Abraham

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See also: Abrahám, Ábrahám, Abrahàm, and Ábraham

English[edit]

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Abraham Sends Hagar and Ishmael Away (Gen. 21:1-14)

Etymology[edit]

From Late Latin Ābraham, from Ancient Greek Ἀβραάμ (Abraám), from Hebrew אַבְרָהָם‎ (aḇrāˈhām, “Abraham”). Glossed as אַב‎ (aḇ, “father of”) + הֲמוֹן‎ (hăˈmōn, “multitude of”) in Genesis 17:4–5; or from Hebrew אַבְרָם‎ (aˈḇrām, “Abram”). Doublet of Ibrahim.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈeɪ.bɹə.hæm/, (rare) /ˈɑː.bɹə.hæm/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈeɪ.bɹəˌhæm/, /ˈeɪ.bɹə.həm/
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Proper noun[edit]

Abraham (plural Abrahams)

  1. (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, King James Version of the Bible, Genesis 17:5:
      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.
    • 1980, Werner Keller, The Bible as History (tr. by William Neil), chapter 7, 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.
    Synonyms: Abram, Ibrahim
  2. A male given name from Hebrew. [First attested prior to 1150.][1]
    • 1961, Kurt Vonnegut, 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​. [First attested prior to 1150.][1]
  4. The 14th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

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Noun[edit]

Abraham (plural Abrahams)

  1. (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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 “Abraham” in Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 2002, →ISBN, page 7.
  2. ^ “Abraham” in Albert Barrère and Charles G[odfrey] Leland, compilers and editors, A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant, volume I (A–K), Edinburgh: The Ballantyne Press, 1889–1890, page 7.
  3. ^ Farmer, John Stephen (1890) Slang and Its Analogues‎[1], volume 1, page 9

Catalan[edit]

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Proper noun[edit]

Abraham m

  1. A male given name, equivalent to English Abraham
  2. (biblical) Abraham

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

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

Czech[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Abraham m

  1. (biblical) Abraham (a prophet in the Old Testament)
  2. A male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Abraham.

Declension[edit]

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Declension
singular plural
nominative Abraham Abrahamy
genitive Abrahamu Abrahamů
dative Abrahamu Abrahamům
accusative Abraham Abrahamy
vocative Abrahame Abrahamy
locative Abrahamu, Abrahamě Abrahamech
instrumental Abrahamem Abrahamy

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Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Ultimately from Latin Ābrahām, from Ancient Greek Ἀβραάμ (Abraám), from Biblical Hebrew אַבְרָהָם‎.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈaː.braːˌɦɑm/
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  • Hyphenation: Abra‧ham

Proper noun[edit]

Abraham m

  1. Abraham (Biblical character, presented as ancestral to many western Semitic peoples)
  2. A male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Abraham.

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Ewe[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Abraham

  1. (biblical) Abraham
  2. 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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Proper noun[edit]

Abraham m

  1. (biblical) Abraham
  2. A male given name, equivalent to English Abraham.

German[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈaːbʁaˌha(ː)m/
  • IPA(key): /ˈaːbʁa(ː)m/ (often in fluent speech, not usually in isolation)
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Proper noun[edit]

Abraham m (genitive Abrahams)

  1. (biblical) Abraham
  2. A male given name, equivalent to English Abraham.

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Latin[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Ābrahām m (variously declined, genitive Ābrahām or Ābrahae); indeclinable, first declension

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

Declension[edit]

Indeclinable noun or first-declension noun (nominative/vocative singular in -ām).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Ābrahām Ābrahae
Genitive Ābrahām
Ābrahae 		Ābrahārum
Dative Ābrahām
Ābrahae 		Ābrahīs
Accusative Ābrahām Ābrahās
Ablative Ābrahām
Ābrahā 		Ābrahīs
Vocative Ābrahām Ābrahae

References[edit]

Maltese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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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Proper noun[edit]

Abraham m

  1. (chiefly biblical) Abraham (male personal name)

Old English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin Ābrahām.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑb.rɑ.xɑm/, [ˈɑb.rɑ.hɑm]

Proper noun[edit]

Abraham m

  1. Abraham

Polish[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Late Latin Ābraham, from Ancient Greek Ἀβραάμ (Abraám), from Hebrew אַבְרָהָם‎ (aḇrāˈhām, “Abraham”).

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Abraham m pers

  1. (biblical) Abraham
  2. (rare) A male given name, equivalent to English Abraham.

Declension[edit]

declension of Abraham
singular plural
nominative Abraham Abrahamowie
genitive Abrahama Abrahamów
dative Abrahamowi Abrahamom
accusative Abrahama Abrahamów
instrumental Abrahamem Abrahamami
locative Abrahamie Abrahamach
vocative Abrahamie Abrahamowie

Further reading[edit]

  • Abraham in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Scots[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Abraham

  1. (biblical) Abraham

Spanish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /abɾaˈam/, [aβɾaˈãm]

Proper noun[edit]

Abraham m

  1. (biblical) Abraham
    • 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.
  2. (rare) A male given name, equivalent to English Abraham.

Swedish[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Abraham c (genitive Abrahams)

  1. A male given name, equivalent to English Abraham.
  2. (biblical) Abraham
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