אַבְרָהָם
ʼAbrâhâm · ab-raw-hawm'
Abraham, the later name of Abram
Lexicon
Derivation: contracted from H1 (אָב) and an unused root (probably meaning to be populous); father of a multitude;
Abraham, the later name of Abram
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Abraham.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › the house, what is within › the head, the highest › to reveal, behold › water, chaos, the mighty deep
Strength, the leader of the house, what is within of the head, the highest that works to reveal, behold of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אַבְרָהָם above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
175 occurrences · 175 OT · 0 NT · 32 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and abraham44 · 26%
- abraham32 · 19%
- of abraham26 · 15%
- unto abraham22 · 13%
- abraham's8 · 5%
- with abraham6 · 4%
- to abraham5 · 3%
- which abraham4 · 2%
- then abraham2 · 1%
- from abraham2 · 1%
- of abraham's2 · 1%
- so abraham2 · 1%
- shall be abraham1 · 1%
- was abraham1 · 1%
- now abraham1 · 1%
- seeing that abraham1 · 1%
- upon abraham1 · 1%
- but abraham1 · 1%
- them unto abraham1 · 1%
- in abraham's1 · 1%
- unto him, abraham1 · 1%
- him of; and abraham1 · 1%
- i am abraham's1 · 1%
- and it came to pass, that, when abraham's1 · 1%
- and abraham's1 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.