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Abram
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abram Ábram Abrám Abrâm
English
<dab!>
+ (place)
Pronunciation
en /ˈeɪ.bɹəm/ US
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Abram.wav Southern England
Etymology 1
From en la Abram, from en grc-koi Ἀβράμ, from en he אַבְרָם ʾaḇrām, from he אָב áb father + he רָם rám high, exalted. en Abramo Avram. As an American placename, particularly named for local resident Abram Dillard, a Texas ranger.
Proper noun
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en biblical Abraham, Hebrew patriarch, particularly in his early life. First attested prior to 1150.7
Genesis 12 5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.
I 3 O father Abram, what these Christians are,Whose own hard dealings teaches them suspectThe thoughts of others!
2005–2014, Modern English Version (MEV), Gen. 12:5:
Abram took Sarai his wife, Lot his brother’s son, and all their possessions that they had accumulated, and the people that they had acquired in Harran, and they set out for the land of Canaan. They came to the land of Canaan.
2005–2014, Modern English Version (MEV), Gen. 17:5:
No longer will your name be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.
en male Hebrew. First attested prior to 1150.
en Hebrew < patronymics. First attested prior to 1150.
en CDP co/Hidalgo County s/Texas c/USA.
Derived terms
en Abram-Village Abramson
Related terms
en Abramsky
Translations
Old Testament patriarch
Arabic: ar أَبْرَام m
Armenian: hy Աբրամ
Old Armenian: xcl Աբրամ
Basque: eu Abarran
Cherokee: chr ᎡᏆᎻ
Dutch: nl Abram
Finnish: fi Abram
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy Abram
Galician: gl Abraham
Greek: el Αβράμ
Ancient Greek: grc Ἀβράμ
Hebrew: he אברם m
Irish: ga Abrám m
Italian: it Abramo
Latin: la Abram, la Abramus
Polish: pl Abram m
Portuguese: pt Abraão
Russian: ru Авраа́м
Scottish Gaelic: gd Abram
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Аврам
Latin: sh Avram
Spanish: es Abram
Noun
en obsolete UK thieves' cant en Abraham man1 10
Derived terms
en sham Abram
Adjective
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en obsolete UK thieves insane; mad
en c. 1608–1610 Martin Mark-all, Beadle of Bridewell w:Samuel Rid He maunds Abram, he begs as a madde man.
en obsolete UK thieves naked.
en She's all Abram
Derived terms
naked en Abram cove poor or naked man
Etymology 2
From en ang - Eadburh's (a woman's name) ang ham hām.
Proper noun
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en large village metbor/Wigan co/Greater Manchester cc/England c/UK OS grid ref SD6001. Ward map (Wigan)
en habitational Old English.
References
Anagrams
en aabmr Bamar Brama ambar
Franco-Provençal
Proper noun
frp proper noun 1 frp onch
Abraham
German
Etymology
de he אַבְרָם ʾaḇrām
Pronunciation
de De-Abram.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
m
de male Hebrew Abram
Polish
pl:
thumb|Abram
Etymology
pl :lbor he:אַבְרָם<tr:avrám> 1 1 Abraham
Pronunciation
Pl-Abram.ogg
Proper noun
m-pr
pl uncountable Biblical character Qur'an Abraham prophet in the Old Testament, Qur'an and Aqdas; a Semitic patriarch son of Terah who practiced monotheism, father of the Jewish patriarch Isaac by Sarah and the Arab patriarch Ishmael by Hagar
pl Abraham
pl Faraon zapłacił Abramowi za Saraj sowicie. Pharaoh paid Abram handsomely for Sarai.
pl countable pl m Hebrew
Declension
Abramowie
Proper noun
f 1
pl countable pl f Hebrew
Further reading
pl Qur'an
Romanian
Etymology
ro :bor hu:Ábrány + 1
Pronunciation
ro LL-Q7913 (ron)-KlaudiuMihaila-Abram.wav
Proper noun
m
ro commune county/Bihor c/Romania
ro village commune/Abram county/Bihor c/Romania
Slovene
sl:+ (priimek)
Pronunciation
Ábram
Proper noun
Ábram m-an
sl
Declension
Abram 1
Further reading
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Spanish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m
en Abram Biblical character
es 1602 La Santa Biblia (antigua versión de Casiodoro de Reina) Génesis 12:5 Y tomó Abram á Sarai su mujer, y á Lot hijo de su hermano, y toda su hacienda que habían ganado, y las almas que habían adquirido en Harán, y salieron parair á tierra de Canaán; y á tierra de Canaán llegaron. And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came. (KJV)
es Biblical characters