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Lexicon :: Strong's H87 - 'aḇrām

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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).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 became H3205 the father H3205 of Abram, H87 Nahor H5152 and Haran. H2039

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:27 - Now these H428 are the records of the generations H8435 of Terah. H8646 Terah H8646 became H3205 the father H3205 of Abram, H87 Nahor H5152 and Haran; H2039 and Haran H2039 became H3205 the father H3205 of 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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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:31 - Terah H8646 took H3947 Abram H87 his son, H1121 and Lot H3876 the son H1121 of Haran, H2039 his grandson, H1121 and Sarai H8297 his daughter-in-law, H3618 his son H1121 Abram’s H87 wife; H802 and they went H3318 out [fn]together H854 from Ur H218 of the Chaldeans H3778 in order to enter H1980 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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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:1 - Now the LORD H3068 said H559 to Abram, H87
“[fn]Go H1980 forth 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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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:4 - So Abram H87 went H1980 forth 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 Sarai H8297 his wife H802 and Lot H3876 his nephew, H1121 H251 and all H3605 their possessions H7399 which H834 they had accumulated, H7408 and the [fn]persons H5315 which H834 they had acquired H6213 in Haran, H2771 and they [fn]set H3318 H1980 out for the land H776 of Canaan; H3667 thus they came H935 to the land H776 of Canaan. H3667

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:7 - 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 - Abram H87 journeyed H5265 on, continuing H1980 H5265 toward the [fn]Negev. H5045

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:10 - Now there was a famine H7458 in the land; H776 so Abram H87 went H3381 down H3381 to Egypt H4714 to sojourn H1481 there, H8033 for the famine H7458 was severe H3515 in the land. H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:14 - It came H1961 about when Abram H87 came H935 into Egypt, H4714 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]gave H1961 him sheep H6629 and oxen H1241 and donkeys H2543 and male H5650 and female H8198 servants H8198 and female H860 donkeys H860 and camels. H1581

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:17 - 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 you have done H6213 to me? Why H4100 did you not tell H5046 me that she was your wife? H802

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:1 - So Abram H87 went H5927 up 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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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:2 - Now Abram H87 was very H3966 rich H3515 in livestock, H4735 in silver H3701 and in 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 formerly; 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 and 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 Canaanite H3669 and the Perizzite H6522 were dwelling H3427 then H227 in the land. H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:8 - 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 brothers. 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]valley, H3603 and moved H167 his tents H167 as far H5704 as Sodom. H5467

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:14 - The LORD H3068 said H559 to Abram, H87 after H310 Lot H3876 had separated H6504 from him, “Now H4994 lift H5375 up 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 dwelt 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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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:13 - Then [fn]a fugitive H6412 came H935 and told H5046 Abram H87 the Hebrew. H5680 Now he was [fn]living H7931 by the [fn]oaks H436 of Mamre H4471 the Amorite, H567 brother H251 of Eshcol H812 and brother H251 of Aner, H6063 and these H1992 were [fn]allies H1167 H1285 with Abram. H87

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:14

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:19 - 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 - The king H4428 of Sodom H5467 said H559 to Abram, H87 “Give H5414 the [fn]people H5315 to me and take H3947 the goods H7399 for yourself.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:22 - 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 - that I will not take H3947 a thread H2339 or a sandal H5275 thong H8288 or anything H3605 that is yours, for fear you would say, H559 ‘I have made H6238 Abram H87 rich.’ H6238

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:1 - 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 very H3966 great.” H7235

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:2 - Abram H87 said, H559 “O 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 - And Abram H87 said, H559 “[fn]Since H2005 You have given H5414 no H3808 [fn]offspring H2233 to me, [fn]one H1121 born H1121 in my house H1004 is my heir.” H3423

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:11

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:12 - 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 - God said H559 to Abram, H87 “Know H3045 for 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 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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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:1 - Now Sarai, H8297 Abram’s H87 wife H802 had borne H3205 him no H3808 children, and she had an Egyptian H4713 maid H8198 whose name H8034 was Hagar. H1904

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:2 - So Sarai H8297 said H559 to Abram, H87 “Now H4994 behold, H2009 the LORD H3068 has prevented H6113 me from bearing H3205 children. Please H4994 go H935 in to my maid; 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 - After H4480 Abram H87 had [fn]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 maid, H8198 and gave H5414 her to her husband H376 Abram H87 as his wife. H802

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:5 - And Sarai H8297 said H559 to Abram, H87 “May the wrong H2555 done me be upon you. I gave H5414 my maid H8198 into your [fn]arms, H2436 but when she saw H7200 that she had conceived, H2029 I was despised 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 “Behold, H2009 your maid H8198 is in your [fn]power; H3027 do H6213 to her what H2896 is 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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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:15 - So Hagar H1904 bore H3205 Abram H87 a son; H1121 and Abram H87 called H7121 the name H8034 of his son, H1121 whom H834 Hagar H1904 bore, 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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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:1 - 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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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:3 - Abram H87 fell H5307 on his face, H6440 and God H430 talked H1696 with him, saying, H559

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:5 - “No H3808 longer H5750 shall your name H8034 be called H7121 [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 - Abram, H87 that is Abraham. H85

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:7 - “You are the LORD H3068 God, H430
Who H834 chose H977 Abram H87
And brought H3318 him out from Ur H218 of the Chaldees, H3778
And gave H7760 him the name H8034 Abraham. H85
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