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Definitions of ishmael in various dictionaries:
noun - (Old Testament) the son of Abraham who was cast out after the birth of Isaac
noun - a person who is rejected (from society or home)
An outcast.
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| In the Old Testament an angel tells Hagar that she will bear a son who "will be a wild man" & that she should call him this |
| I can be sent away by my father Abraham in Genesis but become known as the father of the Arabs |
| In the epilogue to "Moby-Dick", this rescued narrator quotes from the book of Job: "and I only am escaped alone to tell thee" |
| In "Moby Dick" a man named Elijah warns this character not to sail on Ahab's boat |
| Call me this name & "God will hear" |
| All of Starbuck's orders are dutifully recorded by this narrator of "Moby-Dick" |
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| (in the Bible) a son of Abraham and Hagar, his wife Sarah's maid, driven away with his mother after the birth of Isaac (Gen. 16:12). Ishmael (or Ismail) is also important in Islamic belief as the traditional ancestor of Muhammad and of the Arab peoples. |
| (Old Testament) the son of Abraham who was cast out after the birth of Isaac considered the forebear of 12 Arabian tribes |
| a person who is rejected (from society or home) |
| Ishmael description |
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| Ishmael is a figure in the Tanakh and the Quran and was Abraham's first son according to Jews, Christians and Muslims. Ishmael was born to Abraham and Sarah's handmaiden Hagar (Hjar). (Genesis 16:3). According to the Genesis account, he died at the age of 137 (Genesis 25:17).The Book of Genesis and Islamic traditions consider Ishmael to be the ancestor of the Ishmaelites and patriarch of Qaydr. According to Muslim tradition, Ishmael the Patriarch and his mother Hagar are said to be buried next to the Kaaba in Mecca. |