Lexicon :: Strong's H87 - 'aḇrām

אַבְרָם
Transliteration
'aḇrām
Pronunciation
ab-rawm'
Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Contracted from אֲבִירָם (H48)
Strong’s Definitions

אַבְרָם ʼAbrâm, ab-rawm'; contracted from H48; high father; Abram, the original name of Abraham:—Abram.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 61x

The KJV translates Strong's H87 in the following manner: Abram (61x).

  1. Abram = "exalted father"

    1. original name of Abraham

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אַבְרָם ʼAbrâm, ab-rawm'; contracted from H48; high father; Abram, the original name of Abraham:—Abram.

STRONGS H87: Abbreviations
אַבְרָם proper name, masculine (id., Thes and others exalted father) Abram Genesis 11:26, 27 + 57 times Genesis (to Genesis 17:5) + 1 Chronicles 1:27; Nehemiah 9:7; = אַבְרָהָם Abraham [H85 Genesis 17:5, 9, 15] 172 times 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 [H7200 Genesis 29:32 with Isaiah 53:10]; so that אֲבִר הָם chief of multitude is the new name of Genesis 17:5 (הָם) √ המה).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

11:26; 11:27; 17:5

1 Chronicles

1:27

Nehemiah

9:7