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Bible Lexicons

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Strong's #87 - אַבְרָם

Transliteration

ʼAbrâm

Phonetics

ab-rawm'

Origin

contracted from (H48)

Parts of Speech

proper masculine noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Abram = "exalted father"
1. original name of Abraham

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (60)

Genesis 58

1 Chronicles 1

Nehemiah 1

BSB (61)

Genesis 59

1 Chronicles 1

Nehemiah 1

CSB (60)

Genesis 58

1 Chronicles 1

Nehemiah 1

ESV (61)

Genesis 59

1 Chronicles 1

Nehemiah 1

KJV (61)

Genesis 59

1 Chronicles 1

Nehemiah 1

LEB (61)

Genesis 59

1 Chronicles 1

Nehemiah 1

LSB (60)

Genesis 58

1 Chronicles 1

Nehemiah 1

N95 (60)

Genesis 58

1 Chronicles 1

Nehemiah 1

NAS (60)

Genesis 58

1 Chronicles 1

Nehemiah 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (61)

Genesis 59

1 Chronicles 1

Nehemiah 1

ASV (60)

abram 13

abram's 5

and abram 16

and it came to pass, that, when abram 1

and there abram 1

and when abram 2

be abram 1

but abram 1

by her. and abram 1

her to abram 1

not, abram 1

of abram's 2

so abram 1

to abram 2

unto abram 8

upon abram 1

with abram 2

with him: and abram 1

BSB (61)

abram 28

abram''s 3

and abram 6

and when abram 1

but abram 3

he 1

he treated abram 1

him 1

his 1

now abram''s 1

of abram 2

so abram 5

then abram 1

to abram 4

to him 1

when abram 2

CSB (60)

abram 50

abram's 8

him 2

ESV (61)

abram 54

abram's 7

KJV (61)

abram 54

abram's 7

LEB (61)

⌊and abram 1

abram 28

abram and 1

abram rich 1

abram⌋ 1

and abram 11

and abram was ⌊eighty 1

as abram 1

but abram 1

for abram 2

her to abram 1

now abram 1

now abram ⌊was seventy 1

so abram 1

then abram 4

to abram 2

when abram 2

with abram 1

LSB (60)

abram 53

abram's 7

N95 (60)

abram 53

abram's 7

NAS (60)

abram 53

abram's 7

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (61)

abram 26

and abram 1

be abram 1

but abram 1

for abram 1

her to abram 1

it happened that when abram 1

of abram 3

on abram 1

so abram 1

there abram 1

to abram 10

when abram 2

with abram 2

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

אַבְרָם proper name, masculine ( id., Thes and others exalted father) Abram Genesis 11:26,27 57t. Genesis (to Genesis 17:5) + 1 Chronicles 1:27; Nehemiah 9:7; = אַבְרָהָם Abraham Genesis 17:5,9,15 172t. OT. (אברהם connected Genesis 17:5 by word-play with הם of המון; really = רום ֯ אברם = רהם which however is not found in Hebrew — compare Di > Hal^{RÉJ 1887,177 f} who proposes אֲבִר הַם גּוֺיִם compare Genesis 49:21 with Isaiah 41:21; so that אֲבִר הָם chief of multitude is the new name of Genesis 17:5 (הָם) √ המה). Spiegelb^{Randglossen 14} compare Palestinian proper name geography µ‡r° °brru = חקל אברם (compage Egyptian article masculine), in Sheshonk list. As regards etymology, Nö^l.c. and others explained as 'the father [a divine title] is exalted' (compare יְהוֺרָם, מַלְכִּירָם, חִירָם[אֲ]).

List of Word Forms

אַבְרָ֑ם אַבְרָ֔ם אַבְרָ֖ם אַבְרָ֗ם אַבְרָ֜ם אַבְרָ֣ם אַבְרָ֤ם אַבְרָ֧ם אַבְרָ֨ם אַבְרָֽם׃ אַבְרָם֙ אַבְרָם֩ אַבְרָם֮ אברם אברם׃ בְּאַבְרָ֔ם באברם וְאַבְרָ֕ם וְאַבְרָ֖ם וְאַבְרָ֗ם וּלְאַבְרָ֥ם ואברם ולאברם לְאַבְרָ֔ם לְאַבְרָ֖ם לְאַבְרָ֗ם לְאַבְרָ֣ם לְאַבְרָ֥ם לְאַבְרָֽם׃ לאברם לאברם׃ ’aḇ·rām ’aḇrām avRam bə’aḇrām bə·’aḇ·rām beavRam lə’aḇrām lə·’aḇ·rām leavRam ū·lə·’aḇ·rām ulavRam ūlə’aḇrām veavRam wə’aḇrām wə·’aḇ·rām