This is the name of Abraham: Patriarch, chosen by God to father His people.
Definition
contracted from H48; high father; Abram, the original name of Abraham
Traditional renderings: Abram.
Traditional renderings: Abram.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
61 total
- Genesis 16:6אַבְרָ֜ם · Abram“Here,” said Abram, “your servant is in your hands. Do whatever you want with her.” Then Sarai treated Hagar so harshly that she fled from her.
- Genesis 16:15 (2×)לְאַבְרָ֖ם · Abram; אַבְרָ֧ם · and AbramAnd Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram gave the name Ishmael to the son she had borne.
- Genesis 16:16 (2×)וְאַבְרָ֕ם · Abram; לְאַבְרָֽם׃ס · to himAbram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to him.
- Genesis 17:1 (2×)אַבְרָ֔ם · When Abram; אַבְרָ֗ם · himWhen Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.
- Genesis 17:3אַבְרָ֖ם · Then AbramThen Abram fell facedown, and God said to him,
- Genesis 17:5אַבְרָ֑ם · AbramNo longer will you be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.
- 1 Chronicles 1:27אַבְרָ֖ם · and Abram…and Abram (that is, Abraham).
- Nehemiah 9:7בְּאַבְרָ֔ם · AbramYou are the LORD, the God who chose Abram, who brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and gave him the name Abraham.