Abraham

a male given name, equivalent to English Abraham

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


Abraham

a male given name from English or Spanish

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


Abraham

a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Abraham

Abraham (nominative singular)
Abrahamové (nominative plural)
Abrahama (genitive singular)
Abrahamů (genitive plural)
Abrahamovi (dative singular)
Abrahamu (dative singular)
Abrahamům (dative plural)
Abrahama (accusative singular)
Abrahamy (accusative plural)
Abrahame (singular vocative)
Abrahamové (plural vocative)
Abrahamovi (locative singular)
Abrahamu (locative singular)
Abrahamech (locative plural)
Abrahamem (instrumental singular)
Abrahamy (instrumental plural)


Abraham

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


Abraham

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.

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

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.

1980, Werner Keller, chapter 7, in William Neil, transl., The Bible as History, page 93:

The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles

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(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.

"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."

1961, Kurt Vonnegut, Mother Night, Dell, published 1975, page 28:

Etymology tree
Hebrew אַבְרָהָםbor.
Ancient Greek Ἀβραάμ (Abraám)bor.
Latin Ābrahāmbor.
Old English Abraham
Middle English Abraham
English Abraham
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.


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


Abraham

a male given name from Biblical Hebrew, equivalent to English Abraham

de-proper noun

Abraham m (proper noun, strong, genitive Abrahams)

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


Abraham

is-proper noun

Abraham m (proper noun, genitive singular Abrahams)

Abrahams (genitive singular)
Abraham (indefinite nominative singular)
Abraham (accusative indefinite singular)
Abraham (dative indefinite singular)
Abrahams (genitive indefinite singular)


Abraham

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

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:

la-proper noun

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

Ābrahām (canonical masculine)
Ābrahām (genitive)
Ābrahae (genitive)
Ābrahām (nominative singular)
Ābrahām (genitive singular)
Ābrahae (genitive singular)
Ābrahām (dative singular)
Ābrahae (dative singular)
Ābrahām (accusative singular)
Ābrahām (ablative singular)
Ābrahā (ablative singular)
Ābrahām (singular vocative)

[ˈäːbrä(ɦ)äːm]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀβραάμ (Abraám).

etymon

Ābrahām


Abraham

ابراهام (Jawi)


Abraham

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”).

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Hebrew אַבְרָהָם (ʾaḇrāhām)


Abraham

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 /

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:

English: Abraham

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Scots: Abraham, Aubrahaum, Aubrahawm, Awbrahawm


Abraham

Ultimately from Hebrew אַבְרָהָם ('aḇrāhām).


Abraham

Ābrahām (canonical masculine)
Ābrahām (nominative singular)
Ābrahām (accusative singular)
Ābrahāmes (genitive singular)
Ābrahāme (dative singular)

desctree

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

/ˈɑːb.rɑˌxɑːm/

[ˈɑːb.rɑˌhɑːm]


Abraham

(countable, rare) a male given name from Late Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew], equivalent to English Abraham

(countable) a male surname from Late Latin

pl-prop

Abraham m pers (related adjective Abrahamowy or Abrahamowski)

Abrahamowy (adjective)
Abrahamowski (adjective)
Abraham (nominative singular)
Abrahamowie (nominative plural)
Abrahama (genitive singular)
Abrahamów (genitive plural)
Abrahamowi (dative singular)
Abrahamom (dative plural)
Abrahama (accusative singular)
Abrahamów (accusative plural)
Abrahamem (instrumental singular)
Abrahamami (instrumental plural)
Abrahamie (locative singular)
Abrahamach (locative plural)
Abrahamie (singular vocative)
Abrahamowie (plural vocative)

Learned borrowing from Late Latin Ābrahām. Doublet of Abram.


Abraham

(countable) a female surname from Late Latin


Abraham

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


Abraham

Y no se llamará más tu nombre Abram, sino que será tu nombre Abraham, porque te he puesto por padre de muchedumbre de gentes.

1602, La Santa Biblia (antigua versión de Casiodoro de Reina), Génesis 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.

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