Etymograph

English

Ichabod

Ichabod comes from Biblical Hebrew אִיכָבוֹד.

  1. Biblical Hebrewc. 1000–200 BCEאִיכָבוֹדʾīḵāḇōḏliterally ‘no honor’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1819Ichabod

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Biblical Hebrewc. 1000–200 BCEאִיכָבוֹדʾīḵāḇōḏliterally ‘no honor’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1819Ichabod

Earliest quotation: 1819, Walter Scott: “”Better the tomb of her fathers than the dishonourable…”

The story

From Biblical Hebrew אִיכָבוֹד (ʾīḵāḇōḏ, literally “no honor”), from אִי (ʾī, “not”) + כָּבוֹד (kāḇōḏ, “honor”); alluding to 1 Samuel 4:21, where Eli’s daughter-in-law names her child Ichabod, saying ‘The glory is departed from Israel.’

Every English word from Biblical Hebrew אִיכָבוֹד

Today it means

name A male given name.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Biblical Hebrew אִיכָבוֹד / Ichabod

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