Ichabod
/ˈɪkəbɒd/noun
A biblical masculine name meaning that the glory has departed.
Did you know?In the Bible, Ichabod was named at the moment his mother died after hearing that the Ark had been captured and her husband and father-in-law were dead.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Semitic
Proto-Semitic
*k-b-d
“To be heavy; by extension, to be weighty, honored, or glorious”
Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew
כָּבוֹד (kāvōd)
“Glory, honor, splendor, or the weighty presence of dignity”
Iron Age Israel
Biblical Hebrew
אִי־כָבוֹד (’î-kāvōd)
“Ichabod; literally a question or exclamation about the absence of glory”
3rd Century BCE
Septuagint Greek
Οὐαὶ Ἰχαβώδ (Ouai I(ch)abōd)
“Woe, Ichabod; the Hebrew name rendered in the Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible”
4th Century CE
Latin
Ichabod
“The biblical proper name preserved in the Latin Bible”
16th Century
English
Ichabod
“A biblical name adopted into English, later used symbolically for lost glory or decline”