Noah

[ noh-uh ]

noun
  1. Also Douay Bible, No·e . the Biblical patriarch who built a ship (Noah's Ark ) in which he, his family, and animals of every species survived the Flood. Genesis 5–9.

  2. a male given name.

Origin of Noah

1
Ultimately from Hebrew Nōăḥ “rest”

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How to use Noah in a sentence

  • Noahs faith appeared in an act of obedience, Enochs in a life of fellowship with God, Abels in his more excellent sacrifice.

  • Oliver, shut that door at Mister Noahs back, and take them bits that Ive put out on the cover of the bread-pan.

    Oliver Twist, Vol. I (of 3) | Charles Dickens
  • And the old cider-press, and that Noahs ark of a sideboard that we never can use, added Constance.

    Three Little Women | Gabrielle E. Jackson
  • For as for humane relations, they are so fabulous in Deucalions flood, that they are of little credit about Ogyges and Noahs.

  • Then came a Noahs ark, with some well modelled animals, all of which His Highness stood up on the table.

    At the Court of the Amr | John Alfred Gray

British Dictionary definitions for noah (1 of 2)

noah

/ (ˈnəʊə) /


noun
  1. Australian a shark

Origin of noah

1
from Australian rhyming slang Noah's Ark

British Dictionary definitions for Noah (2 of 2)

Noah

/ (ˈnəʊə) /


noun
  1. Old Testament a Hebrew patriarch, who saved himself, his family, and specimens of each species of animal and bird from the Flood by building a ship (Noah's Ark) in which they all survived (Genesis 6–8)

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