Noah

(ə)

noun

  1. a masculine name
  2. Bible the patriarch commanded by God to build the ark on which he, his family, and two of every kind of creature survived the Flood: Gen. 5:28-10:32

Origin: Heb nōah, lit., rest, comfort

See Noah in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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.

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