Abraham

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From Late Latin Ābraham, from Ancient Greek Ἀβραάμ (Abraam), from Hebrew אַבְרָהָם (avrahám, “Abraham”). Glossed as אַב (av, “father of”) + הֲמוֹן (hamón, “multitude of”) in Genesis 17:4–5; or from Hebrew אַבְרָם (avrám, “Abram”).

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  • (RP) IPA: /ˈeɪbrəhæm/, /ˈɑːbrəhæm/
  • (US) IPA: /ˈeɪbrəhæm/, SAMPA: /"eIbr@h{m/
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Abraham Sends Hagar and Ishmael Away (Gen. 21:1-14)

Abraham

  1. (Judaism, Christianity, Islam) A prophet in the Old Testament and Koran; the Semitic patriarch, father of the Jewish patriarch Isaac (by his wife Sarah) and the Arab patriarch Ishmael (by his concubine Hagar).
    • 1611 — King James Version of the Bible, Genesis 17:5
      Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but they name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.
    • 1980 — Werner Keller, The Bible as History (tr. by William Neil), ch.7, p 93
      As one would expect of caravan people around 1900 B.C., the caravan people depicted in the Khnum-hotpe grave had donkeys, whereas the Bible says that Abraham and his people, who according to the traditional interpretation are supposed to have lived at the same period, already possessed camels.
  2. A male given name.
    • 1961 Kurt Vonnegut, Jr, Mother Night, Dell (1975), page 28:
      "Lincoln wasn't a Jew, was he?" he said. "I'm sure not," I said. - - - "The name Abraham is very suspicious, to say the least," said Goebbels. "I'm sure his parents didn't realize that it was a Jewish name," I said. "They must have just liked the sound of it. They were simple frontier people. If they'd known the name was Jewish, I'm sure they would have called him something more American, like George or Stanley or Fred."
  3. A patronymic surname.

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  • (Semitic patriarch): Abram

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prophet in the Old Testament
male given name
surname

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Abraham m. 

  1. A male given name, cognate of English Abraham
  2. (biblical) Abraham

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Abraham

  1. A male given name of biblical origin.

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Abraham

  1. Abraham (Biblical character)
  2. A male given name

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  • Eʋe Biblia (Bible Society of Ghana) — Eyata womagayɔ wò bena Abram akpɔ o, ke boŋ Abraham anye wò ŋkɔ. Mose I 17:5

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  • IPA: /a.bra.am/
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Abraham

  1. The biblical character Abraham.
  2. A male given name

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Abraham

  1. (biblical) Abraham
  2. A male given name

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Abraham

  1. Romanization of 𐌰𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌼

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Ābraham; m (indeclinable)

  1. Abraham (Biblical character)
    • Vulgate Liber Genesis 17:5
      nec ultra vocabitur nomen tuum Abram, sed appellaberis Abraham quia patrem multarum gentium constitui te.

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Ābraham (genitive Ābrahae); m, first declension

  1. Abraham (Biblical character)

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Number Singular Plural
nominative Ābraham Ābrahae
genitive Ābrahae Ābrahārum
dative Ābrahae Ābrahīs
accusative Ābraham Ābrahās
ablative Ābrahā Ābrahīs
vocative Ābraham Ābrahae

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Abraham

  1. Abraham (Biblical character)
    • 1602 — La Santa Biblia (antigua versión de Casiodoro de Reina), rev., Génesis 17:5
      Y no se llamará más tu nombre Abram, sino que será tu nombre Abraham, porque te he puesto por padre de muchedumbre de gentes.

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Abraham

  1. A male given name, the biblical Abraham
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