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אַבְרָהָם

ʼAbrâhâm · Hebrew · Strong's H85 · 175 occurrences

The KJV renders 2 different Hebrew and Greek words as “abraham”

What it means

Abraham, the later name of Abram

contracted from H1 (אָב) and an unused root (probably meaning to be populous); father of a multitude;

How the KJV renders it

abraham

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

abraham
also renders Abraám (G11)

Questions this word decides

Where it appears

175 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.

1 Chronicles 1:27 HNp1 Chronicles 1:28 HNp1 Chronicles 1:32 HNp1 Chronicles 1:34 HNp1 Chronicles 16:16 HNp1 Chronicles 29:18 HNp1 Kings 18:36 HNp2 Chronicles 20:7 HNp2 Chronicles 30:6 HNp2 Kings 13:23 HNpDeuteronomy 1:8 HR/NpDeuteronomy 6:10 HR/NpDeuteronomy 9:5 HR/NpDeuteronomy 9:27 HR/NpDeuteronomy 29:13 HR/NpDeuteronomy 30:20 HR/NpDeuteronomy 34:4 HR/NpExodus 2:24 HNpExodus 3:6 HNpExodus 3:15 HNpExodus 3:16 HNpExodus 4:5 HNpExodus 6:3 HNpExodus 6:8 HR/NpExodus 32:13 HR/NpExodus 33:1 HR/NpEzekiel 33:24 HNpGenesis 17:5 HNpGenesis 17:9 HNpGenesis 17:15 HNpGenesis 17:17 HNpGenesis 17:18 HNpGenesis 17:22 HNpGenesis 17:23 HNpGenesis 17:24 HC/NpGenesis 17:26 HNpGenesis 18:6 HNpGenesis 18:7 HNpGenesis 18:11 HC/NpGenesis 18:13 HNpGenesis 18:16 HC/NpGenesis 18:17 HR/NpGenesis 18:18 HC/NpGenesis 18:19 HNpGenesis 18:22 HC/NpGenesis 18:23 HNpGenesis 18:27 HNpGenesis 18:33 HC/NpGenesis 19:27 HNpGenesis 19:29 HNpGenesis 20:1 HNpGenesis 20:2 HNpGenesis 20:9 HR/NpGenesis 20:10 HNpGenesis 20:11 HNpGenesis 20:14 HR/NpGenesis 20:17 HNpGenesis 20:18 HNpGenesis 21:2 HR/NpGenesis 21:3 HNp

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.