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Isaac

[ahy-zuhk]

noun

  1. (in the Bible) a son of Abraham and Sarah, and the father of Jacob.

  2. a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “laughter.”



Isaac

/ ˈɪə /

noun

  1. an Old Testament patriarch, the son of Abraham and Sarah and father of Jacob and Esau (Genesis 17; 21–27)

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Isaac

  1. The son of Abraham and the father of Jacob and Esau.

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Abraham was prepared to sacrifice Isaac at God's request. (See Abraham and Isaac.)
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Their journey across England's largest uninterrupted path has now been made into a film - The Salt Path - featuring Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs.

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That’s to say, where rivers are recognised as alive, enlivening presences in story, art and law, rather than –– as Isaac Newton put it –– ‘brute inanimate matter’.

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We see Isaac scowl at another cop who is gleefully telling a story about knocking out the teeth of an unarmed protester he disparagingly refers to as a Voter.

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Isaacs: If I go away to do a job on location somewhere, I can actually — even at my ripe old age; I’m a father and I’m a husband — just park my life and forget that.

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