Lexicon
אַבְרָהָם
av.ra.ham
H0085
N:N-M-P Hebrew

Abraham

175
Occurrences
16
Books
Hebrew
Language

av.ra.ham is the proper name of the man identified in genealogies, covenant promises, and accounts involving his household.

The noun functions consistently as a proper name for the individual who is named in family lines, addressed by God, and recalled in promises concerning offspring, land, and covenant. Genesis 17:5 identifies the name in contrast to Abram, while later passages invoke the same named person alongside Isaac and Jacob.

Senses in use

  1. Proper name for the covenant and family figure · dominant

    The supplied form is tagged Noun · Proper throughout. In Genesis 17:5 the APB renders God’s statement that the man’s name will no longer be Abram but Abraham; Genesis 17:23 places him with Ishmael, his household, and the circumcision command. In Exodus 33:1 and Deuteronomy 34:4, the APB renders the land as sworn to him together with Isaac and Jacob.

In the Anselm Paraphrase: Across the cited verses, the APB presents the term as the personal name “Abraham,” whether in direct address, genealogy, household narration, or covenant recollection. Because the paraphrase is not word-aligned, its surrounding descriptions of promises and relationships confirm the verse context rather than supplying separate meanings for the name.

Across Scripture