Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- In the Bible, the patriarch who was chosen by God to build an ark, in which he, his family, and a pair of every animal were saved from the Flood.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun A patriarch of Biblical history, in the time of the Deluge.
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- noun Australia, Australian rhyming slang Short for
Noah's ark ;shark . - proper noun religion A character in
Abrahamic religions who built anark to save his family and members of each species of animal from the Great Flood. - proper noun A male
given name .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the Hebrew patriarch who saved himself and his family and the animals by building an ark in which they survived 40 days and 40 nights of rain; the story of Noah and the flood is told in the Book of Genesis
Etymologies
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Examples
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A coalition of Israeli animal-protection groups who adopted the name Noah petitioned the court to prohibit force-feeding in the production of foie gras.
The Foie Gras Wars Mark Caro 2009
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A coalition of Israeli animal-protection groups who adopted the name Noah petitioned the court to prohibit force-feeding in the production of foie gras.
The Foie Gras Wars Mark Caro 2009
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It goes on to say that Noah is the common ancestor of all people, since everyone else was destroyed in the great flood.
Noah nathreee 2009
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It's no accident, I'm sure, that the Hebrew name "Noah" actually means "Rest."
Sara Elizabeth Ivanhoe: Building an Ark -- Three Things I Learned From Noah Sara Elizabeth Ivanhoe 2011
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The second part of the story, I think it shows that Noah is only human.
Noah nathreee 2009
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III Thammim first occurs in conjunction with the seventh occurrence of the name Noah
7 Bobbi Lurie 2011
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It's no accident, I'm sure, that the Hebrew name "Noah" actually means "Rest."
Sara Elizabeth Ivanhoe: Building an Ark -- Three Things I Learned From Noah Sara Elizabeth Ivanhoe 2011
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It's no accident, I'm sure that the Hebrew name "Noah," actually means "rest."
Sara Elizabeth Ivanhoe: Building An Ark: Three Things I Learned From Noah Sara Elizabeth Ivanhoe 2011
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It's no accident, I'm sure, that the Hebrew name "Noah" actually means "Rest."
Sara Elizabeth Ivanhoe: Building an Ark -- Three Things I Learned From Noah Sara Elizabeth Ivanhoe 2011
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It's no accident, I'm sure that the Hebrew name "Noah," actually means "rest."
Sara Elizabeth Ivanhoe: Building An Ark: Three Things I Learned From Noah Sara Elizabeth Ivanhoe 2011
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