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Lexicon :: Strong's H87 - 'aḇrām

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

אַבְרָם ʼAbrâm, av-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).

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, av-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; 17:5; 17:5

1 Chronicles

1:27

Nehemiah

9:7

H87

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Strong's Number H87 matches the Hebrew אַבְרָם ('aḇrām),
which occurs 61 times in 50 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:26 - And Terah was seventy years old when he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:27 - These are the generations of Terah: Terah was the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran was the father of Lot.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:29 - And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah and Iscah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:31 - And Terah took Abram, his son, and Lot, the son of Haran, and Sarai, his daughter-in-law, the wife of his son Abram and they went out from Ur of the Chaldees, to go to the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran, and were there for some time.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:1 - Now the Lord said to Abram, Go out from your country and from your family and from your father's house, into the land to which I will be your guide:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:4 - So Abram went as the Lord had said to him, and Lot went with him: Abram was seventy-five years old when he went away from Haran.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:5 - And Abram took Sarai, his wife, and Lot, his brother's son, and all their goods and the servants which they had got in Haran, and they went out to go to the land of Canaan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:6 - And Abram went through the land till he came to Shechem, to the holy tree of Moreh. At that time, the Canaanites were still living in the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:7 - And the Lord came to Abram, and said, I will give all this land to your seed; then Abram made an altar there to the Lord who had let himself be seen by him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:9 - And he went on, journeying still to the South.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:10 - And because there was little food to be had in that land, he went down into Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:14 - And so it was that when Abram came into Egypt, the men of Egypt, looking on the woman, saw that she was fair.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:16 - And because of her, he was good to Abram, and he had sheep and oxen and asses, and men-servants and women-servants, and camels.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:17 - And the Lord sent great troubles on Pharaoh's house because of Sarai, Abram's wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:18 - Then Pharaoh sent for Abram, and said, What have you done to me? why did you not say that she was your wife?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:1 - And Abram went up out of Egypt with his wife and all he had, and Lot with him, and they came in to the South.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:2 - Now Abram had great wealth of cattle and silver and gold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:4 - To the place where he had made his first altar, and there Abram gave worship to the name of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:5 - And Lot, who went with him, had flocks and herds and tents;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:7 - And there was an argument between the keepers of Abram's cattle and the keepers of Lot's cattle: at that time the Canaanites and Perizzites were still living in the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:8 - Then Abram said to Lot, Let there be no argument between me and you, and between my herdmen and your herdmen, for we are brothers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:12 - Abram went on living in the land of Canaan, and Lot went to the lowland towns, moving his tent as far as Sodom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:14 - And the Lord had said to Abram, after Lot was parted from him, From this place where you are take a look to the north and to the south, to the east and to the west:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:18 - And Abram, moving his tent, came and made his living-place by the holy tree of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and made an altar there to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:12 - And in addition they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who was living in Sodom, and all his goods.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:13 - And one who had got away from the fight came and gave word of it to Abram the Hebrew, who was living by the holy tree of Mamre, the Amorite, the brother of Eshcol and Aner, who were friends of Abram.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:14 - And Abram, hearing that his brother's son had been made a prisoner, took a band of his trained men, three hundred and eighteen of them, sons of his house, and went after them as far as Dan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:19 - And blessing him, said, May the blessing of the Most High God, maker of heaven and earth, be on Abram:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:21 - And the king of Sodom said to Abram, Give me the prisoners and take the goods for yourself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:22 - But Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have taken an oath to the Lord, the Most High God, maker of heaven and earth,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:23 - That I will not take so much as a thread or the cord of a shoe of yours; so that you may not say, I have given wealth to Abram:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:1 - After these things, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, Have no fear, Abram: I will keep you safe, and great will be your reward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:2 - And Abram said, What will you give me? for I have no child and this Eliezer of Damascus will have all my wealth after me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:3 - And Abram said, You have given me no child, and a servant in my house will get the heritage.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:11 - And evil birds came down on the bodies, but Abram sent them away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:12 - Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep came on Abram, and a dark cloud of fear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:13 - And he said to Abram, Truly, your seed will be living in a land which is not theirs, as servants to a people who will be cruel to them for four hundred years;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:18 - In that day the Lord made an agreement with Abram, and said, To your seed have I given this land from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:1 - Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had given him no children; and she had a servant, a woman of Egypt whose name was Hagar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:2 - And Sarai said to Abram, See, the Lord has not let me have children; go in to my servant, for I may get a family through her. And Abram did as Sarai said.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:3 - So after Abram had been living for ten years in the land of Canaan, Sarai took Hagar, her Egyptian servant, and gave her to Abram for his wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:5 - And Sarai said to Abram, May my wrong be on you: I gave you my servant for your wife and when she saw that she was with child, she no longer had any respect for me: may the Lord be judge between you and me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:6 - And Abram said, The woman is in your power; do with her whatever seems good to you. And Sarai was cruel to her, so that she went running away from her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:15 - And Hagar gave birth to a child, the son of Abram, to whom Abram gave the name of Ishmael.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:16 - Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar gave birth to Ishmael.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:1 - When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord came to him, and said, I am God, Ruler of all; go in my ways and be upright in all things,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:3 - And Abram went down on his face on the earth, and the Lord God went on talking with him, and said,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:5 - No longer will your name be Abram, but Abraham, for I have made you the father of a number of nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:27 - Abram (that is Abraham).

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:7 - You are the Lord, the God, who took Abram and made him yours, guiding him from Ur of the Chaldees, and gave him the name of Abraham;
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