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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - אַבְרָהָם

אַבְרָהָם

H85

Transliteration: ʼAbrâhâm

Pronunciation: ab-raw-hawm'

Definition: Abraham


Original: אברהם

Transliteration: 'abrâhâm

Phonetic: ab-raw-hawm'

BDB Definition:

Abraham = "father of a multitude" or " chief of multitude"
  1. friend of God and founder of Hebrew nation via God's elective covenant

Origin: contracted from H1" class="dictionary-topic-link">H1 and an unused root (probably meaning to be populous)

TWOT entry: 4b

Part(s) of speech: Proper Name Masculine


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