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Lexicon :: Strong's H85 - 'aḇrāhām

Aa
אַבְרָהָם
Transliteration
'aḇrāhām
Pronunciation
ab-raw-hawm'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Contracted from אָב (H1) and an unused root (probably meaning to be populous)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 4b

Strong’s Definitions

אַבְרָהָם ʼAbrâhâm, ab-raw-hawm'; contracted from H1 and an unused root (probably meaning to be populous); father of a multitude; Abraham, the later name of Abram:—Abraham.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 175x

The KJV translates Strong's H85 in the following manner: Abraham (175x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 175x
The KJV translates Strong's H85 in the following manner: Abraham (175x).

  1. Abraham = "father of a multitude" or "chief of multitude"

    1. friend of God and founder of Hebrew nation via God's elective covenant

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אַבְרָהָם ʼAbrâhâm, ab-raw-hawm'; contracted from H1 and an unused root (probably meaning to be populous); father of a multitude; Abraham, the later name of Abram:—Abraham.
STRONGS H85: Abbreviations
אַבְרָהָם Abraham Genesis 17:5, 9, 15 172 times OT.

This is a portion of the full BDB entry H87.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

17:5; 17:9; 17:15

H85

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H85 matches the Hebrew אַבְרָהָם ('aḇrāhām),
which occurs 175 times in 159 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 4 (Gen 22:3–Gen 26:5)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:3 - The next morning Abraham got up early. He saddled his donkey and took two of his servants with him, along with his son, Isaac. Then he chopped wood for a fire for a burnt offering and set out for the place God had told him about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:4 - On the third day of their journey, Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:5 - “Stay here with the donkey,” Abraham told the servants. “The boy and I will travel a little farther. We will worship there, and then we will come right back.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:6 - So Abraham placed the wood for the burnt offering on Isaac’s shoulders, while he himself carried the fire and the knife. As the two of them walked on together,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:7 - Isaac turned to Abraham and said, “Father?”
“Yes, my son?” Abraham replied.
“We have the fire and the wood,” the boy said, “but where is the sheep for the burnt offering?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:8 - “God will provide a sheep for the burnt offering, my son,” Abraham answered. And they both walked on together.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:9 - When they arrived at the place where God had told him to go, Abraham built an altar and arranged the wood on it. Then he tied his son, Isaac, and laid him on the altar on top of the wood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:10 - And Abraham picked up the knife to kill his son as a sacrifice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:11 - At that moment the angel of the LORD called to him from heaven, “Abraham! Abraham!”
“Yes,” Abraham replied. “Here I am!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:13 - Then Abraham looked up and saw a ram caught by its horns in a thicket. So he took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering in place of his son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:14 - Abraham named the place Yahweh-Yireh (which means “the LORD will provide”). To this day, people still use that name as a proverb: “On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:15 - Then the angel of the LORD called again to Abraham from heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:19 - Then they returned to the servants and traveled back to Beersheba, where Abraham continued to live.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:20 - Soon after this, Abraham heard that Milcah, his brother Nahor’s wife, had borne Nahor eight sons.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:23 - (Bethuel became the father of Rebekah.) In addition to these eight sons from Milcah,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:2 - she died at Kiriath-arba (now called Hebron) in the land of Canaan. There Abraham mourned and wept for her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:3 - Then, leaving her body, he said to the Hittite elders,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:5 - The Hittites replied to Abraham,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:7 - Then Abraham bowed low before the Hittites

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:10 - Ephron was sitting there among the others, and he answered Abraham as the others listened, speaking publicly before all the Hittite elders of the town.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:12 - Abraham again bowed low before the citizens of the land,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:14 - Ephron answered Abraham,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:16 - So Abraham agreed to Ephron’s price and paid the amount he had suggested—400 pieces of silver, weighed according to the market standard. The Hittite elders witnessed the transaction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:18 - It was transferred to Abraham as his permanent possession in the presence of the Hittite elders at the city gate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:19 - Then Abraham buried his wife, Sarah, there in Canaan, in the cave of Machpelah, near Mamre (also called Hebron).

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:20 - So the field and the cave were transferred from the Hittites to Abraham for use as a permanent burial place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:1 - Abraham was now a very old man, and the LORD had blessed him in every way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:2 - One day Abraham said to his oldest servant, the man in charge of his household, “Take an oath by putting your hand under my thigh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:6 - “No!” Abraham responded. “Be careful never to take my son there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:9 - So the servant took an oath by putting his hand under the thigh of his master, Abraham. He swore to follow Abraham’s instructions.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:12 - “O LORD, God of my master, Abraham,” he prayed. “Please give me success today, and show unfailing love to my master, Abraham.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:15 - Before he had finished praying, he saw a young woman named Rebekah coming out with her water jug on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel, who was the son of Abraham’s brother Nahor and his wife, Milcah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:27 - “Praise the LORD, the God of my master, Abraham,” he said. “The LORD has shown unfailing love and faithfulness to my master, for he has led me straight to my master’s relatives.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:34 - “I am Abraham’s servant,” he explained.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:42

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:42 - “So today when I came to the spring, I prayed this prayer: ‘O LORD, God of my master, Abraham, please give me success on this mission.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:48

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:48 - “Then I bowed low and worshiped the LORD. I praised the LORD, the God of my master, Abraham, because he had led me straight to my master’s niece to be his son’s wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:52

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:52 - When Abraham’s servant heard their answer, he bowed down to the ground and worshiped the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:59

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:59 - So they said good-bye to Rebekah and sent her away with Abraham’s servant and his men. The woman who had been Rebekah’s childhood nurse went along with her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:1 - Abraham married another wife, whose name was Keturah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:5 - Abraham gave everything he owned to his son Isaac.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:6 - But before he died, he gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them off to a land in the east, away from Isaac.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:7 - Abraham lived for 175 years,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:8 - and he died at a ripe old age, having lived a long and satisfying life. He breathed his last and joined his ancestors in death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:10 - This was the field Abraham had purchased from the Hittites and where he had buried his wife Sarah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:11 - After Abraham’s death, God blessed his son Isaac, who settled near Beer-lahai-roi in the Negev.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:12 - This is the account of the family of Ishmael, the son of Abraham through Hagar, Sarah’s Egyptian servant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:19 - This is the account of the family of Isaac, the son of Abraham.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:1 - A severe famine now struck the land, as had happened before in Abraham’s time. So Isaac moved to Gerar, where Abimelech, king of the Philistines, lived.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:3 - Live here as a foreigner in this land, and I will be with you and bless you. I hereby confirm that I will give all these lands to you and your descendants,[fn] just as I solemnly promised Abraham, your father.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:5 - I will do this because Abraham listened to me and obeyed all my requirements, commands, decrees, and instructions.”

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3. LOAD PAGE 3 Gen 26:15–Psa 105:6

4. LOAD PAGE 4 Psa 105:9–Mic 7:20

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