Abram

See also abram

English

Wikipedia

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Etymology 1

From Hebrew אַבְרָם (ʾaḇrām, “high father”), from אָב (ʾaḇ, “father”) + רָם (rām, “high, lofty”).

Proper noun

Abram

1. (biblical) A prophet in the Old Testament; Semitic patriarch, father of the Jewish patriarch Isaac (by his wife Sarah) and the Arabic patriarch Ishmael (by his concubine Hagar). His name was later changed to Abraham.
   • 1611 — King James Version of the Bible, Genesis 12:5

     And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.

2. A male given name.
3. A patronymic surname.

Synonyms

• (Semitic patriarch): Abraham

Translations

Old Testament patriarch

Armenian: Աբրամ (hy) (Abram) Old Armenian: Աբրամ (Abram) Basque: Abarran Bosnian: Avram (bs) Dutch: Abram (nl) Finnish: Abram (fi) Greek: Αβραάμ (el) (Avraám) Ancient: Ἅβραμ Irish: Abrám (ga) m.

Italian: Abramo (it) Portuguese: Abraão (pt) Russian: Авраам (Avraám) Scottish Gaelic: Abram Serbian: Cyrillic: Аврам Roman: Avram Spanish: Abram (es) West Frisian: Abram

Etymology 2

From Old English Eadburh's (a woman's name) hām.

Proper noun

Abram

1. A village near Manchester.
2. A habitational surname.

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Spanish

Proper noun

Abram m.

1. Abram (Biblical character)
   • 1602 — La Santa Biblia (antigua versión de Casiodoro de Reina), rev., Génesis 12:5

     Y tomó Abram á Sarai su mujer, y á Lot hijo de su hermano, y toda su hacienda que habían ganado, y las almas que habían adquirido en Harán, y salieron parair á tierra de Canaán; y á tierra de Canaán llegaron.