Skip to main content
Noah

Noah

158 6.0
A man in the Bible who built a big boat to save his family and animals from a great flood
  • proper noun
  • /ˈnoʊə/
  • Literature
translation icon : Noé
  • In the Bible, Noah built an ark to save his family and animals from the Flood.
  • Noah's ark
  • Noah's Flood
  • the story of Noah

They took us like like this Noah's ark.

Autoplay Next

Examples

  • There are, for example, the same prophets: Adam, Abraham, Noah, Moses, and Jesus.

    Academic text (2002)
  • Their purpose, they explained, was to survey Ararat and prove that Noah's ark did not exist.

    Academic text (1997)
  • Remember, Noah, He chose you for a reason.

  • It wasn't raining when Noah built the Ark.

  • After the flood, the deity commanded the angels to narrate healing knowledge to Noah and his sons.

    Academic text (2018)
  • During Sunday school, the children learned about how Noah gathered the animals for the ark.

  • Many stories in the Bible focus on Noah and his journey during the great Flood.

Compounds

Noah and the Flood
  • Literature
1 7.1

A Bible story of a great flood sent by God that Noah survives with his family in a large boat

Surface Forms

Noah main

Etymology

Noah comes from the Hebrew name Noach, which means 'rest' or 'comfort'. So in the Bible, after the long Flood, Noah is a sign of rest and a new start.