Abraham

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ.bɹə.hæm/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ.bɹə.həm/
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• US: /ˈeɪ.bɹəˌhæm/
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• US: /ˈeɪ.bɹə.həm/
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• poetic: /ˈeɪ.bɹæm/
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• US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• CMU ARPABET: EY1 B R AH0 HH AE2 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Biblical Hebrew אַבְרָהָם (ʔaḇrɔhɔm)bor. Ancient Greek Ἀβρᾱᾱ́μ (Abrāā́m)bor. Latin Ābrahāmbor. Old English Abraham Middle English Abraham English Abraham From Middle English Abraham, from Old English Abraham, from Late Latin Ābrahām, from Ancient Greek Ἀβρᾱᾱ́μ (Abrāā́m), from Hebrew אַבְרָהָם ('aḇrāhām, “Abraham”). Thomas L. Thompson suggests that the meaning of the name in Genesis was forgotten due to its age and that its original meaning was "Father is exalted." Glossed as אַב (aḇ, “father of”) + הֲמוֹן (hăˈmōn, “multitude of”) in Genesis 17:4–5; or from Hebrew אַבְרָם ('aḇrām, “Abram”). Doublet of Ibrahim and Avraham.

237 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: إِبْرَاهِيم (ʔibrāhīm) — prophet in the Old Testament
• Aramaic: ܐܒܪܗܡ — prophet in the Old Testament
• Aramaic: ܐܒܖܗܡ — prophet in the Old Testament
• Armenian: Աբրահամ — prophet in the Old Testament
• Old Armenian: Աբրահամ — prophet in the Old Testament
• Bengali: ইব্রাহীম (ibrahim) — prophet in the Old Testament
• Bourguignon: Aibraihaim — prophet in the Old Testament
• Breton: Abraham — prophet in the Old Testament
• Catalan: Abraham — prophet in the Old Testament
• Cherokee: ᎡᏆᎭᎻ (equahami) — prophet in the Old Testament
• Chinese Cantonese: 亞伯拉罕 /亚伯拉罕 (aa3 baak3 laai1 hon2) — prophet in the Old Testament
• Hakka Chinese: 亞伯拉罕 /亚伯拉罕 (Â-pak-lâ-hón) — prophet in the Old Testament
• Chinese: 亞伯拉罕 /亚伯拉罕 (A-pek-la-hán) — prophet in the Old Testament
• Chinese Mandarin: 亞伯拉罕 /亚伯拉罕 (Yàbólāhǎn) — prophet in the Old Testament
• Chinese Mandarin: 易卜拉欣 (Yìbǔlāxīn) — prophet in the Old Testament
• Coptic: ⲁⲃⲣⲁϩⲁⲙ (abraham) — prophet in the Old Testament
• Coptic: ⲁⲃⲣⲁⲁⲙ (abraam) — prophet in the Old Testament
• Czech: Abrahám — prophet in the Old Testament
• Danish: Abraham — prophet in the Old Testament
• Dhivehi: އިބްރާހީމް (ibrāhīm̊) — prophet in the Old Testament
• Dutch: Abraham — prophet in the Old Testament
• Esperanto: Abrahamo — prophet in the Old Testament
• Ewe: Abraham — prophet in the Old Testament
• Farefare: Abraham — prophet in the Old Testament
• Finnish: Abraham — prophet in the Old Testament
• Finnish: Aabraham — prophet in the Old Testament
• Franco-Provençal: Abran — prophet in the Old Testament
• French: Abraham — prophet in the Old Testament
• Old French: Abraam — prophet in the Old Testament
• Old French: Abreham — prophet in the Old Testament
• Old French: Abrehan — prophet in the Old Testament
• West-Frisian: Abram — prophet in the Old Testament
• Gallo: Abraham — prophet in the Old Testament
• Ge'ez: አብርሃም (ʾäbrəham) — prophet in the Old Testament
• German: Abraham — prophet in the Old Testament
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌼 (abraham) — prophet in the Old Testament
• Greek: Αβραάμ (Avraám) — prophet in the Old Testament
• Ancient Greek: Ἀβραάμ (Abraám) — prophet in the Old Testament
• Hausa: Ibrahim — prophet in the Old Testament
• Hawaiian: ʻAberahama — prophet in the Old Testament
• Hebrew: אַבְרָהָם (avrahám) — prophet in the Old Testament
• Hindi: इब्राहीम (ibrāhīm) — prophet in the Old Testament
• Hungarian: Ábrahám — prophet in the Old Testament
• Icelandic: Abraham — prophet in the Old Testament
• Indonesian: Abraham — prophet in the Old Testament
• Interlingua: Abraham — prophet in the Old Testament
• Irish: Abrahám — prophet in the Old Testament
• Old Irish: Abracham — prophet in the Old Testament
• Italian: Abramo — prophet in the Old Testament
• Japanese: アブラハム (Aburahamu) — prophet in the Old Testament
• Japanese: イブラヒム (Iburahimu) — prophet in the Old Testament
• Kazakh: Ыбырайым (Ybyraiym) — prophet in the Old Testament
• Korean: 아브라함 (Abeuraham) — prophet in the Old Testament
• Korean: 이브라힘 (Ibeurahim) — prophet in the Old Testament
• Central Kurdish: ئیبراھیم (îbrahîm) — prophet in the Old Testament
• Northern Kurdish: Îbrahîm — prophet in the Old Testament
• Latin: Ābrahām — prophet in the Old Testament
• Lisu: ꓮ-ꓐ-ꓡ-ꓦ (ɑ-bɑ-lɑ-h̃ɑ) — prophet in the Old Testament
• Macedonian: Аврам (Avram) — prophet in the Old Testament
• Macedonian: Авраам (Avraam) — prophet in the Old Testament
• Malay: Ibrahim — prophet in the Old Testament
• Malay: Abraham — prophet in the Old Testament
• Maltese: Abramm — prophet in the Old Testament
• Manchu: ᠠᠪᡵᠠᡤᠠᠮ (abragam) — prophet in the Old Testament
• Māori: Aperahama — prophet in the Old Testament
• Marathi: अब्राहम (abrāham) — prophet in the Old Testament
• Navajo: Éíbraham — prophet in the Old Testament
• Norman: Abréhan — prophet in the Old Testament
• Norwegian: Abraham — prophet in the Old Testament
• Old Church Slavonic: Авраамль (Avraamlĭ) — prophet in the Old Testament
• Old Church Slavonic: Авраамъ (Avraamŭ) — prophet in the Old Testament
• Paiwan: Aberaham — prophet in the Old Testament
• Pashto: ابراهيم (ebrāhím) — prophet in the Old Testament
• Persian: ابراهیم (ebrâhim) — prophet in the Old Testament
• Persian: پرهام (parhâm) — prophet in the Old Testament
• Polish: Abraham — prophet in the Old Testament
• Portuguese: Abraão — prophet in the Old Testament
• Punjabi: ਅਬਰਾਹਮ (abarāham) — prophet in the Old Testament
• Rohingya: Ibrahím — prophet in the Old Testament
• Romagnol: Abrâm — prophet in the Old Testament
• Romanian: Avraam — prophet in the Old Testament
• Russian: Авраа́м (Avraám) — prophet in the Old Testament
• Russian: Ибраги́м (Ibragím) — prophet in the Old Testament
• Russian: Ибрахи́м (Ibraxím) — prophet in the Old Testament
• Scottish Gaelic: Abrahàm — prophet in the Old Testament
• Serbo-Croatian: Аврам — prophet in the Old Testament
• Serbo-Croatian: Ибрахим — prophet in the Old Testament
• Serbo-Croatian: Avram — prophet in the Old Testament
• Serbo-Croatian: Ibrahim — prophet in the Old Testament
• Sindhi: ابراھيم (ābrāhem) — prophet in the Old Testament
• Slovak: Abrahám — prophet in the Old Testament
• Somali: Ibraahiim — prophet in the Old Testament
• Spanish: Abraham — prophet in the Old Testament
• Spanish: Abrahán — prophet in the Old Testament
• Swahili: Abrahamu — prophet in the Old Testament
• Swahili: Ibrahimu — prophet in the Old Testament
• Swedish: Abraham — prophet in the Old Testament
• Tajik: Иброҳим (Ibrohim) — prophet in the Old Testament
• Tamil: ஆபிரகாம் (āpirakām) — prophet in the Old Testament
• Tamil: இப்ராஹிம் (iprāhim) — prophet in the Old Testament
• Tatar: Ибраһим (İbrahim) — prophet in the Old Testament
• Thai: อับราฮัม (àp-raa-ham) — prophet in the Old Testament
• Turkish: İbrahim — prophet in the Old Testament
• Urdu: ابراہیم (ibrāhīm) — prophet in the Old Testament
• Uyghur: ئىبراھىم (ibrahim) — prophet in the Old Testament
• Uzbek: Ibrohim — prophet in the Old Testament
• Walloon: Abråm — prophet in the Old Testament
• Walloon: Abraham — prophet in the Old Testament
• Yiddish: אַבֿרהם (Avrohem) — prophet in the Old Testament
• Yoruba: Ábúráhámù — prophet in the Old Testament
• Abkhaz: Ебырҳам (Ebərḥam) — male given name
• Albanian: Ibrahim — male given name
• Arabic: إِبْرَاهِيم (ʔibrāhīm) — male given name
• Arabic: أَبْرَاهَام (ʔabrāhām) — male given name
• Armenian: Աբրահամ — male given name
• Basque: Abarran — male given name
• Bengali: ইব্রাহীম (ibrahim) — male given name
• Breton: Abran — male given name
• Bulgarian: Авра́м (Avrám) — male given name
• Bulgarian: Авраа́м (Avraám) — male given name
• Bulgarian: Ибрахи́м (Ibrahím) — male given name
• Burmese: အာဗြဟံသည် (abra.hamsany) — male given name
• Burmese: အီဘရာဟင် (ibha.rahang) — male given name
• Catalan: Abraham — male given name
• Chinese Mandarin: 亞伯拉罕 /亚伯拉罕 (Yàbólāhǎn) — male given name
• Czech: Abraham — male given name
• Danish: Abraham — male given name
• Dhivehi: އިބްރާހީމް (ibrāhīm̊) — male given name
• Dutch: Abraham — male given name
• Edo: Braima — male given name
• Esperanto: Abraham — male given name
• Estonian: Aabraham — male given name
• Ewe: Abraham — male given name
• Faroese: Ápran — male given name
• Finnish: Aapo — male given name
• Franco-Provençal: Abran — male given name
• French: Abraham — male given name
• Galician: Abraham — male given name
• Galician: Abrahán — male given name
• Greek: Αβραάμ (Avraám) — male given name
• Hausa: Ibrahim — male given name
• Hawaiian: ʻApelahama — male given name
• Hebrew: אַבְרָהָם (avrahám) — male given name
• Hebrew: איברהים (ibrahim) — male given name
• Hindi: अब्राहम (abrāham) — male given name
• Hindi: इब्राहीम (ibrāhīm) — male given name
• Hungarian: Ábrahám — male given name
• Icelandic: Abraham — male given name
• Indonesian: Abraham — male given name
• Indonesian: Ibrahim — male given name
• Interlingua: Abraham — male given name
• Italian: Abramo — male given name
• Japanese: エイブラハム (Eiburahamu) — male given name
• Japanese: アブラハム (Aburahamu) — male given name
• Japanese: イブラヒム (Iburahimu) — male given name
• Kannada: ಅಬ್ರಹಾಂ (abrahāṃ) — male given name
• Kannada: ಇಬ್ರಾಹಿಂ (ibrāhiṃ) — male given name
• Kazakh: Ибрахим (İbraxim) — male given name
• Kazakh: Ыбырайым (Ybyraiym) — male given name
• Kazakh: Ибраһим (İbrahim) — male given name
• Latin: Ābrahām — male given name
• Lisu: ꓮ-ꓐ-ꓡ-ꓦ (ɑ-bɑ-lɑ-h̃ɑ) — male given name
• Macedonian: Аврам (Avram) — male given name
• Macedonian: Авраам (Avraam) — male given name
• Macedonian: Ибрахим — male given name
• Malay: Ibrahim — male given name
• Malayalam: അബ്രാഹാം (abrāhāṁ) — male given name
• Malayalam: ഇബ്രാഹിം (ibrāhiṁ) — male given name
• Mandinka: Ebrima — male given name
• Māori: Aperahama — male given name
• Marathi: अब्राहम (abrāham) — male given name
• Marathi: इब्राहिम (ibrāhim) — male given name
• Nepali: अब्राहाम (abrāhām) — male given name
• Nepali: इब्राहिम (ibrāhim) — male given name
• Norwegian: Abraham — male given name
• Persian: ابراهیم (ebrâhim) — male given name
• Polish: Abraham — male given name
• Portuguese: Abraão — male given name
• Punjabi: ਅਬਰਾਹਾਮ (abarāhām) — male given name
• Punjabi: ਇਬਰਾਹਿਮ (ibarāhim) — male given name
• Russian: Авраа́м (Avraám) — male given name
• Russian: Абра́м (Abrám) — male given name
• Russian: Э́йбрахам (Éjbraxam) — male given name
• Russian: Ибраги́м (Ibragím) — male given name
• Serbo-Croatian: Аврам — male given name
• Serbo-Croatian: Ибрахим — male given name
• Serbo-Croatian: Avram — male given name
• Serbo-Croatian: Ibrahim — male given name
• Sinhalese: ආබ්රහම් (ābraham) — male given name
• Sinhalese: ඊබ්රාහිම් (ībrāhim) — male given name
• Somali: Ibraahiim — male given name
• Spanish: Abraham — male given name
• Spanish: Abrahán — male given name
• Swahili: Abrahamu — male given name
• Swedish: Abraham — male given name
• Tamil: ஆபிரகாம் (āpirakām) — male given name
• Tamil: இப்ராஹிம் (iprāhim) — male given name
• Tatar: Ибраһим (İbrahim) — male given name
• Telugu: అబ్రహం (abrahaṁ) — male given name
• Telugu: ఇబ్రహీం (ibrahīṁ) — male given name
• Thai: อับราฮัม (àp-raa-ham) — male given name
• Thai: อิบราฮิม — male given name
• Turkish: İbrahim — male given name
• Urdu: ابراہیم (ibrahim) — male given name
• Wolof: Ibrahima — male given name
• Yiddish: אַבֿרהם (avrom) — male given name
• Arabic: إِبْرَاهِيم (ʔibrāhīm) — surname
• Bengali: ইব্রাহীম (ibrahim) — surname
• Chinese Mandarin: 亞伯拉罕 /亚伯拉罕 (Yàbólāhǎn) — surname
• Danish: Abraham — surname
• Esperanto: Abraham — surname
• French: Abraham — surname
• Hebrew: אַבְרָהָם (avrahám) — surname
• Hindi: अब्राहम (abrāham) — surname
• Hindi: इब्राहीम (ibrāhīm) — surname
• Icelandic: Abraham — surname
• Indonesian: Ibrahim — surname
• Interlingua: Abraham — surname
• Italian: Abramo — surname
• Marathi: अब्राहम (abrāham) — surname
• Persian: ابراهیم (ebrâhim) — surname
• Portuguese: Abraão — surname
• Russian: Ибрагимов (Ibragimov) — surname
• Russian: Ибрагимова (Ibragimova) — surname
• Russian: Ибрагимовы (Ibragimovy) — surname
• Swedish: Abraham — surname
• Arabic: إِبْرَاهِيم (ʔibrāhīm) — 14th sura of the Qur'an
• Bengali: ইব্রাহীম (ibrahim) — 14th sura of the Qur'an
• Bulgarian: Ибрахи́м (Ibrahím) — 14th sura of the Qur'an
• Hindi: इब्राहीम (ibrāhīm) — 14th sura of the Qur'an
• Kazakh: Ибраһим (İbrahim) — 14th sura of the Qur'an
• Portuguese: Ibraim — 14th sura of the Qur'an
• Portuguese: Abraão — 14th sura of the Qur'an
• Russian: Ибраги́м (Ibragím) — 14th sura of the Qur'an
• Tamil: இப்ராஹீம் (iprāhīm) — 14th sura of the Qur'an
• Tatar: Ибраһим (İbrahim) — 14th sura of the Qur'an
• Uyghur: ئىبراھىم (ibrahim) — 14th sura of the Qur'an