יִצְחָק
Yitschâq · yits-khawk'
Jitschak (or Isaac), son of Abraham
Lexicon
Derivation: from H6711 (צָחַק); laughter (i.e. mochery);
Jitschak (or Isaac), son of Abraham
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Isaac. Compare H3446 (יִשְׂחָק).
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › to pursue the straight path › to separate and protect › what comes behind, the returning cycle
The hand that works that works to pursue the straight path that works to separate and protect of what comes behind, the returning cycle.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יִצְחָק above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
108 occurrences · 108 OT · 0 NT · 28 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and isaac29 · 27%
- isaac28 · 26%
- of isaac10 · 9%
- unto isaac9 · 8%
- to isaac8 · 7%
- with isaac3 · 3%
- that isaac2 · 2%
- to him, isaac1 · 1%
- even with isaac1 · 1%
- for in isaac1 · 1%
- son isaac1 · 1%
- with him, and isaac1 · 1%
- it upon isaac1 · 1%
- her: and isaac1 · 1%
- all that he had unto isaac1 · 1%
- from isaac1 · 1%
- and, behold, isaac1 · 1%
- then isaac1 · 1%
- and isaac's1 · 1%
- with isaac's1 · 1%
- there: and there isaac's1 · 1%
- that isaac's1 · 1%
- that when isaac1 · 1%
- when isaac1 · 1%
- and it came to pass, as soon as isaac1 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.