Isaac in the Bible — the Hebrew name and what it means
יִצְחָק
The son of promise and of laughter — bound on Moriah, and spared by the ram.
Also called
Yitzchak יִצְחָק — “he laughs” — for Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh
The moments that made Isaac
Gen 21:3The promised child is born and named Laughter
Gen 22:13The binding — and the ram caught in the thicket
Gen 24:67Rebekah brought to him — and he loved her
Gen 26:18He digs again the wells of his father
Gen 27:27He blesses Jacob — the smell of a field
Exod 3:6“The God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob”
How often the name appears
Isaac is named 101 times in the Hebrew Scriptures and 18 times in the New Testament.
Every mention — Hebrew Scriptures
Gen 17:19Gen 17:21Gen 21:3Gen 21:4Gen 21:5Gen 21:8Gen 21:10Gen 21:12Gen 22:2Gen 22:3Gen 22:6Gen 22:7Gen 22:9Gen 24:4Gen 24:14Gen 24:62Gen 24:63Gen 24:64Gen 24:66Gen 24:67Gen 25:5Gen 25:6Gen 25:9Gen 25:11Gen 25:19Gen 25:20Gen 25:21Gen 25:26Gen 25:28Gen 26:1Gen 26:6Gen 26:8Gen 26:9Gen 26:12Gen 26:16Gen 26:17Gen 26:18Gen 26:19Gen 26:20Gen 26:25Gen 26:27Gen 26:31Gen 26:32Gen 26:35Gen 27:1Gen 27:5Gen 27:20Gen 27:21Gen 27:22Gen 27:26Gen 27:30Gen 27:32Gen 27:33Gen 27:37Gen 27:39Gen 27:46Gen 28:1Gen 28:5Gen 28:6Gen 28:8Gen 28:13Gen 31:18Gen 31:42Gen 31:53Gen 32:10Gen 35:12Gen 35:27Gen 35:28Gen 35:29Gen 46:1Gen 48:15Gen 48:16Gen 49:31Gen 50:24Exod 2:24Exod 3:6Exod 3:15Exod 3:16Exod 4:5Exod 6:3+21 more in the app
Every mention — New Testament
Matt 1:2Matt 8:11Matt 22:32Mark 12:26Luke 3:34Luke 13:28Luke 20:37Acts 3:13Acts 7:8Acts 7:32Rom 9:7Rom 9:10Gal 4:28Heb 11:9Heb 11:17Heb 11:18Heb 11:20Jas 2:21