Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ichabod

/ˈɪkəbɒd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.37 in modern English

Syllables: ich-a-bod
IPA: /ˈɪkəbɒd/

15

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A male given name.

Archaic

intj

Expressing regret at a loss of former glory or high standards.

Example Sentences

"”Better the tomb of her fathers than the dishonourable couch of the licentious and savage Templar. Ichabod! Ichabod! the glory hath departed from my house!”"
"Ichabod; is the glory departing from us? Under the sun is nothing baser, by all accounts and evidences, than the system of repression and corruption, of shameless dishonesty and unbelief in anything but human baseness, that we now live under."
"Except for the library, the eastern wing, from the Tower of Flints onwards, was now but a procession of forgotten and desolate relics, an Ichabod of masonry that filed silently along an avenue of dreary pine whose needles hid the sky."
"Ichabod, felt Lord Emsworth, and was still in a disturbed state of mind, though gradually becoming soothed by listening to that sweetest of all music, the sound of the Empress restoring her tissues."

Etymology

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.’

Word Breakdown

Root: אִיכָבוֹד

Usage

Archaic

Questions

How do you pronounce ichabod?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɪkəbɒd/.
What does ichabod mean?: A male given name.
Where does ichabod come from?: 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.’

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