Iscah
/ˈɪs.kə/noun
A biblical female name appearing in Genesis 11:29, traditionally identified as a relative of Abraham.
Did you know?Iscah is mentioned only once in the Hebrew Bible, and later Jewish interpretation sometimes identified her with Sarah, though the text itself does not make that identification.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew
יִסְכָּה (Yiskāh)
“Biblical personal name; its exact meaning is uncertain”
3rd Century BCE–1st Century BCE
Greek
Ἰεσχά (Ieschá)
“Greek transliteration of the biblical name in the Septuagint tradition”
4th Century CE
Latin
Jescha
“Latin biblical form of the name”
Middle English
English
Iescha / Jescha
“Medieval forms transmitted through Latin biblical writing”
Modern English
English
Iscah
“A rare biblical given name”