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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 begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 11:27

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 11:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:29 - And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife Milcah, the 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 with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran, and dwelt there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:1 - Now the LORD had said to Abram, Depart from thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, to a land that I will show thee:

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:4 - So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken to him, and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed from 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 substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went to go forth 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 Sichem, to the plain 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 the LORD appeared to Abram, and said, To thy seed will I give this land: and there he erected an altar to the LORD, who appeared to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:9 - And Abram journeyed, going on still towards the south.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:10 - And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to dwell 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, that when Abram had come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:16 - And he treated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he-asses, and men-servants, and maid-servants, and she-asses, and camels.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 12:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:17 - And the LORD afflicted 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 that thou hast done to me? why didst thou not tell me that she is thy wife?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:1 - And Abram returned from Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into 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, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.

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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 a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelt then in the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 13:8

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 13:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:12 - Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent towards Sodom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:14 - And the LORD said to Abram, after Lot was separated 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 removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 14:12

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:13 - And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:14 - And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them to Dan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:19 - And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:21 - And the king of Sodom said to Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to 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 my hand to the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 14:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:23 - That I will not take from a thread even to a shoe-latchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest 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 the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:2 - And Abram said, Lord GOD, 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, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and lo, one born in my house is my heir.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 15:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:11 - And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 15:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:12 - And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and lo, a horror of 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 certainly that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and 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 - In that same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, To thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:1 - Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bore him no children: and she had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:2 - And Sarai said to Abram, Behold, now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee go in to my maid; it may be that I may obtain children 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 her maid, the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:5 - And Sarai said to Abram, my wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:6 - But Abram said to Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:15 - And Hagar bore Abram a son: and Abram called his son's name, which Hagar bore, Ishmael.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 16:16

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 when Abram was ninety and nine years old, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said to him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou 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 - 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 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 LORD the God, who chosest Abram, and broughtest him forth from Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;
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