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Isaac

יִצְחָקStrong’s H3327

yitschaq (yits-chaq)

Appears in 101 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Yitschaq is the Hebrew word usually translated “isaac”. It appears in 101 verses of the Old Testament.

“And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.”
Genesis 17:19 KJV
Meaning
  1. A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.17.19
How it's translated
  • isaac 84
  • to isaac 15
  • and isaac 5
  • for isaac 2
  • in isaac 1
  • and to isaac 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Genesis 74
  • Exodus 9
  • Deuteronomy 7
  • 1 Chronicles 4
  • Joshua 2
  • Leviticus 1

10 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

יִצְחָק yitschaq · Isaac

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.17.19; son of: Abraham (H0085) and Sarah (H8283); half-brother of: Ishmael (H3458), Zimran (H2175), Jokshan (H3370), Medan (H4091), Midian (H4080), Ishbak (H3435) and Shuah (H7744); married to Rebekah (H7259); father of: Esau (H6215) and Israel (H3478) § Isaac = "he laughs" son of Abraham by Sarah his wife and father of Jacob and Esau

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.