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: *

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

Organizations

International Society for Analysis, its Applications and Computation The International Society for Analysis, its Applications and Computation (ISAAC) was founded at the University of Delaware in 1996 and is dedicated to the promotion of mathematical analysis and its applications. It has organized international congre ...

International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication The International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (ISAAC) was founded in May 1983 in East Lansing, Michigan, United States. Its stated purpose is to improve the communication abilities and quality of life of individuals with ...

Places

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 ...

Issac, Dordogne Issac (; oc, Eiçac) is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. Population Sights The Château de Montréal, built in the 12th and 16th centuries. See also *Communes of the Dordogne department Th ...

, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France *

Isaac River The Isaac River is a river and anabranch located in Central Queensland, Australia. Course The headwaters of the river rise south east of Glenden, Queensland and flow in a generally southern direction, crossing the Peak Downs Highway near Mora ...

, Australia *

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 *

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 eas ...

, Canada *

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 ...

, Canada *

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

Other uses

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 *

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 *

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 *

ISAAC (comics) The Eternals (comics), 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 o ...

, a supercomputer in Marvel Comics * ''Isaac'' (talk show), a talk show hosted by Isaac Mizrahi *

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 * "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), t ...

'' * 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 the ...