Help QuickNav Adv. Options
DBY

DBY

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
Copy Options
Cite Print
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's H85 - 'aḇrāhām

Choose a new font size and typeface
אַבְרָהָם
Transliteration
'aḇrāhām
Pronunciation
ab-raw-hawm'
Listen
Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Contracted from אָב (H1) and an unused root (probably meaning to be populous)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 4b

Strong’s Definitions

אַבְרָהָם ʼAbrâhâm, ab-raw-hawm'; contracted from H1 and an unused root (probably meaning to be populous); father of a multitude; Abraham, the later name of Abram:—Abraham.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 175x

The KJV translates Strong's H85 in the following manner: Abraham (175x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 175x
The KJV translates Strong's H85 in the following manner: Abraham (175x).

  1. Abraham = "father of a multitude" or "chief of multitude"

    1. friend of God and founder of Hebrew nation via God's elective covenant

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אַבְרָהָם ʼAbrâhâm, ab-raw-hawm'; contracted from H1 and an unused root (probably meaning to be populous); father of a multitude; Abraham, the later name of Abram:—Abraham.
STRONGS H85: Abbreviations
אַבְרָהָם Abraham Genesis 17:5, 9, 15 172 times OT.

This is a portion of the full BDB entry H87.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

17:5; 17:9; 17:15

H85

Read the Full Entry

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H85 matches the Hebrew אַבְרָהָם ('aḇrāhām),
which occurs 175 times in 159 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 4 (Gen 17:5–Gen 22:1)

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 17:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:5 - And thy name shall no more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of a multitude of nations have I made thee.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:9 - And God said to Abraham, And as for thee, thou shalt keep my covenant, thou and thy seed after thee in their generations.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 17:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:15 - And God said to Abraham, As to Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 17:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:17 - And Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born to him that is a hundred years old? and shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 17:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:18 - And Abraham said to God, Oh that Ishmael might live before thee!

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 17:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:22 - And he left off talking with him; and God went up from Abraham.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 17:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:23 - And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all who were born in his house, and all who were bought with his money -- every male among the people of Abraham's house -- and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin on that same day, as God had said to him.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 17:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:24 - And Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 17:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:26 - In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:6 - And Abraham hastened into the tent to Sarah, and said, Knead quickly three seahs of wheaten flour, and make cakes.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:7 - And Abraham ran to the herd, and took a calf tender and good, and gave it to the attendant; and he hasted to dress it.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:11 - Now Abraham and Sarah were old and advanced in age: it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:13 - And Jehovah said to Abraham, Why is this, that Sarah laughs, saying, Shall I indeed bear, when I am become old?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:16 - And the men rose up thence, and looked toward Sodom; and Abraham went with them to conduct them.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:17 - And Jehovah said, Shall I hide from Abraham what I am doing?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:18 - Since Abraham shall indeed become a great and mighty nation; and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:19 - For I know him that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of Jehovah, to do righteousness and justice, in order that Jehovah may bring upon Abraham what he hath spoken of him.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:22 - And the men turned thence, and went towards Sodom; and Abraham remained yet standing before Jehovah.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:23 - And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also cause the righteous to perish with the wicked?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:27 - And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have ventured to speak unto the Lord; I, who am dust and ashes.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:33 - And Jehovah went away when he had ended speaking to Abraham; and Abraham returned to his place.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:27 - And Abraham rose early in the morning and went to the place where he had stood before Jehovah;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:29 - And it came to pass when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in which Lot dwelt.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 20:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:1 - And Abraham departed thence towards the south country, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned at Gerar.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 20:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:2 - And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister. And Abimelech the king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 20:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:9 - And Abimelech called Abraham and said to him, What hast thou done to us? And in what have I sinned against thee, that thou hast brought on me, and on my kingdom, a great sin? Thou hast done to me deeds that ought not to be done.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 20:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:10 - And Abimelech said to Abraham, What hast thou seen that thou hast done this?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 20:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:11 - And Abraham said, Because I said, Surely the fear of God is not in this place, and they will kill me for my wife's sake.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 20:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:14 - And Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and bondmen and bondwomen, and gave them to Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:17 - And Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, and his wife and his handmaids, and they bore children.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 20:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:18 - For Jehovah had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech because of Sarah Abraham's wife.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:2 - And Sarah conceived, and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the appointed time of which God had spoken to him.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:3 - And Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:4 - And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac, being eight days old, as God had commanded him.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:5 - And Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:7 - And she said, Who would have said to Abraham, Sarah will suckle children? For I have borne him a son in his old age.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:8 - And the child grew, and was weaned. And Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:9 - And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, mocking.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:10 - And she said to Abraham, Cast out this handmaid and her son; for the son of this handmaid shall not inherit with my son -- with Isaac.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:11 - And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because of his son.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:12 - And God said to Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad and because of thy handmaid: in all that Sarah hath said to thee hearken to her voice, for in Isaac shall a seed be called to thee.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:14 - And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a flask of water, and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder -- and the child, and sent her away. And she departed, and wandered about in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:22 - And it came to pass at that time that Abimelech, and Phichol the captain of his host, spoke to Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:24 - And Abraham said, I will swear.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:25 - And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water that Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:27 - And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them to Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:28 - And Abraham set seven ewe-lambs of the flock by themselves.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:29 - And Abimelech said to Abraham, What mean these seven ewe-lambs, these which thou hast set by themselves?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:34 - And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 22:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:1 - And it came to pass after these things, that God tried Abraham, and said to him, Abraham! and he said, Here am I.

Search Results Continued...

1. Currently on page 1/4 (Gen 17:5–Gen 22:1) Gen 17:5–Gen 22:1

2. LOAD PAGE 2 Gen 22:3–Gen 26:5

3. LOAD PAGE 3 Gen 26:15–Psa 105:6

4. LOAD PAGE 4 Psa 105:9–Mic 7:20

BLB Searches
Search the Bible
DBY
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
DBY
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan