Abraham

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”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ.bɹə.hæm/, /ˈɑː.bɹə.hæm/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ.bɹəˌhæm/, /ˈeɪ.bɹə.həm/

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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. [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.

• (pet forms): Abe, Abey, Abie
• (male given names): Abram, Bram, Avram
• (surnames): Abrahams

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]

• slopshop

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ə.bɾəˈam/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /a.bɾaˈam/

Abraham m

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

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

• Hyphenation: A‧bra‧ham

Abraham

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

• Abrahám

• IPA^(key): [ˈabraɦam]

Abraham m

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

This noun needs a declension-table template.

• Abraham in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• Abrahám in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈaː.braːˌɦɑm/

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• Hyphenation: Abra‧ham

Abraham m

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

• Ab, Abram, Ap, Appie, Bram, Brammetje, Brampie, Ibrahiem

• IPA^(key): /ˈæbræhæm/

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Abraham

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

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

• IPA^(key): /a.bʁa.am/

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Abraham m

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

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Abraham m (genitive Abrahams)

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

• Abe, Abi, Bram, Abbe, Abbo

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈaː.bra.haːm/
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.bra.am/, [ˈaː.bra.am]

Ābrahām m (indeclinable)
Ābrahām m (genitive Ābrahae); 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.

Ābrahām may be indeclinable or declined as a first declension noun.
First declension, nominative/vocative singular in -ām.

• 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

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

• IPA^(key): /aˈbra.xam/

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Abraham m pers

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

• Abraham in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Abraham

1. Abraham

• Abrahán

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.

Abraham c (genitive Abrahams)

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