Isaac
WordNet
noun
(1) (Old Testament) the second patriarch; son of Abraham and Sarah who was offered by Abraham as a sacrifice to God; father of Jacob and Esau
WiktionaryText
Etymology
From יִצְחָק meaning "laughed; laughter" (since his mother Sarah laughed when told she was pregnant at her old age).
Proper noun
- The son of Abraham and Sarah, father of Esau and Jacob, from whom the Hebrew people trace their descent.
Quotations
- 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.
Proper noun
- Isaac.
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Proper noun
- Isaac.
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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.