Brown-Driver-Briggs אַבְרָם proper name, masculine (id., Thes and others exalted father) Abram Genesis 11:26,27 57t. Genesis (to Genesis 17:5) + 1 Chronicles 1:27; Nehemiah 9:7; = אַבְרָהָם Abraham Genesis 17:5,9,15 172t. 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 Genesis 49:21 with Isaiah 41:21; so that אֲבִר הָם chief of multitude is the new name of Genesis 17:5 (הָם) √ המה). SpiegelbRandglossen 14 compare Palestinian proper name geography µ‡r° °brru = חקל אברם (compage Egyptian article masculine), in Sheshonk list. As regards etymology, Nöl.c. and others explained as 'the father [a divine title] is exalted' (compare יְהוֺרָם, מַלְכִּירָם, חִירָם[אֲ]). Forms and Transliterations אַבְרָ֑ם אַבְרָ֔ם אַבְרָ֖ם אַבְרָ֗ם אַבְרָ֜ם אַבְרָ֣ם אַבְרָ֤ם אַבְרָ֧ם אַבְרָ֨ם אַבְרָֽם׃ אַבְרָם֙ אַבְרָם֩ אַבְרָם֮ אברם אברם׃ בְּאַבְרָ֔ם באברם וְאַבְרָ֕ם וְאַבְרָ֖ם וְאַבְרָ֗ם וּלְאַבְרָ֥ם ואברם ולאברם לְאַבְרָ֔ם לְאַבְרָ֖ם לְאַבְרָ֗ם לְאַבְרָ֣ם לְאַבְרָ֥ם לְאַבְרָֽם׃ לאברם לאברם׃ ’aḇ·rām ’aḇrām avRam bə’aḇrām bə·’aḇ·rām beavRam lə’aḇrām lə·’aḇ·rām leavRam ū·lə·’aḇ·rām ulavRam ūlə’aḇrām veavRam wə’aḇrām wə·’aḇ·rāmLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts |