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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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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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 -

Terah H8646 lived H2421 seventy H7657 years H8141, and fathered H3205 Abram H87, Nahor H5152, and Haran H2039.

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Now these H428 are the records of the generations H8435 of Terah H8646. Terah H8646 fathered H3205 Abram H87, Nahor H5152, and Haran H2039; and Haran H2039 fathered H3205 Lot H3876.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:29 - Abram H87 and Nahor H5152 took H3947 wives H802 for themselves. The name H8034 of Abram’s H87 wife H802 was Sarai H8297, and the name H8034 of Nahor’s H5152 wife H802 was Milcah H4435, the daughter H1323 of Haran H2039, the father H1 of Milcah H4435 [fn]and Iscah H3252.

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Now Terah H8646 took H3947 his son H1121 Abram H87, and Lot H3876 the son H1121 of Haran H2039, his grandson H1121, and his daughter-in-law H3618 Sarai H8297, his son H1121 Abram’s H87 wife H802, and they departed H3318 [fn]together H854 from Ur H218 of the Chaldeans H3778 to go H1980 to the land H776 of Canaan H3667; and they went H935 as far H5704 as Haran H2771 and [fn]settled H3427 there H8033.

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Now the LORD H3068 said H559 to Abram H87,

“Go H1980 from your country H776,

And from your relatives H4138

And from your father’s H1 house H1004,

To the land H776 which H834 I will show H7200 you;

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So Abram H87 went H1980 away as the LORD H3068 had spoken H1696 to him; and Lot H3876 went H1980 with him. Now Abram H87 was seventy-five H7657 years H8141 old H1121 when he departed H3318 from Haran H2771.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:5 - Abram H87 took H3947 his wife H802 Sarai H8297 and his nephew H1121 H251 Lot H3876, and all H3605 their possessions H7399 which H834 they had accumulated H7408, and the [fn]people H5315 which H834 they had acquired H6213 in Haran H2771, and they [fn]set H3318 H1980 out for the land H776 of Canaan H3667; so they came H935 to the land H776 of Canaan H3667.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:6 - Abram H87 passed H5674 through the land H776 as far H5704 as the site H4725 of Shechem H7927, to the [fn]oak H436 of Moreh H4176. Now the Canaanites H3669 were in the land H776 at H227 that H227 time H227.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:7 - And the LORD H3068 appeared H7200 to Abram H87 and said H559, “To your [fn]descendants H2233 I will give H5414 this H2088 land H776.” So he built H1129 an altar H4196 there H8033 to the LORD H3068 who had appeared H7200 to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:9 - Then Abram H87 journeyed H5265 on H5265, continuing H1980 H5265 toward the [fn]Negev H5045.

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Now there was a famine H7458 in the land H776; so Abram H87 went H3381 down H3381 to Egypt H4714 to live H1481 there H8033 for H1481 a H1481 time H1481, because H3588 the famine H7458 was severe H3515 in the land H776.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:14 - Now it came H1961 about H1961, when Abram H87 entered H935 Egypt H4714, that the Egyptians H4713 [fn]saw H7200 that the woman H802 was very H3966 beautiful H3303.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:16 - Therefore he treated H3190 Abram H87 well H3190 for her sake H5668; and [fn]he gave H1961 him sheep H6629, oxen H1241, male H2543 donkeys H2543, male H5650 servants H5650 and female H8198 servants H8198, female H860 donkeys H860, and camels H1581.

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But the LORD H3068 struck H5060 Pharaoh H6547 and his house H1004 with great H1419 plagues H5061 because H5921 H1697 of Sarai H8297, Abram’s H87 wife H802.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:18 - Then Pharaoh H6547 called H7121 Abram H87 and said H559, “What H4100 is this H2088 that you have done H6213 to me? Why H4100 did you not tell H5046 me that she was your wife H802?

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So Abram H87 went H5927 up H5927 from Egypt H4714 to the [fn]Negev H5045, he and his wife H802 and all H3605 that belonged to him, and Lot H3876 with him.

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Now Abram H87 was very H3966 rich H3515 in livestock H4735, silver H3701, and gold H2091.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:4 - to the place H4725 of the altar H4196 which H834 he had made H6213 there H8033 previously H7223; and there H8033 Abram H87 called H7121 on the name H8034 of the LORD H3068.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:5 - Now Lot H3876, who went H1980 with Abram H87, also H1571 had H1961 flocks H6629, herds H1241, and tents H168.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:7 - And there was strife H7379 between H996 the herdsmen H7462 of Abram’s H87 livestock H4735 and the herdsmen H7462 of Lot’s H3876 livestock H4735. Now the Canaanites H3669 and the Perizzites H6522 were living H3427 in the land H776 at H227 that H227 time H227.

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So Abram H87 said H559 to Lot H3876, “Please H4994 let there be no H408 strife H4808 between H996 you and me, nor between H996 my herdsmen H7462 and your herdsmen H7462, for we are relatives H251!

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:12 - Abram H87 [fn]settled H3427 in the land H776 of Canaan H3667, while Lot H3876 [fn]settled H3427 in the cities H5892 of the [fn]vicinity H3603 of the Jordan, and moved H167 his tents H167 as far H5704 as Sodom H5467.

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The LORD H3068 said H559 to Abram H87, after H310 Lot H3876 had separated H6504 from him, “Now H4994 raise H5375 your eyes H5869 and look H7200 from the place H4725 where H834 H8033 you are, northward H6828 and southward H5045, and eastward H6924 and westward H3220;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:18 - Then Abram H87 moved H167 his tent H167 and came H935 and lived H3427 by the [fn]oaks H436 of Mamre H4471, which H834 are in Hebron H2275; and there H8033 he built H1129 an altar H4196 to the LORD H3068.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:12 - They also took H3947 Lot H3876, Abram’s H87 nephew H1121 H251, and his possessions H7399 and departed H1980, for he was living H3427 in Sodom H5467.

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Then [fn]a survivor H6412 came H935 and told H5046 Abram H87 the Hebrew H5680. Now he was residing H7931 by the [fn]oaks H436 of Mamre H4471 the Amorite H567, brother H251 of Eshcol H812 and brother H251 of Aner H6063, and they H1992 were [fn]allies H1167 H1285 with Abram H87.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:14 - When Abram H87 heard H8085 that his relative H251 had been taken H7617 captive H7617, he [fn]led H7324 out H7324 his trained H2593 men H2593, born H3211 in his house H1004, numbering 318 H7969 H3967 H8083 H6240, and went H7291 in H7291 pursuit H7291 as far H5704 as Dan H1835.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:19 - And he blessed H1288 him and said H559,

“Blessed H1288 be Abram H87 of [fn]God H430 Most H5945 High H5945,

[fn]Possessor H7069 of heaven H8064 and earth H776;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:21 - Then the king H4428 of Sodom H5467 said H559 to Abram H87, “Give H5414 the [fn]people H5315 to me and take H3947 the possessions H7399 for yourself.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:22 - But Abram H87 said H559 to the king H4428 of Sodom H5467, “I have [fn]sworn H7311 H3027 to the LORD H3068 [fn]God H430 Most H5945 High H5945, [fn]Possessor H7069 of heaven H8064 and earth H776,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:23 - that I will not take H3947 a thread H2339 or a sandal H5275 strap H8288 or anything H3605 that is yours, so that you do not say H559, ‘I have made H6238 Abram H87 rich H6238.’

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After H310 these H428 things H1697 the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 to Abram H87 in a vision H4236, saying H559,

“Do not fear H3372, Abram H87,

I am a shield H4043 to you;

[fn]Your reward H7939 shall be H7235 very H3966 great H7235.”

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But Abram H87 said H559, “Lord H136 [fn]GOD H3068, what H4100 will You give H5414 me, since I [fn]am H1980 childless H6185, and the [fn]heir H1121 H4943 of my house H1004 is Eliezer H461 of Damascus H1834?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:3 - Abram H87 also said H559, “[fn]Since H2005 You have given H5414 me no H3808 [fn]son H2233, [fn]one H1121 who has been born H1121 in my house H1004 is H3423 my heir H3423.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:11 - And birds H5861 of H5861 prey H5861 came H3381 down H3381 upon the carcasses H6297, and Abram H87 drove H5380 them away H5380.

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Now when the sun H8121 was going H935 down, a deep H8639 sleep H8639 fell H5307 upon Abram H87; and behold H2009, [fn]terror H367 and great H1419 darkness H2825 fell H5307 upon him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:13 - Then God said H559 to Abram H87, “Know H3045 for H3045 certain H3045 that your [fn]descendants H2233 will be strangers H1616 in a land H776 that is not theirs H1992, [fn]where they will be enslaved H5647 and oppressed H6031 for four H702 hundred H3967 years H8141.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:18 - On that day H3117 the LORD H3068 made H3772 a covenant H1285 with Abram H87, saying H559,

“To your [fn]descendants H2233 I have given H5414 this H2088 land H776,

From the river H5104 of Egypt H4714 as far H5704 as the great H1419 river H5104, the river H5104 Euphrates H6578:

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Now Sarai H8297, Abram’s H87 wife H802, had not borne H3205 him a H3205 child H3205, but she had an Egyptian H4713 slave H8198 woman H8198 whose name H8034 was Hagar H1904.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:2 - So Sarai H8297 said H559 to Abram H87, “See H2009 now H4994, the LORD H3068 has prevented H6113 me from bearing H3205 children. Please H4994 have H935 relations H935 with H935 my slave H8198 woman H8198; perhaps H194 I will [fn]obtain H1129 children H1129 through H4480 her.” And Abram H87 listened H8085 to the voice H6963 of Sarai H8297.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:3 - And so after H4480 Abram H87 had lived H3427 ten H6235 years H8141 in the land H776 of Canaan H3667, Abram’s H87 wife H802 Sarai H8297 took H3947 Hagar H1904 the Egyptian H4713, her slave H8198 woman H8198, and gave H5414 her to her husband H376 Abram H87 as his wife H802.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:5 - So Sarai H8297 said H559 to Abram H87, “May the wrong H2555 done to me be upon you! I put H5414 my slave H8198 woman H8198 into your [fn]arms H2436, but when she saw H7200 that she had conceived H2029, I was H7043 insignificant H7043 in her [fn]sight H5869. May the LORD H3068 judge H8199 between H996 [fn]you and me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:6 - But Abram H87 said H559 to Sarai H8297, “Look H2009, your slave H8198 woman H8198 is in your [fn]power H3027; do H6213 to her what H2896 is H2896 good H2896 in your [fn]sight H5869.” So Sarai H8297 treated H6031 her harshly H6031, and she fled H1272 from her presence H6440.

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So Hagar H1904 bore H3205 a son H1121 to Abram H87; and Abram H87 named H7121 H8034 his son H1121, to whom H834 Hagar H1904 gave H3205 birth H3205, Ishmael H3458.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:16 - Abram H87 was eighty-six H8084 years H8141 old H1121 when Hagar H1904 bore H3205 Ishmael H3458 to [fn]him.

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Now when Abram H87 was ninety-nine H8673 H8672 years H8141 old H1121, the LORD H3068 appeared H7200 to Abram H87 and said H559 to him,

“I am [fn]God H410 Almighty H7706;

Walk H1980 before H6440 Me, and be [fn]blameless H8549.

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Abram H87 fell H5307 on his face H6440, and God H430 talked H1696 with him, saying H559,

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“No H3808 longer H5750 shall you be named H7121 H8034 [fn]Abram H87,

But your name H8034 shall be [fn]Abraham H85;

For I have made H5414 you the father H1 of a multitude H1995 of nations H1471.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:27 - and Abram H87, that is Abraham H85.

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“You are the LORD H3068 God H430,

Who H834 chose H977 Abram H87

And brought H3318 him out H3318 from Ur H218 of the Chaldees H3778,

And gave H7760 him the name H8034 Abraham H85.

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