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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 liveth seventy years, and begetteth Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 11:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:27 - And these are births of Terah: Terah hath begotten Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran hath begotten Lot;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 11:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:29 - And Abram and Nahor take to themselves wives; the name of Abram's wife is Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife is Milcah, daughter of Haran, father of Milcah, and father of Iscah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 11:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:31 - And Terah taketh Abram his son, and Lot, son of Haran, his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, wife of Abram his son, and they go out with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go towards the land of Canaan; and they come unto Charan, and dwell there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:1 - And Jehovah saith unto Abram, 'Go for thyself, from thy land, and from thy kindred, and from the house of thy father, unto the land which I shew thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:4 - And Abram goeth on, as Jehovah hath spoken unto him, and Lot goeth with him, and Abram is a son of five and seventy years in his going out from Charan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:5 - And Abram taketh Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they have gained, and the persons that they have obtained in Charan; and they go out to go towards the land of Canaan; and they come in to the land of Canaan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:6 - And Abram passeth over into the land, unto the place Shechem, unto the oak of Moreh; and the Canaanite is then in the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 12:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:7 - And Jehovah appeareth unto Abram, and saith, 'To thy seed I give this land;' and he buildeth there an altar to Jehovah, who hath appeared unto him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 12:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:9 - And Abram journeyeth, going on and journeying towards the south.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:10 - And there is a famine in the land, and Abram goeth down towards Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine is grievous in the land;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:14 - And it cometh to pass, at the entering of Abram into Egypt, that the Egyptians see the woman that she is exceeding fair;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 12:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:16 - and to Abram he hath done good because of her, and he hath sheep and oxen, and he-asses, and men-servants, and handmaids, and she-asses, and camels.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 12:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:17 - And Jehovah plagueth Pharaoh and his house -- great plagues -- for the matter of Sarai, Abram's wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 12:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:18 - And Pharaoh calleth for Abram, and saith, 'What is this thou hast done to me? why hast thou not declared to me that she is thy wife?

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 13:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:1 - And Abram goeth up from Egypt (he and his wife, and all that he hath, and Lot with him) towards the south;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 13:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:2 - and Abram is exceedingly wealthy in cattle, in silver, and in gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:4 - unto the place of the altar which he made there at the first, and there doth Abram preach in the name of Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:5 - And also to Lot, who is going with Abram, there hath been sheep and oxen and tents;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:7 - and there is a strife between those feeding Abram's cattle and those feeding Lot's cattle; and the Canaanite and the Perizzite are then dwelling in the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:8 - And Abram saith unto Lot, 'Let there not, I pray thee, be strife between me and thee, and between my shepherds and thy shepherds, for we are men -- brethren.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 13:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:12 - Abram hath dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot hath dwelt in the cities of the circuit, and tenteth unto Sodom;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:14 - And Jehovah said unto Abram, after Lot's being parted from him, 'Lift up, I pray thee, 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 - And Abram tenteth, and cometh, and dwelleth among the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and buildeth there an altar to Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:12 - and they take Lot, Abram's brother's son (seeing he is dwelling in Sodom), and his substance, and go away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:13 - And one who is escaping cometh and declareth to Abram the Hebrew, and he is dwelling among the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner, and they are Abram's allies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:14 - And Abram heareth that his brother hath been taken captive, and he draweth out his trained domestics, three hundred and eighteen, and pursueth unto Dan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:19 - and he blesseth him, and saith, 'Blessed is Abram to God Most High, possessing heaven and earth;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:21 - And the king of Sodom saith unto Abram, 'Give to me the persons, and the substance take to thyself,'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 14:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:22 - and Abram saith unto the king of Sodom, 'I have lifted up my hand unto Jehovah, God Most High, possessing heaven and earth --

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 14:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:23 - from a thread even unto a shoe-latchet I take not of anything which thou hast, that thou say not, I -- I have made Abram rich;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 15:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:1 - After these things hath the word of Jehovah been unto Abram in a vision, saying, 'Fear not, Abram, I am a shield to thee, thy reward is exceeding great.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 15:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:2 - And Abram saith, 'Lord Jehovah, what dost Thou give to me, and I am going childless? and an acquired son in my house is Demmesek Eliezer.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:3 - And Abram saith, 'Lo, to me Thou hast not given seed, and lo, a domestic doth heir me.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 15:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:11 - and the ravenous birds come down upon the carcases, and Abram causeth them to turn back.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 15:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:12 - And the sun is about to go in, and deep sleep hath fallen upon Abram, and lo, a terror of great darkness is falling upon him;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 15:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:13 - and He saith to Abram, 'knowing -- know that thy seed is a sojourner in a land not theirs, and they have served them, and they have afflicted them four hundred years,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 15:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:18 - In that day hath Jehovah made with Abram a covenant, saying, 'To thy seed I have given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Phrat,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 16:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:1 - And Sarai, Abram's wife, hath not borne to him, and she hath an handmaid, an Egyptian, and her name is Hagar;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:2 - and Sarai saith unto Abram, 'Lo, I pray thee, Jehovah hath restrained me from bearing, go in, I pray thee, unto my handmaid; perhaps I am built up from her;' and Abram hearkeneth to the voice of Sarai.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:3 - And Sarai, Abram's wife, taketh Hagar the Egyptian, her handmaid, at the end of the tenth year of Abram's dwelling in the land of Canaan, and giveth her to Abram her husband, to him for a wife,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 16:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:5 - And Sarai saith unto Abram, 'My violence is for thee; I -- I have given mine handmaid into thy bosom, and she seeth that she hath conceived, and I am lightly esteemed in her eyes; Jehovah doth judge between me and thee.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 16:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:6 - And Abram saith unto Sarai, 'Lo, thine handmaid is in thine hand, do to her that which is good in thine eyes;' and Sarai afflicted her, and she fleeth from her presence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 16:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:15 - And Hagar beareth to Abram a son; and Abram calleth the name of his son, whom Hagar hath borne, Ishmael;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 16:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:16 - and Abram is a son of eighty and six years in Hagar's bearing Ishmael to Abram.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 17:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:1 - And Abram is a son of ninety and nine years, and Jehovah appeareth unto Abram, and saith unto him, 'I am God Almighty, walk habitually before Me, and be thou perfect;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:3 - And Abram falleth upon his face, and God speaketh with him, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 17:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:5 - and thy name is no more called Abram, but thy name hath been Abraham, for 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 -- he is Abraham.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:7 - 'Thou art He, O Jehovah God, who didst fix on Abraham, and didst bring him out from Ur of the Chaldeans, and didst make his name Abraham,
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