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From the Hebrew name יִצְחָק (Yitsḥaq) meaning "he will laugh, he will rejoice", derived from צָחַק (tsaḥaq) meaning "to laugh". The Old Testament explains this meaning through the account of Abraham laughing when God told him his elderly wife Sarah would bear Isaac (see Genesis 17:17), and Sarah herself laughing upon overhearing the same promise (see Genesis 18:12). As a boy, Isaac was nearly sacrificed by Abraham as a test of faith from God, but an angel intervened at the last moment. He later became the father of Esau and Jacob with his wife Rebecca.As an English Christian name, Isaac saw occasional use in the Middle Ages but was more common among Jews. It gained wider popularity following the Protestant Reformation. Notable bearers include physicist and mathematician Isaac Newton (1643-1727) and science-fiction author Isaac Asimov (1920-1992).
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| Variants |
(English):
Issac (Portuguese): Isaque |
| Diminutives |
(English):
Ike (Spanish): Isi 2 |
| Other Languages & Cultures |
(Amharic):
Yishak (Quranic): Ishaq (Armenian): Sahak (Russian): Isaak (Biblical Hebrew): Yitzchaq (Slovene): Izak (Swedish): Isak (Dutch): Izaäk, Sjaak, Sjakie (Finnish): Iisakki, Iikka, Iiro (Hebrew): Itzhak, Yitzhak (Hungarian): Izsák (Icelandic): Ísak (Italian): Isacco (Polish): Izaak (Swedish): Isac |
| Surname Descendants | (English): Isaacson |
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