Isaac

English

Etymology

From Middle English Ysaac, from Latin Isaac, from Ancient Greek Ἰσαάκ (Isaák), from Hebrew יצחק (Yiṣḥāq, literally “he laughs, he will laugh”). Explained in Genesis as referring to his mother Sarah’s laughing when she was told she would have a son at her old age. The verb is masculine, however, perhaps due to its use as a boy’s name.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɪzək/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈaɪzæk/

Proper noun

Isaac (countable and uncountable, plural Isaacs)

2. (biblical) The son of Abraham and Sarah, father of Esau and Jacob, from whom the Hebrew people trace their descent.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 21:4, column 1:

     And Abraham circumciſed his ſonne Iſaac, being eight dayes old, as God had commanded him.

3. A male given name from Hebrew.
4. A surname originating as a patronymic.
5. Isaac Region, a local government area in central Queensland, Australia, named after the Isaac River.

Derived terms

• Isaacite
• Port Isaac (from Cornish)

Translations

son of Abraham and Sarah

• Afrikaans: Isak
• Aghwan: 𐔼𐕚𐔰𐕄 (isaḳ)
• Albanian: Isak m
• Amharic: ይስሐቅ (yəsḥäḳ)
• Arabic: إِسْحَاق (ar) m (ʔisḥāq)
• Aramaic:

  Syriac: ܐܝܤܚܩ

• Armenian: Իսահակ (Isahak)
• Azerbaijani: İshaq
• Basque: Isaka
• Belarusian: Ісаа́к m (Isaák)
• Bengali: ইসহাক (iśohak)
• Bulgarian: Исаа́к m (Isaák)
• Catalan: Isaac
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 以撒 (zh) (Yǐsā), 依撒格 (zh) (Yīsāgé) (Catholic)

• Czech: Izák
• Danish: Isak
• Dutch: Izaäk m, Izaak (nl) m
• Estonian: Iisak
• Ewe: Isak m
• Farefare: Isakɩ, A'isakɩ
• Faroese: Ísakur m
• Finnish: Iisak (fi)
• French: Isaac (fr) m
• Georgian: ისააკი (isaaḳi)
• German: Isaak m
• Greek: Ισαάκ (el) m (Isaák), Ισαάκιος (el) m (Isaákios)

  Ancient Greek: Ἰσαάκ m (Isaák), Ἴσακος (Ísakos)

• Hausa: Isiyaku
• Hawaiian: Isaʻaka, ʻIsaʻaka
• Hebrew: יִצְחָק (he) m (yitskhák)
• Hindi: इसहाक़ m (ishāq), इसहाक (hi) m (ishāk)
• Hungarian: Izsák (hu)
• Icelandic: Ísak (is) m
• Irish: Íosác
• Italian: Isacco (it) m
• Japanese: イサーク (Isāku)
• Kazakh: Исхақ (İsxaq), Ысқақ (Ysqaq)
• Korean: 이사악 (Isaak)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ئیسحاق (îsḧaq)

  Northern Kurdish: Îshaq (ku)

• Latin: Isaac m
• Latvian: Īzāks m
• Lithuanian: Izaõkas m
• Macedonian: Исак m (Isak)
• Malay: Ishak
• Manchu: ᡳᠰᠠᡴ (isak)
• Manx: Ysaig
• Maori: Īhaka
• Navajo: Áízak
• Ngazidja Comorian: Isihaka
• Northern Sami: Issát
• Norwegian: Isak
• Pashto: اسحاق m
• Persian: اسحاق (fa) (eshâq)
• Polish: Izaak (pl) m
• Portuguese: Isaque (pt), Isaac (pt) m
• Romanian: Isac m
• Russian: Исаа́к (ru) m (Isaák), Иса́к (ru) m (Isák)
• Scottish Gaelic: Isaac m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Исак m

  Roman: Isak m

• Slovak: Izák m
• Spanish: Isaac (es) m
• Swedish: Isak (sv)
• Tajik: Исҳоқ (Ishoq)
• Thai: อิสอัค
• Turkish: İshak
• Ukrainian: Ісаа́к m (Isaák)
• Urdu: اسحاق m (ishāq)
• Uyghur: ئىسھاق (ishaq)
• Uzbek: Ishoq

male given name

• Arabic: إِسْحَاق (ar) m (ʔisḥāq)
• Armenian: Իսահակ (Isahak), Սահակ (Sahak)
• Bengali: ইসহাক (ishaq)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 艾薩克／艾萨克 (zh) (Àisàkè)

• Czech: Izák m
• Danish: Isak
• Dutch: Izaäk m, Izaak (nl) m
• Ewe: Isak m
• Faroese: Ísakur m
• Finnish: Iisakki (fi)
• French: Isaac (fr) m
• German: Isaak m
• Greek: Ισαάκιος (el) m (Isaákios)
• Greenlandic: Iisaaq
• Hausa: Isiyaku
• Hawaiian: ʻIkaʻaka, ʻAikake
• Hebrew: יִצְחָק (he) m (yitskhák)
• Hungarian: Izsák (hu)
• Ingrian: Issakka
• Italian: Isacco (it) m
• Japanese: アイザック (Aizakku)
• Korean: 아이작 (Aijak)
• Malay: Ishak
• Maori: 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")
• Scottish Gaelic: Ìosag m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Исак m

  Roman: Isak 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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.za.ak/

Proper noun

Isaac m

1. Isaac (Biblical figure)
2. a male given name, equivalent to English Isaac

Anagrams

• casai

Latin

Alternative forms

• Isaacus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἰσαάκ (Isaák), from Biblical Hebrew יִצְחָק (Yiṣḥāq, literally “he laughs”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈi.sa.aːk/, [ˈɪs̠äːk]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈi.sa.ak/, [ˈiːs̬äːk]

Proper noun

Isaāc m sg (indeclinable)

1. (biblical) Isaac

Descendants

• → Old Irish: Isaác
  • Irish: Íosác

Further reading

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

Old English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Isaāc, from Ancient Greek Ἰσαάκ (Isaák), from Biblical Hebrew יצחק (Yiṣḥāq, literally “he laughs”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.sɑ.ɑːk/, [ˈi.zɑ.ɑːk]

Proper noun

Isaāc m

1. Isaac (Biblical character)
   • Old English Heptateuch, Genesis 22:2

     "Nim þīnne āncennedan sunu Īsaac, þe þū lufast, and far tō þām lande Visionis hraþe, and ġeoffra hine þǣr uppan ānre dūne."

     "Take your only-begotten son Isaac, whom you love, and quickly go to the land of Visionis, and sacrifice him there upon a mountain."

Scots

Proper noun

Isaac

1. Isaac

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /isaˈak/ [i.saˈak]
  • Rhymes: -ak
• IPA^(key): /iˈsak/ [iˈsak]
  • Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: I‧sa‧ac

Proper noun

Isaac m

1. Isaac (Biblical figure)
   • 1602, La Santa Biblia (antigua versión de Casiodoro de Reina), Génesis 21:4:

     Y circuncidó Abraham á su hijo Isaac de ocho días, como Dios le había mandado.

     And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him. (KJV)

2. a male given name, equivalent to English Isaac