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Lexicon :: Strong's H85 - 'aḇrāhām

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אַבְרָהָם
Transliteration
'aḇrāhām
Pronunciation
ab-raw-hawm'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Contracted from אָב (H1) and an unused root (probably meaning to be populous)
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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.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

17:5; 17:9; 17:15

H85

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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)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:5 - Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for the father of a multitude of nations have I made thee.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:6 - And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes.

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

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:13 - And Jehovah said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, who am old?

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:17 - And Jehovah said, Shall I hide from Abraham that which I do;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:18 - seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:19 - For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Jehovah, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Jehovah may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:22 - And the men turned from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before Jehovah.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:27 - And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, who am but dust and ashes:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:33 - And Jehovah went his way, as soon as he had left off communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:27 - And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he had stood before Jehovah:

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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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:1 - And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the land of the South, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur; and he sojourned in Gerar.

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

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:10 - And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:14 - And Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and men-servants and women-servants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:17 - And Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maid-servants; and they bare children.

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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.

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

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

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

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:7 - And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should give children suck? for I have borne him a son in his old age.

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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.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:10 - Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this handmaid and her son: for the son of this handmaid shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.

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

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

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

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

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:25 - And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of the well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:27 - And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and they two made a covenant.

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

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

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

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

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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

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