אַבְרָם
ʼAbrâm · ab-rawm'
Abram, the original name of Abraham
Lexicon
Derivation: contracted from H48 (אֲבִירָם); high father;
Abram, the original name of Abraham
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Abram.
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
- 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 › water, chaos, the mighty deep
Strength, the leader of the house, what is within of the head, the highest of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אַבְרָם 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
61 occurrences · 61 OT · 0 NT · 24 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- abram16 · 26%
- and abram14 · 23%
- unto abram8 · 13%
- abram's5 · 8%
- of abram's2 · 3%
- with abram2 · 3%
- and when abram2 · 3%
- to abram2 · 3%
- so abram1 · 2%
- with him: and abram1 · 2%
- and it came to pass, that, when abram1 · 2%
- and there abram1 · 2%
- then abram1 · 2%
- be abram1 · 2%
- not, abram1 · 2%
- upon abram1 · 2%
- by her. and abram1 · 2%
- but abram1 · 2%
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.