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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 a father of many nations have I made thee.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:15 - And God said to 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 to him that is a hundred years old? and shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear?

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:22 - And he ceased 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 same day, as God had said to him.

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

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

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

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

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:13 - And the LORD said to Abraham, Why did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I certainly 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 the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing 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 know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they will keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:22 - And the men turned their faces from thence, and went towards Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.

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

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

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:27 - And Abraham rose early in the morning, to the place were he stood before the LORD:

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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 towards the south country, and dwelt between Kadash and Shur, and 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 to him, What has thou done to us? and in what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds to me that ought not to be done.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:10 - And Abimelech said to 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 to Abraham, and restored to him Sarah his wife.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:18 - For the LORD had made barren all the females of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:2 - For Sarah conceived and bore 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 to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:4 - And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac, being 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 to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:7 - And she said, Who would have said to Abraham, that Sarah shall nurse children? 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 the day that Isaac was weaned.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:10 - Wherefore, she said to Abraham, Cast out this bond-woman, and her son: for the son of this bond-woman 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, because of his son.

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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 bond-woman; in all that Sarah hath said to thee, hearken to her voice: for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:14 - And Abraham rose early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it to Hagar (putting it on her shoulder) and 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 Phichol the chief captain of his host, spoke to 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 a 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 to Abimelech: and both of them 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 to 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 tempted Abraham, and said to him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.

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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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