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Abram

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H87

אַבְרָם

av.ram — Abram

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.11.26; son of: Terah (H8646); brother of: Nahor (H5152H), Haran (H2039) and Sarah (H8283); married to Sarah (H8283), Hagar (H1904) and Keturah (H6989); father of: Ishmael (H3458), Isaac (H3327), Zimran (H2175), Jokshan (H3370), Medan (H4091), Midian (H4080), Ishbak (H3435) and Shuah (H7744); also called Abram at Gen.11.26--17.5; 2x Another name of av.ra.ham (אַבְרָהָם "Abraham" H0085) § Abram = "exalted father" original name of Abraham

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H85

אַבְרָהָם

av.ra.ham — Abraham

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.11.26; son of: Terah (H8646); brother of: Nahor (H5152H), Haran (H2039) and Sarah (H8283); married to Sarah (H8283), Hagar (H1904) and Keturah (H6989); father of: Ishmael (H3458), Isaac (H3327), Zimran (H2175), Jokshan (H3370), Medan (H4091), Midian (H4080), Ishbak (H3435) and Shuah (H7744); also called Abram at Gen.11.26--17.5; 2x § Abraham = "father of a multitude" or "chief of multitude" friend of God and founder of Hebrew nation via God's elective covenant

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8297

שָׂרַי

sa.ray — Sarai

A woman living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.11.29; daughter of: Terah (H8646); sister of: Abraham (H0085), Nahor (H5152H) and Haran (H2039); married to Abraham (H0085); mother of: Isaac (H3327); also called Sarai at Gen.11.29,30,31; 12.5,11,17; 16.1,2,3,5,6,8; 17.15; Another name of sa.rah (שָׂרָה "Sarah" H8283) § Sarai = "princess" original name of Sarah the wife of Abram or Abraham

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4176

מוֹרֶה

mo.reh — Moreh

§ Moreh = "teacher" the oak tree at Shechem where Abram stopped when he first entered Canaan; close to the mountains of Ebal and Gerizim

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4442

מַלְכִּי־צֶ֫דֶק

mal.ki-tse.deq — Melchizedek

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.14.18 Also named: Melchisedek (Μελχισεδέκ "Melchizedek" G3198) § Melchizedek = "my king is Sedek" king of Salem and priest of the Most High God to whom Abram paid tithe after the battle he fought to free Lot; 'the order of Melchizedek' the order of the priesthood to which Christ belongs

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7740

שָׁוֵה

sha.veh — Shaveh

§ Shaveh = "plain" or "level plain" the valley where the king of Sodom met Abram after a battle

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6935

קַדְמֹנִי

qad.mo.ni — Kadmonite

Someone descended from Kadmon(?), only mentioned at Gen.15.19 § Kadmonites = "easterners" a people who occupied the land of Canaan when God promised it to Abram

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Historical dictionary entry

Exalted father. (see ABRAHAM.)

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.

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