Isaac

IPA/ˈaɪsək/
KK[ˈaɪzək]IPA/ˈaɪzək/

Isaac — noun

1. In the Jewish and Christian Bibles, the child of Abraham and Sarah, and later th

1.名詞B1
釋義

In the Jewish and Christian Bibles, the child of Abraham and Sarah, and later the father of Jacob and Esau. In a well-known story, God told Abraham to offer Isaac as a sacrifice to test his faith, but then stopped him.

例句

Abraham prepared to sacrifice his son Isaac on the mountain, as the Bible tells.

possessive: Abraham's son Isaac; passive context

Isaac married Rebekah, and their son Jacob became the father of Israel's twelve tribes.

Isaac + past tense main clause; possessive chain

文法句型

Isaac + singular verb

用法筆記

This is a proper name for a specific person in the Bible. It is often used with the definite article only when referring to a specific story ('the binding of Isaac'). In most contexts, the name stands alone without an article.

常見錯誤

❌Isac
✅Isaac
💡the spelling has two 'a's and no 's' at the end.
❌Isaac and Abraham story
✅the story of Isaac and Abraham
💡possessive constructions with Biblical names often use 'of' rather than 's.