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Genesis 13:12
“Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
אַבְרָםʼAbrâm · ab-rawm'
H87 · Hebrew
H87 · Hebrew
- Definition
- Abram, the original name of Abraham
- Derivation
- contracted from H48 (אֲבִירָם); high father;
- KJV renderings
- Abram.
- Grammar
- אַבְרָ֖ם — proper noun
- Usage
- Occurs 61 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 11:26Genesis 11:27Genesis 11:29Genesis 11:29Genesis 11:31
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read אַבְרָם here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.