proper noun

1. (given name, male, , ), the Scottish equivalent of John.

proper noun

1. (archaic) A male given name.

proper noun

1. (given name, male), the Vulgate (Latin) form of Emmanuel.

proper noun

1. an English surname

initialism

1. w:Irish Republican Army, Irish Republican Army
   
2. Individual Retirement Account
   
3. Investment Recovery Association

proper noun

1. (given name, female) in regular use since the nineteenth century.

proper noun

1. (greek mythology) A messenger of the gods.
2. (botany) A genus of flowering plants of the Iridaceae family.
3. (given name, female).

proper noun

1. (given name, male), used by English-speaking Jews to anglicize Israel.

proper noun

1. a Scots or Irish surname

category:English surnames

proper noun

1. (biblical) The son of Abraham and Sarah, father of Esau and Jacob, from whom the Hebrew people trace their descent.
2. (given name, male, )

proper noun

1. (given name, female) used in English since the Middle Ages.

proper noun

1. A book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh.
2. (given name, male).

proper noun

1. The modern nation in the Middle East, located at eastern shore of the Mediterranean. Official name: State of Israel.
2. The ancient nation occupying approximately the same area, especially under the united monarchy of Saul, David and Solomon.
3. (context, biblical) A name given to Jacob (Genesis 32:28).

1. • (RQ:Authorized Version, Genesis, 32, 28)
     
   • : And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but : for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
     
   • 2006: http://www.scripture4all.org/OnlineInterlinear/OTpdf/gen32.pdf an interlinear, literal translation of Genesis 32:28
     
   • : And-he-is-saying not Jacob he-shall-be-said further name-of-you but rather that you-are-upright with Elohim and with mortals and-you-are-prevailing. (Thus one literal translation of ישר×ל, Israel, is "Upright with God"; ישר־×ל Ishr-al.)
     1. (given name, male).

proper noun

1. (given name, male) borrowed from the Russian equivalent of John.

proper noun

1. (given name, female); popular in Britain in the beginning of the twentieth century.