Abraham

English

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Abraham

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Ibrahim (surah)

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Middle English Abraham, from Old English Abraham, from Late Latin Ābrahām, from Ancient Greek Ἀβρᾱᾱ́μ (Abrāā́m), from Hebrew אַבְרָהָם ('aḇrāhām, “Abraham”). Glossed as אַב (aḇ, “father of”) + הֲמוֹן (hăˈmōn, “multitude of”) in Genesis 17:4–5; or from Hebrew אַבְרָם ('aḇrām, “Abram”). Doublet of Ibrahim and Avraham.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US)

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Proper noun

Abraham (plural Abrahams)

1. (Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Baha'i) A prophet in the Old Testament, Qur'an and Aqdas; a Semitic patriarch son of Terah who practiced monotheism, father of the Jewish patriarch Isaac by Sarah and the Arab patriarch Ishmael by Hagar.

   Synonyms: Abram, Ibrahim

   • 1611, The Holy Bible,  (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, Genesis 17:5, column 2:

     Neither ſhall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name ſhall bee Abraham: for a father of many nations haue I made thee.

   • 1980, Werner Keller, chapter 7, in William Neil, transl., The Bible as History, 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.

2. A male given name from Hebrew.
   • 1961, Kurt Vonnegut, Mother Night, Dell, published 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 surname originating as a patronymic.
4. The 14th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

Derived terms

Related terms

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

Translations

Noun

Abraham (plural Abrahams)

1. (archaic, British slang, chiefly London) A shop selling cheap and low-quality clothes, especially in the East End of London.

   Synonym: slopshop

References

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin Ābrahām, from Ancient Greek Ἀβρᾱᾱ́μ (Abrāā́m), from Hebrew אַבְרָהָם ('aḇrāhām, “Abraham”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Proper noun

Abraham m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Abraham
2. (biblical) Abraham

Derived terms

• abrahàmic

Cebuano

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: A‧bra‧ham

Proper noun

Abraham

1. a male given name from English or Spanish
2. (biblical) Abraham

Czech

Alternative forms

• Abrahám

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Proper noun

Abraham m anim

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

Declension

Further reading

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

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaː.braːˌɦɑm/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: Abra‧ham

Proper noun

Abraham m

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

Derived terms

Related terms

Ewe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæbræhæm/

• Audio

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Proper noun

Abraham

1. (biblical) Abraham
2. a male given name, equivalent to English Abraham

Quotations

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

French

Etymology

From Latin Ābrahām.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.bʁa.am/

• Audio (Paris)

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Proper noun

Abraham m

1. (biblical) Abraham
2. a male given name, equivalent to English Abraham

German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːbʁaˌha(ː)m/
• IPA^(key): /ˈaːbʁa(ː)m/ (often in fluent speech, not usually in isolation)

• Audio

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Proper noun

Abraham m (proper noun, strong, genitive Abrahams)

1. (biblical) Abraham
2. a male given name from Biblical Hebrew, equivalent to English Abraham

Related terms

Icelandic

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Abraham

Wikipedia ^is

Proper noun

Abraham m

1. a male given name

Declension

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀβραάμ (Abraám).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Ābrahām m (variously declined, genitive Ābrahām or Ābrahae); indeclinable, first declension

1. (biblical) Abraham
   • Late 4th century, Jerome [et al.], transl., edited by Roger Gryson, Biblia Sacra: Iuxta Vulgatam Versionem (Vulgate), 5th edition, Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, published 2007, →ISBN, Genesis 17:5:

     nec ultra vocabitur nomen tuum Abram, sed appellaberis Abraham quia patrem multarum gentium constitui te.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Indeclinable noun or first-declension noun (nominative/vocative singular in -ām), singular only.

References

• “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.

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Abramo, from Latin Ābrahām, from Ancient Greek Ἀβραάμ (Abraám), from Hebrew אַבְרָהָם (ʾaḇrāhām). The insertion of the mute -h- in the spelling directly after the Hebrew form; compare Għesaw (“Esau”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abˈraːm/
• Rhymes: -aːm

Proper noun

Abraham m

1. (chiefly biblical) Abraham (male personal name)

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English Abraham.

Proper noun

Abraham

1. Abraham (prophet)
   • c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎, published c. 1410, Matheu 1:1–2, page 1r, column 2, lines 1–5; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:

     The book of þe generacıoū of ıhū crıſt .· þe ſone of dauıd þe ſone of abꝛaham / abꝛaham bıgat yſaac / yſaac bıgat ıacob / ıacob bıgat ıudas ⁊ hıſe bꝛıþ̇en /

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Abraham

Descendants

• English: Abraham
• Scots: Abraham, Aubrahaum, Aubrahawm, Awbrahawm

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Abraham

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Etymology

Ultimately from Hebrew אַבְרָהָם ('aḇrāhām).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²aːbra(h)am/

Proper noun

Abraham m (definite Abrahamen)

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

Old English

Alternative forms

• Habraham

Etymology

From Latin Ābrahām.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːb.rɑˌxɑːm/,

Proper noun

Ābrahām m

1. Abraham

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: Abraham
  • English: Abraham
  • Scots: Abraham, Aubrahaum, Aubrahawm, Awbrahawm

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

Abraham

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin Ābrahām. Doublet of Abram.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abˈra.xam/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -axam
• Syllabification: Ab‧ra‧ham

Proper noun

Abraham m pers (related adjective Abrahamowy or Abrahamowski)

1. (uncountable, biblical, Qur'an‎) Abraham (prophet in the Old Testament, Qur'an and Aqdas; a Semitic patriarch son of Terah who practiced monotheism, father of the Jewish patriarch Isaac by Sarah and the Arab patriarch Ishmael by Hagar)

   Synonym: Abram

2. (countable, rare) a male given name from Late Latin , equivalent to English Abraham
3. (countable) a male surname from Late Latin

Declension

Proper noun

Abraham f (indeclinable)

1. (countable) a female surname from Late Latin

Derived terms

Further reading

• Abraham in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Abraham in PWN's encyclopedia
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “Abraham”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎, volume 1, page 3
• “Abraham”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022

Scots

Alternative forms

• Aubrahaum, Aubrahawm, Awbrahawm

Etymology

From Middle English Abraham, from Old English Abraham, from Late Latin Ābrahām.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːbrəhɑm/

Proper noun

Abraham

1. (biblical) Abraham

References

• “Abraham” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

Spanish

Alternative forms

• Abrahán

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈbɾam/
  • Rhymes: -am
• IPA^(key): /abɾaˈam/
  • Rhymes: -am
• Syllabification: A‧bra‧ham

Proper noun

Abraham m

1. (biblical) Abraham
   • 1602, La Santa Biblia (antigua versión de Casiodoro de Reina), 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.

     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.

     (KJV)

2. a male given name of rare usage, equivalent to English Abraham

Further reading

• “Abraham”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Proper noun

Abraham c (genitive Abrahams)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Abraham
2. (biblical) Abraham

Walloon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.bʀa.ˈham/

Proper noun

Abraham

1. Alternative form of Abråm