Isaac
Isaac; grc, Ἰσαάκ, Isaák; ar, إسحٰق/إسحاق, Isḥāq; am, ይስሐቅ is one of the three patriarchs of the Israelites and an important figure in the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. He was the ...
was one of the patriarchs of the Abrahamic faiths.
Isaac may also refer to:
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Isaac (name)
Isaac ''()'' transliterated from Yitzhak, Yitzchok () was one of the three patriarchs in the Hebrew Bible, whose story is told in the book of Genesis.
' Isaac is a given name derived from Judaism and a given name among Jewish, Christian, and Mus ...
, including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or surname of Isaac and its variants
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Great Isaac Cay, Bahamas
Great Isaac Lighthouse is a lighthouse on the small Bahamian island of Great Isaac Cay. Erected in 1859, it is located about NNE of the Bimini Islands, and accessible only by boat. The lighthouse stands about 151 feet (46 m) tall.
On August 4, 1 ...
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Issac, Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
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Isaac River, Australia
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Isaac Region
The Isaac Region is a local government area located in Central Queensland, Queensland, Australia created in March 2008 as a result of the report of the Local Government Reform Commission released in July 2007.
History
Yagalingu is an Australia ...
, Australia
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Isaac's Harbour, Nova Scotia
Isaac's Harbour is a small community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the Municipality of the District of Guysborough in Guysborough County.
In 1861 gold was discovered in quartz veins on the Isaac's Harbour anticline to the e ...
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Isaac's Harbour North, Nova Scotia
Isaac's Harbour North is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the Municipality of the District of Guysborough in Guysborough County.
Located just north of Isaac's Harbour, Isaac's Harbour North is a friendly hamlet th ...
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Port Isaac
Port Isaac ( kw, Porthysek) is a small fishing village on the Atlantic coast of north Cornwall, England, in the United Kingdom. The nearest towns are Wadebridge and Camelford, each ten miles (16 km) away. A nearby hamlet, Port Gaverne, is ...
, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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Hurricane Isaac (2012)
Hurricane Isaac was a deadly and destructive tropical cyclone that came ashore in the U.S. state of Louisiana during August 2012. The ninth named storm and fourth hurricane of the annual hurricane season, Isaac originated from a tropical ...
, a Category 1 hurricane that hit the Greater New Orleans area on August 29, 2012
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Infrared Spectrometer And Array Camera
The Very Large Telescope (VLT) is a telescope facility operated by the European Southern Observatory on Cerro Paranal in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile. It consists of four individual telescopes, each with a primary mirror 8.2 m across, ...
(ISAAC)), an instrument on the Very Large Telescope
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ISAAC (cipher)
ISAAC (indirection, shift, accumulate, add, and count) is a cryptographically secure pseudorandom number generator and a stream cipher designed by Robert J. Jenkins Jr. in 1993. The reference implementation source code was dedicated to the public ...
, a cryptographically secure pseudorandom number generator
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ISAAC (comics)
The Eternals are a fictional race of cosmic beings appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The following is a list of known Eternals in the Marvel Universe.
Characters Earth
The following Eternals reside on Earth:
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, a supercomputer in Marvel Comics
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''Isaac'' (talk show), a talk show hosted by Isaac Mizrahi
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Tropical Storm Isaac The name Isaac has been used for five tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean.
* Tropical Storm Isaac (1988) – short-lived storm that had tropical storm force winds for only 18 hours, never threatened land.
* Hurricane Isaac (2000) – reached Ca ...
, a designation used for various tropical cyclones
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"Isaac" (song), a song by Hollyn
* "Isaac", a song by Madonna, from her album ''
Confessions on a Dance Floor
''Confessions on a Dance Floor'' is the tenth studio album by American singer and songwriter Madonna. It was released on November 9, 2005, by Warner Bros. Records. A complete departure from her previous studio album '' American Life'' (2003), ...
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* Isaac, the northeasternmost country in the ''Fire Emblem'' universe continent
Jugdral
is a tactical role-playing game developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo for the Super Famicom home video game console in 1996. It is the fourth installment of the ''Fire Emblem'' series, and the second to be developed for th ...
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Isaacs (disambiguation) Isaacs may refer to:
* The Isaacs, a bluegrass Southern gospel music group
* Isaacs (surname)
* Isaacs, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb of Canberra, Australia
* Division of Isaacs, a federal electoral division in Victoria, Australia
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Isaaq
The Isaaq (also Isaq, Ishaak, Isaac) ( so, Reer Sheekh Isxaaq, ar, بني إسحاق, Banī Isḥāq) is a Somali clan. It is one of the major Somali clans in the Horn of Africa, with a large and densely populated traditional territory. Per ...
, a Somali clan
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Ishak (disambiguation) Ishak, Ishaq or Eshaq may refer to:
* Ishak (name), list of people with this given name or surname
* Isaaq, a Somalis, Somali clan-family in the Horn of Africa
* Ishaaq bin Ahmed, the semi-legendary forefather and common ancestor of the Isaaq clan- ...
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International Symposium on Symbolic and Algebraic Computation
ISSAC, the International Symposium on Symbolic and Algebraic Computation, is an academic conference in the field of computer algebra. ISSAC has been organized annually since 1988, typically in July. The conference is regularly sponsored by the A ...
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Izak (disambiguation) Izak is a given name.
Izak may also refer to:
* Izak catshark, a type of cat shark
* Izak, a character in Suikoden IV
* Piotr "Izak" Skowyrski, Polish esports commentator and streamer
* Vian Izak, American singer/songwriter, producer, and audio ...
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Izzy (disambiguation)
Izzy is a common nickname for the given names Israel,Isaac, Isambard, Isidor, Isidore, Isidora, Isabel, Isobel, Isabelle, Isabella, Isaiah, Ishmael, Izzet, Isarn, Ismail, Isra, Izebel, Izmara, Isobelle, Isaura or Isam (عصام).
Izzy, Iz ...
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Zack (disambiguation)
Zack or Zach may refer to:
People
* Zach (surname), various people
* Zack (surname), various people
* Zack (personal name), lists of people and fictional characters named Zack, Zach, Zac, Zak or Zakk
* Záh (gens) or Zách, a ''gens'' (clan) in th ...
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