Abraham
English[edit]

Etymology[edit]
From Middle English Abraham, from Old English Abraham, from Late Latin Ābrahām, from Ancient Greek Ἀβρᾱᾱ́μ (Abrāā́m), from Hebrew אַבְרָהָם ('aḇrāhām, “Abraham”). Glossed as אַב (aḇ, “father of”) + הֲמוֹן (hăˈmōn, “multitude of”) in Genesis 17:4–5; or from Hebrew אַבְרָם ('aḇrām, “Abram”). Doublet of Ibrahim.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈeɪ.bɹə.hæm/, /ˈeɪ.bɹə.həm/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈeɪ.bɹəˌhæm/, /ˈeɪ.bɹə.həm/
- (poetic) IPA(key): /ˈeɪ.bɹæm/
Audio (US) (file)
Proper noun[edit]
Abraham (plural Abrahams)
- (Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Baha'i) A prophet in the Old Testament, Qur'an and Aqdas; a Semitic patriarch who preached monotheism, father of the Jewish patriarch Isaac and the Arab patriarch Ishmael. [First attested prior to 1150.][1]
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 17:5, column 2:
- Neither ſhall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name ſhall bee Abraham: for a father of many nations haue I made thee.
- 1980, Werner Keller, chapter 7, in William Neil, transl., The Bible as History, page 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.
- A male given name from Hebrew. [First attested prior to 1150.][1]
- 1961, Kurt Vonnegut, Mother Night, Dell, published 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."
- A surname originating as a patronymic. [First attested prior to 1150.][1]
- The 14th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
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Noun[edit]
Abraham (plural Abrahams)
- (archaic, British slang, chiefly London) A shop selling cheap and low-quality clothes, especially in the East End of London.[2][3]
- Synonym: slopshop
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “Abraham”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 7.
- ^ Albert Barrère and Charles G[odfrey] Leland, compilers and editors (1889–1890), “Abraham”, in A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant […], volume I (A–K), Edinburgh: […] The Ballantyne Press, →OCLC, page 7.
- ^ Farmer, John Stephen (1890) Slang and Its Analogues[1], volume 1, page 9
Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Learned borrowing from Late Latin Ābrahām, from Ancient Greek Ἀβρᾱᾱ́μ (Abrāā́m), from Hebrew אַבְרָהָם ('aḇrāhām, “Abraham”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Abraham m
- a male given name, equivalent to English Abraham
- (biblical) Abraham
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Cebuano[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From English Abraham and Spanish Abraham, from Late Latin Ābraham, from Ancient Greek Ἀβραάμ (Abraám), from Hebrew אַבְרָהָם (avrahám, “Abraham”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: A‧bra‧ham
Proper noun[edit]
Abraham
- a male given name from English
- (biblical) Abraham
Czech[edit]
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Abraham m anim
- (biblical) Abraham (a prophet in the Old Testament)
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Abraham
Declension[edit]
singular | plural | |
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nominative | Abraham | Abrahamové |
genitive | Abrahama | Abrahamů |
dative | Abrahamovi, Abrahamu | Abrahamům |
accusative | Abrahama | Abrahamy |
vocative | Abrahame | Abrahamové |
locative | Abrahamovi, Abrahamu | Abrahamech |
instrumental | Abrahamem | Abrahamy |
Further reading[edit]
- Abraham in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- Abrahám in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Ultimately from Latin Ābrahām, from Ancient Greek Ἀβραάμ (Abraám), from Biblical Hebrew אַבְרָהָם.
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Abraham m
- Abraham (Biblical character, presented as ancestral to many western Semitic peoples)
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Abraham
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Ewe[edit]
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Abraham
- (biblical) Abraham
- a male given name, equivalent to English Abraham
Quotations[edit]
- Eʋe Biblia (Bible Society of Ghana) — Eyata womagayɔ wò bena Abram akpɔ o, ke boŋ Abraham anye wò ŋkɔ. Mose I 17:5
French[edit]
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Abraham m
- (biblical) Abraham
- a male given name, equivalent to English Abraham
German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Late Latin Ābraham, from Ancient Greek Ἀβραάμ (Abraám), from Hebrew אַבְרָהָם (aḇrāˈhām, “Abraham”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈaːbʁaˌha(ː)m/
- IPA(key): /ˈaːbʁa(ː)m/ (often in fluent speech, not usually in isolation)
Audio (file)
Proper noun[edit]
Abraham m (proper noun, strong, genitive Abrahams)
- (biblical) Abraham
- a male given name from Biblical Hebrew, equivalent to English Abraham
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Icelandic[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Abraham m
- a male given name
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek Ἀβραάμ (Abraám).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈaː.bra.haːm/, [ˈäːbrä(ɦ)äːm]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.bra.am/, [ˈäːbräːm]
Proper noun[edit]
Ābrahām m (variously declined, genitive Ābrahām or Ābrahae); indeclinable, first declension
- (biblical) Abraham
- 405, Jerome and others, Vulgate, Genesis 17:5
- nec ultra vocabitur nomen tuum Abram, sed appellaberis Abraham quia patrem multarum gentium constitui te.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 405, Jerome and others, Vulgate, Genesis 17:5
Declension[edit]
Indeclinable noun or first-declension noun (nominative/vocative singular in -ām), singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Ābrahām |
Genitive | Ābrahām Ābrahae |
Dative | Ābrahām Ābrahae |
Accusative | Ābrahām |
Ablative | Ābrahām Ābrahā |
Vocative | Ābrahām |
References[edit]
- “Abraham”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Abraham in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Maltese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Italian Abramo, from Latin Ābrahām, from Ancient Greek Ἀβραάμ (Abraám), from Hebrew אַבְרָהָם (ʾaḇrāhām). The insertion of the mute -h- in the spelling directly after the Hebrew form; compare Għesaw (“Esau”).
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Abraham m
Middle English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old English Abraham.
Proper noun[edit]
Abraham
- Abraham (prophet)
- c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)[2], published c. 1410, Matheu 1:1–2, page 1r, column 2, lines 1–5; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:
- The book of þe generacıoū of ıhū crıſt .· þe ſone of dauıd þe ſone of abꝛaham / abꝛaham bıgat yſaac / yſaac bıgat ıacob / ıacob bıgat ıudas ⁊ hıſe bꝛıþ̇en /
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Abraham
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Ābrahām m
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Polish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Learned borrowing from Late Latin Ābrahām, from Ancient Greek Ἀβραάμ (Abraám), from Hebrew אַבְרָהָם (aḇrāˈhām).
Pronunciation[edit]
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Abraham m pers
- (biblical) Abraham
- (rare) a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew], equivalent to English Abraham
Declension[edit]
singular | plural | |
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nominative | Abraham | Abrahamowie |
genitive | Abrahama | Abrahamów |
dative | Abrahamowi | Abrahamom |
accusative | Abrahama | Abrahamów |
instrumental | Abrahamem | Abrahamami |
locative | Abrahamie | Abrahamach |
vocative | Abrahamie | Abrahamowie |
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Abraham in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807-1814), “Abraham”, in Słownik języka polskiego, volume 1, page 3
Scots[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From Middle English Abraham, from Old English Abraham, from Late Latin Ābrahām.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Abraham
References[edit]
- “Abraham” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
Spanish[edit]
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Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /aˈbɾam/ [aˈβ̞ɾãm]
- Rhymes: -am
- IPA(key): /abɾaˈam/ [a.β̞ɾaˈãm]
- Rhymes: -am
- Syllabification: A‧bra‧ham
Proper noun[edit]
Abraham m
- (biblical) Abraham
- 1602, La Santa Biblia (antigua versión de Casiodoro de Reina), 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.
- Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee. (KJV)
- (rare) a male given name, equivalent to English Abraham
Further reading[edit]
- “Abraham”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Abraham c (genitive Abrahams)
- a male given name, equivalent to English Abraham
- (biblical) Abraham
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Abraham
- Alternative form of Abråm
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