Definition of Ishmael

1. Noun. (Old Testament) the son of Abraham who was cast out after the birth of Isaac; considered the forebear of 12 Arabian tribes.

Category relationships: Old Testament
Generic synonyms: Patriarch

2. Noun. A person who is rejected (from society or home).
Exact synonyms: Castaway, Outcast, Pariah
Generic synonyms: Unfortunate, Unfortunate Person
Specialized synonyms: Heretic, Misbeliever, Religious Outcast, Leper, Harijan, Untouchable
Derivative terms: Outcast

Definition of Ishmael

1. Proper noun. (context Judaism Islam) The eldest son of Abraham and his wife's handmaiden Hagar who were cast out after the birth of Isaac; traditionally the ancestor of the Arabs. ¹

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

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ishmael

Iscariots
Ischigualastia
Isere
Isere River
Isernia
Iseult
Isfahan
Ish
Ishak
Ishani
Isherwood
Ishihara test
Ishikawa
Ishikawa diagram
Ishikawa diagrams
Ishmael
Ishmaelite
Ishmaelites
Ishmaelitish
Isiac
Isiah
Isidian
Isidor Feinstein Stone
Isidora
Isidore
Isidore Auguste Marie Francois Comte
Isidorian
Isinya

Literary usage of Ishmael

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

1. Poems of American History by Burton Egbert Stevenson (1908)
"THE BALLAD OF ishmael DAY [June, 1863] ONE summer morning a daring band Of Rebels rode into Maryland, Over the prosperous, peaceful farms, Sending terror ..."

2. The Modern Reader's Bible: The Books of the Bible with Three Books of the by Richard Green Moulton (1907)
"Then arose ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men that were with him, ... ishmael also slew all the Jews that were with him, even with Gedaliah, ..."

3. The Various Writings of Cornelius Mathews by Cornelius Mathews (1863)
"Don't stand there, ishmael, take a chair by the hearth ; it's much pleasanter than ... ishmael came forward and did so. " Don't you perceive a difference ? ..."

4. Poems of American History by Burton Egbert Stevenson (1908)
"THE BALLAD OF ishmael DAY [June, 1863] ONE summer morning a daring band Of Rebels rode into Maryland, Over the prosperous, peaceful farms, Sending terror ..."

5. The Modern Reader's Bible: The Books of the Bible with Three Books of the by Richard Green Moulton (1907)
"Then arose ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men that were with him, ... ishmael also slew all the Jews that were with him, even with Gedaliah, ..."

6. The Various Writings of Cornelius Mathews by Cornelius Mathews (1863)
"Don't stand there, ishmael, take a chair by the hearth ; it's much pleasanter than ... ishmael came forward and did so. " Don't you perceive a difference ? ..."

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