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

Root √אבה: אבה אָב אֲבִי אבה אָב אָב abû πάππας bab decide he who decides (perh. at least formally justified as stem of(cstr.), so Thea (cf. infr.), but existence & mng. wholly dub.; as real √ Ba ZMG 1887. 609 ff. Ol §123c; acc . to DlW p. 22As.=,=; Thes (so RobGes Nö ZMGxl,737 & cf. Sta §186 al.) makesnom. prim. bilit. imitating infant's speech cf. pappa, papa (cf. EWI §106a); also As.Jen ZAI886.404).

אַבְרָם אַבְרָהָם n.pr.m id exalted father Abram Abraham . (. Thes al.)=