Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- In the Bible, the son of Abraham who was offered as a sacrifice to God. The sacrifice was prevented at the last moment by divine intervention.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The hedge-sparrow.
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- proper noun The son of
Abraham andSarah , father ofEsau andJacob , from whom theHebrew people trace their descent. - proper noun A male
given name
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (Old Testament) the second patriarch; son of Abraham and Sarah who was offered by Abraham as a sacrifice to God; father of Jacob and Esau
Etymologies
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Examples
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BIC'KERSTAFF (_Isaac_), a pseudonym of dean Swift, assumed in the paper-war with Partridge, the almanac-maker, and subsequently adopted by Steele in _The Tatler_, which was announced as edited by "Isaac
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook Ebenezer Cobham Brewer 1853
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No, Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac; I will establish My covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his descendants after him.
Can America Survive? John Hagee 2010
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In the Hebrew here "Isaac" is written with s, instead of the usual ts; both forms mean "laughter"; the change of spelling perhaps expresses that their "high places of Isaac" may be well so called, but not as they meant by the name; for they are only fit to be laughed at in scorn.
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Isaac is irritated enough not to notice that he has, once again, been addressed inappropriately.
365 tomorrows » 2009 » August : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2009
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My son Isaac is so attached to baseball that he brings his glove and ball everywhere, just in case: you never know when you might meet another seven-year-old in search of round objects to bat, pound, throw and kick.
Marc Gopin: Thanks to the Imam, My Little Son Got Serious About Synagogue Marc Gopin 2010
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The Pakistani ISI would torture this guy as gladly as Abraham would have slain Isaac, and pretty much for the same reason.
Matthew Yglesias » More Failure for Obama’s Law Enforcement Approach to Terrorism 2010
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Isaac is in Cranburn Alley — Bet Hawyes is agog for coming with me.
Letter 281 2009
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I bet if Carol had been on that show, she would have won - after all Isaac is a real designer, not a lingerie model!
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My son Isaac is so attached to baseball that he brings his glove and ball everywhere, just in case: you never know when you might meet another seven-year-old in search of round objects to bat, pound, throw and kick.
Marc Gopin: Thanks to the Imam, My Little Son Got Serious About Synagogue Marc Gopin 2010
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My son Isaac is so attached to baseball that he brings his glove and ball everywhere, just in case: you never know when you might meet another seven-year-old in search of round objects to bat, pound, throw and kick.
Marc Gopin: Thanks to the Imam, My Little Son Got Serious About Synagogue Marc Gopin 2010
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