Definitions for abraham
ˈeɪ brəˌhæm, -həmabra·ham

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1. Abraham, Ibrahimnoun

   the first of the Old Testament patriarchs and the father of Isaac; according to Genesis, God promised to give Abraham's family (the Hebrews) the land of Canaan (the Promised Land); God tested Abraham by asking him to sacrifice his son

   "Judaism, Christianity, and Islam each has a special claim on Abraham"

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1. Abrahamnoun

   A prophet in the Old Testament and Koran; a Semitic patriarch who preached monotheism, father of the Jewish patriarch Isaac and the Arab patriarch Ishmael.

2. Abrahamnoun

   A male given name.

3. Etymology: From Abraham, from Ἀβραάμ, from אברהם. Glossed as אב + המון in [[s:he:t0117|Genesis 17]]:4–5; or from אברם.

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1. Abraham

   Abraham (originally Abram) is the common Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In Judaism, he is the founding father of the special relationship between the Jews and God; in Christianity, he is the spiritual progenitor of all believers, whether Jewish or non-Jewish; and in Islam, he is a link in the chain of Islamic prophets that begins with Adam (see Adam in Islam) and culminates in Muhammad.The story of the life of Abraham as told in the narrative of the Book of Genesis, revolves around the themes of posterity and land. He is said to have been called by God to leave the house of his father Terah and settle in the land of Canaan, which God now promises to Abraham and his progeny. This promise is subsequently inherited by Isaac, Abraham's son by his wife Sarah, while Isaac's half-brother Ishmael is also promised that he will be the founder of a great nation. Abraham purchases a tomb (the Cave of the Patriarchs) at Hebron to be Sarah's grave, thus establishing his right to the land; and, in the second generation, his heir Isaac is married to a woman from his own kin, thus ruling the Canaanites out of any inheritance. Abraham later marries Keturah and has six more sons; but, on his death, when he is buried beside Sarah, it is Isaac who receives "all Abraham's goods" while the other sons receive only "gifts".Most historians view the patriarchal age, along with the Exodus and the period of the biblical judges, as a late literary construct that does not relate to any particular historical era; and after a century of exhaustive archaeological investigation, no evidence has been found for a historical Abraham. It is largely concluded that the Torah was composed during the early Persian period (late-6th century BCE) as a result of tensions between Jewish landowners who had stayed in Judah during the Babylonian captivity and traced their right to the land through their "father Abraham", and the returning exiles who based their counterclaim on Moses and the Exodus tradition of the Israelites.

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1. abraham

   Abraham is a significant figure in several religious texts recognized as the patriarch of three major world religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. According to biblical accounts, Abraham was originally named Abram and was born in the Mesopotamian city of Ur. He is often revered for his strong faith, obedience, and devotion to God by leaving his home and traveling to an unknown land promised by God, this land was later known as Canaan. He is also known for the establishment of the covenant, including circumcision, with God. His story is recorded in the book of Genesis in the Bible. In Islam, he is considered as a prophet and an ancestor of Muhammad.

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1. Abraham

   Abraham is the founding father of the Israelites, with a prominent role in Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The story of Abraham is told in chapters 11:26-25:18 of the book of Genesis. It is essentially the history of the establishment of the covenant between Abraham and God: God calls Abraham to leave his land, family and household in Mesopotamia in return for a new land, family and inheritance in Canaan, the promised land; threats to the covenant arise; but all are overcome and the covenant is established. Abraham's story ends with the death and burial of his wife Sarah in the grave that he has purchased in Hebron, followed by the marriage of Isaac to a wife from his own people: these two episodes signify Abraham's desire of the land for his descendants and the exclusion of land's previous inhabitants, the Canaanites, from its ownership. The Bible's internal chronology places Abraham and the patriarchs in the second millennium BCE, but the stories in Genesis cannot be related to the known history of that time, and most biblical histories no longer begin with the patriarchal period.

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1. Abraham

   the Hebrew patriarch, ancestor of the Jews, the very type of an Eastern pastoral chief at once by his dignified character and simple faith.

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1. ABRAHAM

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Abraham is ranked #1120 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Abraham surname appeared 31,303 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 11 would have the surname Abraham.
   
   45% or 14,086 total occurrences were White.
   25.6% or 8,026 total occurrences were Asian.
   20.4% or 6,411 total occurrences were Black.
   6% or 1,888 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2.1% or 664 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.7% or 229 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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   Oliver

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of abraham in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of abraham in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of abraham in a Sentence

1. Jonathan Sivarajah:

   Tel Aviv-bound foreign carriers such as Air India could operate over territory which El Al could n’t. There was a significant fare difference because of the routing in favor of the likes of Air India, it was n’t until the Abraham Accords [ of 2020 ] and the Saudi approval that it became partly possible for Israeli carriers to compete. The last stumbling block was Oman.

2. Brett McGurk:

   The administration is absolutely, and without a doubt, committed to the Abraham Accords.

3. Joe Biden:

   So I ask every elected official in America, how do you want to be remembered ? do you want to be on the side of Dr. King or George Wallace ? Do you want to be on the side of John Lewis or Bull Connor ? Do you want to be on the side of Abraham Lincoln or Jefferson Davis ?

4. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy:

   Now I have a real concern with the aggression of China, Russia now into Ukraine. Even on our southern borders, cartels becoming stronger by the day, but now we have an administration that is negotiating with the regime in Iran. When we had such progress with the Abraham Accords, to reverse that is wrong. And that is a real concern of what will happen in the future.

5. Ron DeSantis:

   What you see with wokeness is driving people to take down statues of Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson – trying to rewrite our history, you have wokeness driving people to try to convince us that men can get pregnant.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=abraham
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Abraham
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=abraham
6. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Abraham
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html