Abraham
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.
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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.