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Lexicon :: Strong's H87 - 'aḇrām

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אַבְרָם
Transliteration
'aḇrām
Pronunciation
av-rawm'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Contracted from אֲבִירָם (H48)
Strong’s Definitions

אַבְרָם ʼAbrâm, av-rawm'; contracted from H48; high father; Abram, the original name of Abraham:—Abram.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 61x

The KJV translates Strong's H87 in the following manner: Abram (61x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 61x
The KJV translates Strong's H87 in the following manner: Abram (61x).

  1. Abram = "exalted father"

    1. original name of Abraham

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אַבְרָם ʼAbrâm, av-rawm'; contracted from H48; high father; Abram, the original name of Abraham:—Abram.
STRONGS H87: Abbreviations
אַבְרָם proper name, masculine (id., Thes and others exalted father) Abram Genesis 11:26, 27 + 57 times Genesis (to Genesis 17:5) + 1 Chronicles 1:27; Nehemiah 9:7; = אַבְרָהָם Abraham [H85 Genesis 17:5, 9, 15] 172 times OT. (אברהם connected Genesis 17:5 by word-play with הם of המון; really = רום ֯ אברם = רהם which however is not found in Hebrew — compare Di > HalRÉJ 1887, 177 f who proposes אֲבִר הַם גּוֺיִם compare [H7200 Genesis 29:32 with Isaiah 53:10]; so that אֲבִר הָם chief of multitude is the new name of Genesis 17:5 (הָם) √ המה).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

11:26; 11:27; 17:5; 17:5; 17:5

1 Chronicles

1:27

Nehemiah

9:7

H87

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Strong's Number H87 matches the Hebrew אַבְרָם ('aḇrām),
which occurs 61 times in 50 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 11:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:26 - And Terah lived seventy years, and begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 11:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:27 - And these are the generations of Terah: Terah begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begot Lot.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 11:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:29 - And Abram and Nahor took wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, a daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah and the father of Iscah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 11:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:31 - And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth together out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to go into the land of Canaan, and came as far as Haran, and dwelt there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:1 - And Jehovah had said to Abram, Go out of thy land, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, to the land that I will shew thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:4 - And Abram departed as Jehovah had said to him. And Lot went with him. And Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed out of Haran.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:5 - And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their possessions that they had acquired, and the souls that they had obtained in Haran, and they went out to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:6 - And Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 12:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:7 - And Jehovah appeared to Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land. And there he built an altar to Jehovah who had appeared to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 12:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:9 - And Abram moved onward, going on still toward the south.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:10 - And there was a famine in the land. And Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was grievous in the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:14 - And it came to pass when Abram came into Egypt, that the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 12:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:16 - And he treated Abram well on her account; and he had sheep, and oxen, and he-asses, and bondmen, and bondwomen, and she-asses, and camels.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 12:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:17 - And Jehovah plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 12:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:18 - And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this thou hast done to me? Why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:1 - And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, towards the south.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 13:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:2 - And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:4 - to the place of the altar that he had made there at the first. And there Abram called on the name of Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:5 - And Lot also who went with Abram had flocks, and herds, and tents.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:7 - And there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram's cattle and the herdsmen of Lot's cattle. And the Canaanite and the Perizzite were dwelling then in the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:8 - And Abram said to Lot, I pray thee let there be no contention between me and thee, and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen, for we are brethren.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:12 - Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan; and Lot dwelt in the cities of the plain, and pitched tents as far as Sodom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:14 - And Jehovah said to Abram, after that Lot had separated himself from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art, northward and southward and eastward and westward;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 13:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:18 - Then Abram moved his tents, and came and dwelt by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron. And he built there an altar to Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:12 - And they took Lot and his property, Abram's brother's son, and departed. For he dwelt in Sodom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:13 - And one who had escaped came and told Abram the Hebrew. And he dwelt by the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, the brother of Eshcol, and the brother of Aner. And these were Abram's allies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:14 - And Abram heard that his brother was taken captive; and he led out his trained servants, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them as far as Dan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:19 - And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the Most High God, possessor of heavens and earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:21 - And the king of Sodom said to Abram, Give me the souls, and take the property for thyself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 14:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:22 - And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lifted up my hand to Jehovah, the Most High God, possessor of heavens and earth,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 14:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:23 - if from a thread even to a sandal-thong, yes, if of all that is thine, I take anything ...; that thou mayest not say, I have made Abram rich;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 15:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:1 - After these things the word of Jehovah came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram; I am thy shield, thy exceeding great reward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:2 - And Abram said, Lord Jehovah, what wilt thou give me? seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:3 - And Abram said, Lo, to me thou hast given no seed, and behold, a son of my house will be mine heir.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 15:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:11 - And the birds of prey came down on the carcases; and Abram scared them away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 15:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:12 - And as the sun was just going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, a horror, a great darkness, fell upon him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 15:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:13 - And he said to Abram, Know assuredly that thy seed will be a sojourner in a land that is not theirs, and they shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 15:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:18 - On the same day Jehovah made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 16:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:1 - And Sarai Abram's wife did not bear him children. And she had an Egyptian maidservant; and her name was Hagar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:2 - And Sarai said to Abram, Behold now, Jehovah has shut me up, that I do not bear. Go in, I pray thee, to my maidservant: it may be that I shall be built up by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:3 - And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar, the Egyptian, her maidservant, at the end of ten years that Abram had dwelt in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram, as his wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:5 - And Sarai said to Abram, My wrong be on thee! I have given my maidservant into thy bosom; and now she sees that she has conceived, I am lightly esteemed in her eyes. Jehovah judge between me and thee!

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:6 - And Abram said to Sarai, Behold, thy maidservant is in thy hand: do to her what is good in thine eyes. And Sarai oppressed her; and she fled from her face.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:15 - And Hagar bore Abram a son; and Abram called the name of his son whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:16 - And Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 17:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:1 - And Abram was ninety-nine years old, when Jehovah appeared to Abram, and said to him, I am the Almighty God: walk before my face, and be perfect.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:3 - And Abram fell on his face; and God talked with him, saying,

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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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 1:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:27 - Abram: the same is Abraham.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:7 - Thou art the Same, Jehovah Elohim, who didst choose Abram and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;
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