliteration of English but Isaac Newton is "Исаак")
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: Ајзак m

Roman: Ajzak m
Skolt Sami: Eessak
Slovak: Izák m
Spanish: Isaac (es)
Swedish: Isak (sv)
Yiddish: יצחק m ‎(yitskhok)

Anagrams

açais

French

Proper noun

Isaac

Isaac (Biblical figure)
A male given name

Anagrams

casai

Latin

Etymology

From Hebrew יצחק ‎(Yiṣḥāq).

Pronunciation

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

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈi.sa.ak/, [ˈiː.sa.ak]

Proper noun

Isaāc ‎(indeclinable)

Isaac (biblical figure)

References

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

Scots

Proper noun

Isaac

Isaac

Spanish

Proper noun

Isaac ‎(m)

Isaac (Biblical figure)
A male given name

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.