Abraham

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See also: Abrahám, Ábrahám, Abrahàm, and Ábraham

English

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

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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 transferred from the given name [First attested prior to 1150.][1]
  4. The 14th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

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]

Synonyms

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ John S[tephen] Farmer, compiler (1890) “Abraham”, in Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present. […], volume I, [London: […] Thomas Poulter and Sons] […], →OCLC, page 9.

Catalan

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Abraham m

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Abraham
  2. Abraham (Biblical character)

Cebuano

Etymology

From English Abraham and Spanish Abraham, from Late Latin Ābraham, from Ancient Greek Ἀβραάμ (Abraám), from Hebrew אַבְרָהָם (avrahám, “Abraham”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: A‧bra‧ham

Proper noun

Abraham

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

Czech

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Proper noun

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

Declension

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Further reading

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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.

Ewe

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Abraham

  1. Abraham (Biblical character)
  2. a male given name, equivalent to English Abraham.

Quotations

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

French

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Abraham m

  1. Abraham (Biblical character)
  2. a male given name, equivalent to English Abraham.

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaːbʁaˌha(ː)m/
  • IPA(key): /ˈaːbʁa(ː)m/ (often in fluent speech, not usually in isolation)
  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

Abraham m (proper noun, strong, genitive Abrahams)

  1. Abraham (Biblical character)
  2. a male given name, equivalent to English Abraham.

Latin

Pronunciation

Proper noun

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

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

Declension

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

  • “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

Etymology

From Italian Abramo, from Latin Abraham, 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”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Abraham m

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

Old English

Etymology

From Latin Abraham.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Abraham ?

  1. Abraham

Polish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Proper noun

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  1. Abraham (Biblical figure)
  2. (rare) a male given name, equivalent to English Abraham.

Declension

Declension of Abraham
singular plural
nominative Abraham Abrahamowie/Abrahamy (deprecative)
genitive Abrahama Abrahamów
dative Abrahamowi Abrahamom
accusative Abrahama Abrahamów
instrumental Abrahamem Abrahamami
locative Abrahamie Abrahamach
vocative Abrahamie Abrahamowie

Further reading

Scots

Proper noun

Abraham

  1. Abraham

Spanish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /abɾaˈam/ [a.β̞ɾaˈãm]

Proper noun

Abraham m

  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.
  2. (rare) a male given name, equivalent to English Abraham.

Swedish

Proper noun

Abraham c (genitive Abrahams)

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Abraham.
  2. Abraham (Biblical figure)
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