This is the name of Abraham: Patriarch, chosen by God to father His people.
Definition
contracted from H1 and an unused root (probably meaning to be populous); father of a multitude; Abraham, the later name of Abram
Traditional renderings: Abraham.
Traditional renderings: Abraham.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
175 total
- Genesis 21:34אַבְרָהָ֛ם · And AbrahamAnd Abraham resided in the land of the Philistines for a long time.
- Genesis 22:1 (2×)אַבְרָהָ֑ם · Abraham; אַבְרָהָ֖ם · AbrahamSome time later God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he answered.
- Genesis 22:3אַבְרָהָ֜ם · So AbrahamSo Abraham got up early the next morning, saddled his donkey, and took along two of his servants and his son Isaac. He split the wood for a burnt offering and set out for the place God had designated.
- Genesis 22:4אַבְרָהָ֧ם · AbrahamOn the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.
- Genesis 22:5אַבְרָהָ֜ם · Abraham“Stay here with the donkey,” Abraham told his servants. “The boy and I will go over there to worship, and then we will return to you.”
- Genesis 22:6אַבְרָהָ֜ם · AbrahamAbraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac. He himself carried the fire and the sacrificial knife, and the two of them walked on together.
- Genesis 22:7אַבְרָהָ֤ם · AbrahamThen Isaac said to his father Abraham, “My father!” “Here I am, my son,” he replied. “The fire and the wood are here,” said Isaac, “but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?”
- Genesis 22:8אַבְרָהָ֔ם · AbrahamAbraham answered, “God Himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” And the two walked on together.
- Genesis 22:9אַבְרָהָם֙ · AbrahamWhen they arrived at the place God had designated, Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood. He bound his son Isaac and placed him on the altar, atop the wood.
- Genesis 22:10אַבְרָהָם֙ · Then AbrahamThen Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son.
- Genesis 22:11 (2×)אַבְרָהָ֣ם׀ · Abraham; אַבְרָהָ֑ם · AbrahamJust then the angel of the LORD called out to him from heaven, “Abraham, Abraham!” “Here I am,” he replied.
- Genesis 22:13 (2×)אַבְרָהָ֜ם · Then Abraham; אַבְרָהָם֙ · So [he]Then Abraham looked up and saw behind him a ram in a thicket, caught by its horns. So he went and took the ram and offered it as a burnt offering in place of his son.
- Genesis 22:14אַבְרָהָ֛ם · And AbrahamAnd Abraham called that place The LORD Will Provide. So to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided.”
- Genesis 22:15אַבְרָהָ֑ם · AbrahamAnd the angel of the LORD called to Abraham from heaven a second time,
- Genesis 22:19 (2×)אַבְרָהָם֙ · Abraham; אַבְרָהָ֖ם · And AbrahamAbraham went back to his servants, and they got up and set out together for Beersheba. And Abraham settled in Beersheba.
- Genesis 22:20לְאַבְרָהָ֖ם · AbrahamSome time later, Abraham was told, “Milcah has also borne sons to your brother Nahor:
- Genesis 22:23אַבְרָהָֽם׃ · to Abraham’sAnd Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. Milcah bore these eight sons to Abraham’s brother Nahor.
- Genesis 23:2אַבְרָהָ֔ם · and AbrahamShe died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went out to mourn and to weep for her.
- Genesis 23:3אַבְרָהָ֔ם · Then AbrahamThen Abraham got up from beside his dead wife and said to the Hittites,
- Genesis 23:5אַבְרָהָ֖ם · to AbrahamThe Hittites replied to Abraham,
- Genesis 23:7אַבְרָהָ֛ם · Then AbrahamThen Abraham rose and bowed down before the people of the land, the Hittites.
- Genesis 23:10אַבְרָהָם֙ · AbrahamNow Ephron was sitting among the sons of Heth. So in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city, Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham,
- Genesis 23:12אַבְרָהָ֔ם · Again AbrahamAgain Abraham bowed down before the people of the land
- Genesis 23:14אַבְרָהָ֖ם · AbrahamEphron answered Abraham,
- Genesis 23:16 (2×)אַבְרָהָם֮ · Abraham; אַבְרָהָם֙ · andAbraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the standard of the merchants.
- Genesis 23:18לְאַבְרָהָ֥ם · to Abraham’s…to Abraham’s possession in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city.
- Genesis 23:19אַבְרָהָ֜ם · AbrahamAfter this, Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave of the field at Machpelah near Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.
- Genesis 23:20לְאַבְרָהָ֖ם · to AbrahamSo the field and its cave were deeded by the Hittites to Abraham as a burial site.
- Genesis 24:1 (2×)וְאַבְרָהָ֣ם · By now Abraham; אַבְרָהָ֖ם · himBy now Abraham was old and well along in years, and the LORD had blessed him in every way.
- Genesis 24:2אַבְרָהָ֗ם · So AbrahamSo Abraham instructed the chief servant of his household, who managed all he owned, “Place your hand under my thigh,
- Genesis 24:6אַבְרָהָ֑ם · AbrahamAbraham replied, “Make sure that you do not take my son back there.
- Genesis 24:9אַבְרָהָ֖ם · AbrahamSo the servant placed his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and swore an oath to him concerning this matter.
- Genesis 24:12 (2×)אַבְרָהָ֔ם · Abraham; אַבְרָהָֽם׃ · Abraham“O LORD, God of my master Abraham,” he prayed, “please grant me success today, and show kindness to my master Abraham.
- Genesis 24:15אַבְרָהָ֑ם · of Abraham’sBefore the servant had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor.
- Genesis 24:27אַבְרָהָ֔ם · Abraham…saying, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who has not withheld His kindness and faithfulness from my master. As for me, the LORD has led me on the journey to the house of my master’s relatives.”
- Genesis 24:34אַבְרָהָ֖ם · am Abraham’s“I am Abraham’s servant,” he replied.
- Genesis 24:42אַבְרָהָ֔ם · AbrahamSo when I came to the spring today, I prayed: O LORD, God of my master Abraham, if only You would make my journey a success!
- Genesis 24:48אַבְרָהָ֔ם · AbrahamThen I bowed down and worshiped the LORD; and I blessed the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who led me on the right road to take the granddaughter of my master’s brother for his son.
- Genesis 24:52אַבְרָהָ֖ם · Abraham’sWhen Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed down to the ground before the LORD.
- Genesis 24:59אַבְרָהָ֖ם · and Abraham’sSo they sent their sister Rebekah on her way, along with her nurse and Abraham’s servant and his men.
- Genesis 25:1אַבְרָהָ֛ם · Now AbrahamNow Abraham had taken another wife, named Keturah,
- Genesis 25:5אַבְרָהָ֛ם · AbrahamAbraham left everything he owned to Isaac.
- Genesis 25:6לְאַבְרָהָ֔ם · AbrahamBut while he was still alive, Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them away from his son Isaac to the land of the east.