Lexic.us

Definition of Isaac

1. 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.

Definition of Isaac

1. Proper noun. (biblical character) The son of Abraham and Sarah, father of Esau and Jacob, from whom the Hebrew people trace their descent. ¹

2. Proper noun. (Hebrew male given name) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Isaac

Literary usage of Isaac

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1861)
"Sir Isaac Newton was an only and posthumous child ; he could therefore have had no very near kindred of his own name ; but a pedigree of his family, ..."

2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by Henry Peter Brougham Brougham and Vaux, Great Britain Court of Chancery, James William Mylne, Baron John Singleton Copley Lyndhurst (1839)
"And in case no son of such other son of Isaac Isaac, so born in the testator's lifetime, should attain twenty- one, then the trustees were to pay and ..."

3. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"1842. A public funeral was accorded to his remains, in recognition of his long and valued services to his native island. [Tapper's Life of Sir Isaac Brock ..."

4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Again, in the Blessing of a Cemetery (third Prayer) and in connection with Isaac and Jacob (sixth Prayer). Finally, in two of the Prayers for the Blessing ..."

5. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1861)
"Sir Isaac Newton was an only and posthumous child ; he could therefore have had no very near kindred of his own name ; but a pedigree of his family, ..."

6. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by Henry Peter Brougham Brougham and Vaux, Great Britain Court of Chancery, James William Mylne, Baron John Singleton Copley Lyndhurst (1839)
"And in case no son of such other son of Isaac Isaac, so born in the testator's lifetime, should attain twenty- one, then the trustees were to pay and ..."

7. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"1842. A public funeral was accorded to his remains, in recognition of his long and valued services to his native island. [Tapper's Life of Sir Isaac Brock ..."

8. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Again, in the Blessing of a Cemetery (third Prayer) and in connection with Isaac and Jacob (sixth Prayer). Finally, in two of the Prayers for the Blessing ..."

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