Isaiah

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἠσαΐας (Ēsaḯas) from Hebrew יְשַׁעְיָהוּ (yəšaʿyā́hū).

Pronunciation

(US, Canada) IPA^(key): /aɪˈzeɪ.ə/
Audio (Canada): (file)
(UK) IPA^(key): /aɪˈzaɪ.ə/
Rhymes: -aɪə, -eɪə

Proper noun

Isaiah

A book of the Old Testament of the Bible, and of the Tanakh.
Synonym: (abbreviation) Isa.
(Abrahamism, biblical) A prophet, the author of the Book of Isaiah.
- 2004 October 24, Bill Gladstone, “The oldest family in the world”, in Jewish Telegraphic Agency‎^[1]:
  The family tree boasts an astonishing array of celebrated historical figures from the prophet Isaiah to Sir Isaiah Berlin, from Felix Mendelssohn to Karl Marx and Moses Montefiore. The list also includes Yehudi Menuhin, Helena Rubinstein, the Rothschilds and even Rosenstein himself.
A male given name from Hebrew.
- 2004 October 24, Bill Gladstone, “The oldest family in the world”, in Jewish Telegraphic Agency‎^[2]:
  The family tree boasts an astonishing array of celebrated historical figures from the prophet Isaiah to Sir Isaiah Berlin, from Felix Mendelssohn to Karl Marx and Moses Montefiore. The list also includes Yehudi Menuhin, Helena Rubinstein, the Rothschilds and even Rosenstein himself.

Derived terms

Related terms

Isiah
Esaias

Translations

book of the Bible

Afrikaans: Jesaja (af)
Arabic: إِشَعْياء m (ʔišaʕyāʔ)
Asturian: Isaíes (ast)
Basque: Isaias (eu)
Breton: Yeshaia (br) m
Catalan: Isaïes
Cebuano: Isaias
Chinese:
Cantonese: 以賽亞書 / 以赛亚书 (ji⁵ coi³ aa³ syu¹)

Eastern Min: 以賽亞書 / 以赛亚书 (Ī-suói-ā-cṳ̆)

Hakka: 以賽亞書 / 以赛亚书 (Yî-soi-â-sû)

Mandarin: 以賽亞書 / 以赛亚书 (zh) (Yǐsàiyàshū)
Comorian:
Ngazidja Comorian: Isaya
Corsican: Esàia (co)
Czech: Izaiáš m
Danish: Esajas
Dutch: Jesaja (nl) m
Esperanto: Jesaja, Jesajo
Estonian: Jesaja raamat (et)
Farefare: Isaya
Finnish: Jesaja (fi)
French: Ésaïe m, Isaïe (fr) m
Frisian:
West Frisian: Jesaja
German: Jesaja (de) m
Greek: Ησαΐας (el) m (Isaḯas)
Gujarati: યશાયા (yaśāyā)
Hawaiian: ʻIsaia
Hebrew: יְשַׁעְיָהוּ (he) (Yeshaʿyahu)
Hindi: यशायाह (yaśāyāh)
Hungarian: Ézsaiás (hu)
Icelandic: Jesaja m
Ido: Isaias (io) m
Indonesian: Yesaya
Irish: Leabhar Íseáia m, Íseáia (ga) m
Italian: Isaia (it)
Japanese: イザヤ書 (Izaya sho)
Kazakh: Ишая (İşaä)
Konkani: इज़ायस आचें पुस्तक (ij̈āyas ācẽ pustak)
Korean: 이사야서 (Isayaseo)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ئیشایا (îşaya)
Latin: Isaiæ m
Latvian: Jesaja (lv)
Limburgish: Jesaja
Lithuanian: Izaijo knyga (lt) f
Macedonian: Книга на пророк Исаија (Kniga na prorok Isaija)
Malay: Yesaya
Maltese: Ktieb Isaija (mt) m
Māori: Īhāia (mi)
Marathi: यशया (yaśyā)
Middle English: Ysaye
Nepali: यशैया (yaśaiyā)
Norwegian: Jesaja, Esaias (no)
Odia: ଯିଶାଇୟ ଭବିଷ୍ୟ‌ଦ୍‌ବକ୍ତାଙ୍କର ପୁସ୍ତକ (jiśāiya bhabiṣya‌d‌baktāṅkara pustaka)
Pohnpeian: Aiseia
Polish: Księga Izajasza f
Portuguese: Isaías (pt) m
Punjabi: ਯਸਾਯਾਹ (yasāyāh)
Western Punjabi: کتاب یسعیاہ (ktāb ysʻeyāh)
Romanian: Isaia (ro) m
Russian: Книга пророка Исаии (Kniga proroka Isaii), Исайя (ru) (Isajja)
Scots: Isaiah
Scottish Gaelic: Isaiah (gd) m
Serbo-Croatian: Књига пророка Исаије
Slovak: Izaiáš
Slovene: Izaija (sl)
Spanish: Isaías (es)
Swahili: Isaya (sw)
Swedish: Jesaja (sv)
Tagalog: Isaias (tl) m
Tumbuka: Yesaya
Vietnamese: I-sai-a (Catholic), Ê-sai (Protestant)
Waray-Waray: Isaíyas
Welsh: Eseia (cy) m
Zealandic: Jesaja

prophet

Afrikaans: Jesaja (af)
Aghwan: 𐔴𐕐𐔰𐔺𐔰 (ešaya)
Arabic: إِشَعْياء m (ʔišaʕyāʔ)
Armenian: Եսայի (hy) (Esayi)
Asturian: Isaíes (ast)
Basque: Isaias (eu)
Breton: Yeshaia (br) m
Catalan: Isaïes
Cebuano: Isaias
Cherokee: ᎢᏌᏯ (isaya)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 以賽亞 / 以赛亚 (ji⁵ coi³ aa³), 依撒意亞 / 依撒意亚 (ji¹ saat³ ji³ aa³) (Catholic), 依撒依亞 / 依撒依亚 (ji¹ saat³ ji¹ aa³) (Catholic)

Eastern Min: 以賽亞 / 以赛亚 (Ī-suói-ā)

Hakka: 以賽亞 / 以赛亚 (Yî-soi-â)

Hokkien: 以賽亞 / 以赛亚 (Í-sài-a)

Mandarin: 以賽亞 / 以赛亚 (zh) (Yǐsàiyà), 依撒意亞 / 依撒意亚 (zh) (Yīsāyìyà) (Catholic), 依撒依亚 (zh) (Yīsāyīyà) (Catholic)
Comorian:
Ngazidja Comorian: Isaya
Corsican: Esàia (co)
Czech: Izajáš m
Danish: Esajas m
Dutch: Jesaja (nl) m
Estonian: Jesaja
Farefare: Isaya
Finnish: Jesaja (fi)
French: Isaïe (fr) m, Ésaïe m
Frisian:
West Frisian: Jesaja
German: Jesaja (de) m, Jesaias m
Greek: Ησαΐας (el) m (Isaḯas)
Ancient Greek: Ἠσαΐας m (Ēsaḯas)
Hawaiian: ʻIsaia
Hindi: यशायाह m (yaśāyāh)
Hungarian: Ézsaiás (hu)
Icelandic: Jesaja m
Ido: Isaias (io) m
Indonesian: Yesaya
Irish: Íseáia (ga) m
Italian: Isaia (it) m
Japanese: イザヤ (Izaya)
Kazakh: Ишая (İşaä)
Korean: 이사야 (Isaya)
Latin: Īsāiās
Latvian: Jesaja (lv)
Limburgish: Jesaja
Lithuanian: Izaija m
Malay: Yesaya
Māori: Īhāia (mi)
Middle English: Ysaye
Navajo: Aizéíyah
Norwegian: Esaias (no) m
Plautdietsch: Jesaja
Polish: Izajasz (pl) m
Portuguese: Isaías (pt) m
Romanian: Isaia (ro) m
Russian: Исайя (ru) (Isajja)
Scots: Isaiah
Scottish Gaelic: Isaiah (gd) m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Исаија m

Latin: Isaija m
Slovak: Izaiáš
Slovene: Izaija (sl) m
Spanish: Isaías (es) m
Swahili: Isaya (sw)
Swedish: Jesaja (sv) m
Tagalog: Isaias (tl) m
Tumbuka: Yesaya
Waray-Waray: Isaíyas
Welsh: Eseia (cy) m
Zealandic: Jesaja

male given name

Afrikaans: Jesaja (af)
Armenian: Եսայի (hy) (Esayi)
Asturian: Isaíes (ast)
Basque: Isaias (eu)
Breton: Yeshaia (br) m
Cebuano: Isaias
Chinese:
Eastern Min: 以賽亞 / 以赛亚 (Ī-suói-ā)
Corsican: Esàia (co)
Czech: Izajáš m
Danish: Esajas
Dutch: Jesaja (nl)
Estonian: Jesaja
Finnish: Esa (fi), Esaias (fi)
French: Isaïe (fr)
Frisian:
West Frisian: Jesaja
German: Jesaja (de) m
Greek: Ησαΐας (el) m (Isaḯas)
Hawaiian: ʻIkaia
Hungarian: Ézsaiás (hu)
Icelandic: Jesaja m
Ido: Isaias (io) m
Italian: Isaia (it)
Japanese: イザヤ (Izaya)
Latin: Isaias m
Latvian: Jesaja (lv)
Limburgish: Jesaja
Lithuanian: Izaija m
Macedonian: Исаија (Isaija)
Māori: Īhāia (mi)
Navajo: Aizéíyah
Norwegian: Esaias (no) m
Polish: Izajasz (pl) m
Portuguese: Isaías (pt) m
Romanian: Isaia (ro) m
Russian: Исаия (ru) (Isaija), Исайя (ru) (Isajja) (prophet) >> Исай (ru) (Isaj) (common given name, now rare)
Sami:
Skolt Sami: Esai
Scots: Isaiah
Scottish Gaelic: Isaiah (gd) m
Slovak: Izaiáš
Slovene: Izaija (sl) m
Spanish: Isaías (es) m
Swahili: Isaya (sw)
Swedish: Esaias
Tagalog: Isaias (tl) m
Waray-Waray: Isaíyas
Welsh: Eseia (cy) m
Yiddish: ישעיה (Yeshaye)
Zealandic: Jesaja

Scottish Gaelic

Proper noun

Isaiah m

(biblical) Isaiah
(biblical) Isaiah, the twenty-third book of the Old Testament

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