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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Hebrew - English Dictionary

H85 - Abraham

Strong's No.:H85

Hebrew:אַבְרָהָם

Transliteration:ʼAbrâhâm

Phonetic:ab-raw-hawm'

Word Origin:Contracted from H1 and an unused root (probably meaning to be populous)

Bible Usage:Abraham.

Part of Speech:Proper Name Masculine

Strongs
Definition:

father of a multitude; {Abraham} the later name of Abram


Brown Driver
Biggs Definition:

Abraham = "father of a multitude" or "chief of multitude"

1. friend of God and founder of Hebrew nation via God's elective covenant


Bible References:
Abraham

Translation
Occurrences:
Abraham ( 174 )

 

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.