Isaac

[ahy-zuh k]

noun

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

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Examples from the Web for isaac

Contemporary Examples

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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June 22, 2014
In alternating chapters, the two narrators of the novel describe their lives with Isaac, from two different periods in time.
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The activist behind it is Isaac Jackson of the Urban Survivors Network.
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Or unless they are a big-name, which Isaac is not, and that may have counted against him.
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Historical Examples

No fear but what Isaac will do well in the world and be a rich man before he dies.
Biographical Stories
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Among the officers who came and spoke to us, was an admiral, Sir Isaac Coffin.
Ned Myers
James Fenimore Cooper
This remark is exemplified in the history of Isaac and Rebekah.
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Francis Augustus Cox
Isaac dropped the goblet he was about to drain, and fell upon his knees.
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Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Isaac knew the temperature of his frames to the twentieth part of a degree.
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Alexandre Dumas (Pere)

British Dictionary definitions for isaac

Isaac

noun

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

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Word Origin and History for isaac

Isaac

masc. proper name, name of a biblical patriarch, from Late Latin, from Greek Isaak, from Hebrew Yitzhaq, literally "he laughs," imperf. of tzahaq "he laughed."

isaac in Culture

Isaac

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

Note

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

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Examples from the Web for isaac

Contemporary Examples

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

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

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

The activist behind it is Isaac Jackson of the Urban Survivors Network.

Or unless they are a big-name, which Isaac is not, and that may have counted against him.

Historical Examples

No fear but what Isaac will do well in the world and be a rich man before he dies.

Among the officers who came and spoke to us, was an admiral, Sir Isaac Coffin.

This remark is exemplified in the history of Isaac and Rebekah.

Isaac dropped the goblet he was about to drain, and fell upon his knees.

Isaac knew the temperature of his frames to the twentieth part of a degree.

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