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Ichabod

/ˈɪkəbɒd/

Ichabod proper noun: a male given name.

Proper noun

Ichabod

  1. (archaic) A male given name.

Interjection

  1. Expressing regret at a loss of former glory or high standards.
    • ”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!”1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe
    • 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.1850, Thomas Carlyle, Latter-Day Pamphlets: The present time

Ichabod meaning in Tamil

Ichabod in Tamil

புகழ் மறைந்ததே என்ற ஏங்குகுரல், வருத்தக்குரல்

Origin of Ichabod

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.’

Questions about Ichabod

What does Ichabod mean?
Ichabod means a male given name.
What is Ichabod in Tamil?
Ichabod in Tamil is புகழ் மறைந்ததே என்ற ஏங்குகுரல், வருத்தக்குரல். See Ichabod meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Ichabod?
Ichabod can be a proper noun or an interjection.
How do you pronounce Ichabod?
Ichabod is pronounced /ˈɪkəbɒd/.

Words near Ichabod in the dictionary

  1. ich
  2. Ich dien
  3. ich-laut
  4. ich-lauts
  5. Ichabbie
  6. Ichabod
  7. Ichang
  8. Ichang lemon
  9. Ichang lemons
  10. Ichang papeda
  11. Iche

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Ichabod (page history and authors); ichabod (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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