Isaac

English

Etymology

From Hebrew יצחק‎ (Yiṣḥāq, “[She] will laugh”) (since his mother Sarah laughed when told she was pregnant at her old age).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈaɪzək/

Proper noun

Isaac (plural Isaacs)

The son of Abraham and Sarah, father of Esau and Jacob, from whom the Hebrew people trace their descent.
- 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.
A male given name.
A surname.

Derived terms

Isaacite

Translations

son of Abraham and Sarah

Arabic: إِسْحَاق‎‎ (ar) m (ʾisḥāq), إِسْحَٰق‎‎ m (ʾisḥāq) (archaic)
Aramaic:
Syriac: ܐܝܤܚܩ‎‎
Armenian: Իսահակ (Isahak)
Basque: Isaka
Belarusian: Ісаак m (Isaák)
Bulgarian: Исаак m (Isaák)
Catalan: Isaac
Chinese:
Mandarin: 以撒 (zh) (Yǐsā), 依撒格 (zh) (Yīsāgé)
Czech: Izák
Danish: Isak
Dutch: Izaäk m, Izaak (nl) m
Estonian: Iisak
Ewe: Isak m
Faroese: Ísakur m
Finnish: Iisak (fi)
French: Isaac (fr) m
Georgian: ისააკი (isaaḳi)
German: Isaak m
Greek: Ισαάκ (el) m (Isaák)
Ancient Greek: Ἰσαάκ m (Isaák)
Hausa: Isiyaku
Hawaiian: Isaʻaka, ʻIsaʻaka
Hebrew: יִצְחָק‎‎ (he) m (yitzḥáq)
Hungarian: Izsák (hu)
Irish: Íosác

Italian: Isacco m
Japanese: イサーク (Isāku)
Korean: 이사악 (Isaak)
Latin: Isaac m
Latvian: Īzāks m
Lithuanian: Izaokas m
Malay: Ishak
Manx: Ysaig
Maori: Īhaka
Navajo: Áízak
Ngazidja Comorian: Isihaka
Northern Sami: Issát
Norwegian: Isak
Persian: اسحاق‎‎ (fa) (Ishâq)
Polish: Izaak (pl) m
Portuguese: Isaque (pt)
Russian: Исаа́к (ru) m (Isaák), Иса́к (ru) m (Isák)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Исак m

Roman: Isak m
Slovak: Izák m
Spanish: Isaac (es) m
Swedish: Isak (sv)
Turkish: İshak
Ukrainian: Ісаак m (Isaák)
Uyghur: ئىسھاق‎‎ (ishaq)

male given name

Arabic: إِسْحَاق‎‎ (ar) m (ʾisḥāq)
Armenian: Իսահակ (Isahak)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 艾薩克 (zh), 艾萨克 (zh) (Àisàkè)
Czech: Izák m
Danish: Isak
Ewe: Isak m
Faroese: Ísakur m
Finnish: Iisakki (fi)
French: Isaac (fr) m
German: Isaak m
Greenlandic: Iisaaq
Hausa: Isiyaku
Hawaiian: ʻIkaʻaka, ʻAikake
Hebrew: יִצְחָק‎‎ (he) m (Yitzḥáq)
Italian: Isacco m
Japanese: アイザック (Aizakku)

Malay: Ishak
Maori: Īhaka, Īhaka
Northern Sami: Issát
Norwegian: Isak
Polish: Izaak (pl) m
Portuguese: Isaque (pt) m
Russian: Исаа́к (ru) m (Isaák), Иса́к (ru) m (Isák), А́йзак m (Ájzak) (transliteration of English but Isaac Newton is "Исаак")
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Ајзак m

Roman: Ajzak m
Skolt Sami: Eessak
Slovak: Izák m
Spanish: Isaac (es)
Swedish: Isak (sv)
Uyghur: ئىسھاق‎‎ (ishaq)
Yiddish: יצחק‎‎ m (yitskhok)

Anagrams

ASAIC, acais, asaic, açais, açaís

French

Proper noun

Isaac

Isaac (Biblical figure)
A male given name

Anagrams

casai

Latin

Etymology

From Hebrew יצחק‎ (Yiṣḥāq).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈi.sa.aːk/, [ˈɪ.sa.aːk]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈi.sa.ak/, [ˈiː.sa.ak]

Proper noun

Isaāc (indeclinable)

Isaac (biblical figure)

References

Isaac in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Scots

Proper noun

Isaac

Isaac

Spanish

Proper noun

Isaac (m)

Isaac (Biblical figure)
A male given name

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.

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