Isaac

I-saac · proper_noun

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Definitions

proper_noun

  1. 1.

    A male given name of Hebrew origin, meaning "he will laugh."

  2. 2.

    (Biblical) The son of Abraham and Sarah in the Hebrew Bible, and a patriarch of the Israelites.

Related words

See also: Abraham, jacob

Etymology

From Hebrew Yitzhak (יִצְחָק), meaning "he will laugh," referring to Sarah's laughter when told she would bear a child in old age.