Lexical Summary Abraam: Abraham, the Hebrew patriarch Original Word: ἈβραάμTransliteration: Abraam Phonetic Spelling: (ab-rah-am') Part of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable Short Definition: Abraham, the Hebrew patriarch Meaning: Abraham -- the Hebrew patriarch Strong's Concordance Abraham. Of Hebrew origin ('Abraham); Abraham, the Hebrew patriarch -- Abraham. (In Acts 7:16 the text should probably read Jacob.) see HEBREW 'Abraham Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 11: ἈβραάμἈβραάμ (Rec.t Ἁβραάμ; cf. Tdf. Proleg., p. 106) (Josephus, Ἄβραμος, ), אַבְרָהָם (father of a multitude, cf. Genesis 17:5), Abraham, the renowned founder of the Jewish nation: Matthew 1:1; Matthew 22:32; Luke 19:9; John 8:33; Acts 3:25; Hebrews 7:1ff, and elsewhere. He is extolled by the apostle Paul as a pattern of faith, Romans 4:1ff; Romans 4:17ff; Galatians 3:6 (cf. Hebrews 11:8), on which account all believers in Christ have a claim to the title sons or posterity of Abraham, Galatians 3:7, 29; cf. Romans 4:11. |
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