Isaac | Biblia

Looking to help your church and family stay connected to the Word while social distancing?
Check out our free church library, church online resources, and family resources.

Learn more

Isaac

Excerpt from the Lexham Bible Dictionary, the most advanced Bible dictionary.

The son of promise (Gen 17). Born to Abram and Sarah (Gen 21). Received the promise given to his father (Gen 12) and passed it to his son Jacob. Saw his father willing to sacrifice him to God. Stands as a traditional member of Israel’s patriarchal fathers but takes active control only after his father’s death.

Lexham Bible Dictionary

The most advanced Bible Dictionary

The most advanced Bible dictionary as a part of Biblia Plus, which includes everything you need to take your Bible study to the next level. For less than $1 a week, you'll get devotionals, Bible study guides, thematic studies, and much more!

Expand all Collapse all

Dictionaries

The Lexham Bible Dictionary

Isaac, Son of Abraham

Isaac, Son of Abraham (יִצְחָק‎, yitschaq; חקשׂי‎, chqsy). The son of promise (Gen 17). Born to Abram and Sarah (Gen 21). Received the promise given to his father (Gen 12) and passed it to his son Jacob. Saw his father willing to sacrifice him to God. Stands as a traditional member of Israel’s patriarchal

The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

Isaac (Person)

ISAAC (PERSON) [Heb yiṣḥāq (יִצְחָק)]. The second of the patriarchs in whom Israel recognized a father figure; he is traditionally associated with Abraham and Jacob. Genesis presents him as the son of Abraham (17:18; 21:3) and the father of Jacob (25:26). Isaac is mentioned by name more than seventy

Baker Encyclopedia of the Bible

Isaac

Isaac. Son of Abraham and Sarah, father of Jacob and Esau, one of the patriarchs of Israel.The name “Isaac” has an interesting etymology. It is the Anglicized form of the Hebrew yiṣḥāq, in Greek Isaak. If taken as an imperfect form, it means “he laughs”; as a perfect form it means “he laughed.” Scholars

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised

Isaac

Isaac īʹzək [Heb. yiṣḥāq, yiśhāq—either ‘laughing,’ ‘he laughs,’ or ‘he laughed’; Gk. Isaak]. An OT patriarch, son of Abraham and father of Jacob and Esau.

Abimelech (king of Philistines)

2. A king of the Philistines mentioned in relation with Isaac (Gen. 26). In a time of grievous famine Isaac went down from his home, probably at Hebron, to Gerar. Fearing for his life because of his beautiful wife Rebekah, he called her his sister, just as Abraham had done with Sarah. Neither Abimelech

Tyndale Bible Dictionary

Isaac

ISAAC Son of Abraham and Sarah, father of Jacob and Esau, one of the patriarchs of Israel.The name Isaac has an interesting etymology. It is the Anglicized form of the Hebrew Yitshaq, in Greek Isaak. If taken as an imperfect form, it means “he laughs”; as a perfect form, it means “he laughed.” Scholars

The HarperCollins Bible Dictionary (Revised and Updated)

Isaac

Isaac (i´zik; Heb., “laughter”), the son of Abraham and Sarah who is often listed as the second of the three male ancestors of the Israelites: Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (Exod. 2:24; 3:6; Jer. 33:26). Isaac was born to aged parents (Abraham was one hundred according to Gen. 21:5; and Sarah was ninety

Abimelech

Abimelech (uh-bim´uh-lek; Heb., “my father is king”).1 The king of Gerar (possibly Tell Jemmeh, ten miles south of Gaza), before whom Abraham posed as Sarah’s brother (Gen. 20; cf. 12:10–20). Elsewhere, Abimelech is identified as a “king of the Philistines” whom Isaac, living at Gerar, similarly deceives

The Wycliffe Bible Encyclopedia

Isaac

ISAAC. The name, given by God before the birth of the child (Gen 17:19), signifies “he laughs” or “he who laughs.” See references to laughter in (Gen 17:17; 18:12–15; 21:6).History. Isaac was born (probably in Gerar) to Abraham and Sarah when they were 100 and 90 years old respectively. He was the first

The New Bible Dictionary, Third Edition

Isaac

ISAAC (Heb. yiṣḥāq, ‘he laughs’ or ‘laughter’). At the announcement of Isaac’s birth Abraham laughed (Gn. 17:17), and later Sarah herself laughed at the thought that she who was so old should bear a son (Gn. 18:12–15). At Isaac’s birth, when Abraham was 100 years old, Sarah declares that God has made

Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible

Isaac

Isaac (Heb. yiṣḥāq)The son of Abraham and Sarah. The name means “he laughs,” reflecting Sarah’s response when told she would have a child (Gen. 18:12); she later celebrates the birth of Isaac with laughter (21:6). Isaac is the promised offspring through whom God keeps the covenant made with Abraham

Eerdmans Bible Dictionary

Isaac

Isaac [īˊzĭk] (Heb. yiṣḥāq, yiśḥāq “he laughed”).† The child of promise for Abraham and Sarah, the living sign of God’s faithful dealings with them. As the link between the cycles of Abraham and Jacob stories, Isaac’s position is of less prominence than either of the other patriarchs, yet

Catholic Bible Dictionary

Isaac

ISAAC (Hebrew, “he laughs”) The second great patriarch, the son of Abraham and Sarah (Gen 17:18; 21:3) and the father of Jacob (Gen 25:26) and Esau. He is ranked as a forefather of Israel with Abraham and Jacob and was a key participant in the promise of God to bless all nations through Abraham’s seed

The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church

Isaac

Isaac, OT *Patriarch. His story is told in Gen. 21–35. The divinely promised son of *Abraham and Sarah after a long childless marriage, he became the heir of the covenanted blessings (cf. Gen. 17:19 and 21). To try Abraham’s faith Yahweh demanded Isaac in sacrifice, but, satisfied with Abraham’s perfect

Email
Password
Forgot your password?