noah
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Definition
- Noun:
- A Biblical patriarch: "Noah" is the name of the Hebrew patriarch who, according to the Book of Genesis, built an ark to save his family and pairs of animals from a great flood sent by God.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- In the Bible, God instructed Noah to build an ark.
- The story of Noah and the Flood is a well-known narrative from Genesis.
Advanced Usage
- "Noah's ark": The large boat built by Noah to survive the flood. This phrase is often used metaphorically to describe a place or situation containing a diverse collection of pairs.
- The children's room looked like Noah's ark, with toys of every animal imaginable.
Variants and Related Words
- Noachian (adj): Pertaining to Noah or his time; antiquated.
- Some scientists refer to the earliest Martian climate as the Noachian period.
Synonyms
- Patriarch: A venerable male figure, especially in biblical tradition.
Related Phrases
- "Out of the ark" (idiom, informal): Used to describe something as very old-fashioned or antiquated.
- That computer is so slow, it must have come straight out of the ark.
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