Abraham

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English

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Abraham sends Hagar and Ishmael away (Genesis 21:1-14)

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

    Proper noun

    Abraham (plural Abrahams)

    1. (Abrahamism) 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. [1]
      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. [1]
      • 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. [1]
    4. The 14th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

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    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.[2][3]
      Synonym: slopshop

    References

    1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “Abraham”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 7.
    2. ^ Albert Barrère and Charles G[odfrey] Leland, compilers and editors (1889–1890) “Abraham”, in A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant , volume I (A–K), Edinburgh: The Ballantyne Press, →OCLC, page 7.
    3. ^ John S[tephen] Farmer, compiler (1890) “Abraham”, in Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present. , volume I, Thomas Poulter and Sons] , →OCLC, page 9.

    Catalan

    Etymology

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

      Pronunciation

      Proper noun

      Abraham m

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

      Derived terms

      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, Abrahamism) Abraham

        Czech

        Alternative forms

        Pronunciation

        Proper noun

        Abraham m anim

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

        Declension

        Further reading

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

        Dutch

        Etymology

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

          Pronunciation

          • IPA(key): /ˈaː.braːˌɦɑm/
          • Audio:(file)
          • Hyphenation: Abra‧ham

          Proper noun

          Abraham m

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

          Derived terms

          Ewe

          Pronunciation

          Proper noun

          Abraham

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

          Franco-Provençal

          Alternative forms

          Etymology

          Compare French Abraham.

          Proper noun

          Abraham m (ORB)

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

          References

          • Gauchet, Louis & Jeanjaquet, Jules & Tappolet, Ernest (1924‒33) “Abraham”, in Glossaire des patois de la Suisse romande, Neuchâtel: Attinger.
          • ORB 4.9.18

          French

          Etymology

            From Latin Ābrahām.

            Pronunciation

            Proper noun

            Abraham m

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

            German

            Etymology

              Learned borrowing 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:(file)

              Proper noun

              Abraham m (proper noun, strong, genitive Abrahams)

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

              Icelandic

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              Proper noun

              Abraham m (proper noun, genitive singular Abrahams)

              1. a male given name

              Declension

              Latin

              Etymology

                Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀβραάμ (Abraám).

                Pronunciation

                Proper noun

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

                1. (biblical, Abrahamism) Abraham

                Declension

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

                singular
                nominative Ābrahām
                genitive Ābrahām
                Ābrahae
                dative Ābrahām
                Ābrahae
                accusative Ābrahām
                ablative Ābrahām
                Ābrahā
                vocative Ābrahām

                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.

                Malay

                Pronunciation

                Proper noun

                Abraham (Jawi spelling ابراهام)

                1. (biblical, Abrahamism) Abraham
                  Synonym: Ibrahim (Islam)

                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

                Proper noun

                Abraham m

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

                Middle English

                Etymology

                  From Old English Abraham.

                  Proper noun

                  Abraham

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

                  Descendants

                  Norwegian Nynorsk

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                  Etymology

                    Ultimately from Hebrew אַבְרָהָם ('aḇrāhām).

                    Pronunciation

                    Proper noun

                    Abraham m (definite Abrahamen)

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

                    Old English

                    Alternative forms

                    Etymology

                      Borrowed from Latin Ābrahām.

                      Pronunciation

                      • IPA(key): /ˈɑːb.rɑˌxɑːm/,

                      Proper noun

                      Ābrahām m

                      1. (biblical, Abrahamism) Abraham

                      Declension

                      Strong a-stem:

                      singular plural
                      nominative Ābrahām
                      accusative Ābrahām
                      genitive Ābrahāmes
                      dative Ābrahāme

                      Descendants

                      Polish

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                      Abraham

                      Etymology

                      Learned borrowing from Late Latin Ābrahām. Doublet of Abram.

                      Pronunciation

                      • IPA(key): /aˈbra.xam/
                      • Audio:(file)
                      • Rhymes: -axam
                      • Syllabification: A‧bra‧ham

                      Proper noun

                      Abraham m pers (related adjective Abrahamowy or Abrahamowski)

                      1. (biblical, Abrahamism) Abraham#: 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

                      adjectives
                      nouns
                      surnames

                      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

                      Etymology

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

                      Pronunciation

                      Proper noun

                      Abraham

                      1. (biblical, Abrahamism) Abraham

                      References

                      Spanish

                      Alternative forms

                      Pronunciation

                      • IPA(key): /aˈbɾam/
                      • IPA(key): /abɾaˈam/
                      • Syllabification: A‧bra‧ham

                      Proper noun

                      Abraham m

                      1. (biblical, Abrahamism) 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

                      Swedish

                      Proper noun

                      Abraham c (genitive Abrahams)

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

                      Tagalog

                      Etymology

                      Borrowed from Spanish Abraham with the silent /h/ pronounced, ultimately from Hebrew אַבְרָהָם ('aḇrāhām, Abraham). Doublet of Ibrahim.

                      Pronunciation

                      Proper noun

                      Abrahám (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊ᜔ᜇᜑᜋ᜔)

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

                      Walloon

                      Pronunciation

                      Proper noun

                      Abraham

                      1. Alternative form of Abråm