Given name
Iscah
“she will weave a cover”·“she will look out”
Iscah is used as a given name.
Original Hebrewיסכה
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Iscah means “she will weave a cover” or “she will look out.”
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Where it comes from
Iscah is a biblical name from Hebrew.
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How it developed
From the Hebrew root sakak (סכך), “to weave a protection.”
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In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Iscah appears in Genesis 20:12.
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Iscah’s family of names
In English usage, Iscah has a conventional equivalent in the French form JISCA.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 10
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Jessicaequivalent
- Jessikaequivalent
- Gessicaequivalent
- Jessikkaequivalent
- Jéssicaequivalent
- Jasikaequivalent
- Dżesikaequivalent
- Jiskaequivalent
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See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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