אַבְרָהָם avraham

Hebrew word for “Abraham” · Strong’s H85 · used 175 times in 159 verses

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Meaning

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.11.26;

How it is translated

Glosses given for avraham in context, with how often each is used:

• abraham 174
• belonged to abraham 1

Where it is used

Also in 4 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Genesis 21 (18), Genesis 22 (16), Genesis 18 (12), Genesis 24 (12), Genesis 23 (11), Genesis 17 (9), Genesis 25 (9), Genesis 20 (8), Genesis 26 (6), 1 Chronicles 1 (4)

Forms

• אברהם 139
• לאברהם 27
• ואברהם 8
• מאברהם 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with avraham more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• יִצְחָק yitschaq “Isaac” 52
• שָׂרָה sarah “Sarah” 19
• יַעֲקֹב yaaqov “Jacob” 27
• אָב av “father” 28
• זֶרַע zera “seed” 16
• שָׁבַע shava “to swear” 15
• אֲבִימֶלֶךְ avimelekh “Abimelech” 11
• יָלַד yalad “to beget” 15
• חֵת chet “Heth” 8
• עֶבֶד eved “servant/slave” 16
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 18
• אֵת et “with” 15

Key verses

The verses using avraham that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 18:19 — For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the…
• Genesis 26:3 — Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the…
• Genesis 28:13 — And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give…
• Genesis 48:15 — And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day,
• Genesis 48:16 — The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow…
• Genesis 50:24 — And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and…
• Exodus 3:6 — Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look…
• Exodus 3:15 — And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the…
• 1 Kings 18:36 — And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of…
• Isaiah 41:8 — But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
• Isaiah 63:16 — Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, art our father, our redeemer; thy name is from…
• Micah 7:20 — Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.