Isaac

[ ahy-zuhk ]

noun

1. a son of Abraham and Sarah, and father of Jacob. Genesis 21:1–4.
2. a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “laughter.”

Isaac

/ ˈaɪzək /

noun

1. an Old Testament patriarch, the son of Abraham and Sarah and father of Jacob and Esau (Genesis 17; 21–27)

Isaac

1. The son of Abraham and the father of Jacob and Esau .

Notes

Abraham was prepared to sacrifice Isaac at God's request. ( See Abraham and Isaac .)

Example Sentences

The two cross paths with a local tour guide/con artist, Rydal (Oscar Isaac), who takes a liking to them—in particular Colette.

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Those charges were later dropped when Isaac refused to cooperate with authorities.

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Someone might have been reading a bit too much Isaac Asimov.

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Operation Choke Point was also derided in an op-ed in American Banker magazine by William M. Isaac, former chairman of the FDIC.

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In alternating chapters, the two narrators of the novel describe their lives with Isaac, from two different periods in time.

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Isaac Bolum had fixed himself comfortably on two legs of his chair, with the projecting soles of his boots caught behind the rung.

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Isaac Bolum declares every day that he is going to, but when the time comes he breaks down.

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"It certainly sounds more interestin'," exclaimed Isaac Bolum.

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His principal children were Isaac, born of his wife by a miraculous favor of Providence, and Ishmael, born of his servant.

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Yet we are not told that Isaac was circumcised; nor is circumcision again spoken of until the time of Moses.

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