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Genesis 18:11
“Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
אַבְרָהָםʼAbrâhâm · ab-raw-hawm'
H85 · Hebrew
H85 · Hebrew
- Definition
- Abraham, the later name of Abram
- Derivation
- contracted from H1 (אָב) and an unused root (probably meaning to be populous); father of a multitude;
- KJV renderings
- Abraham.
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- אַבְרָהָ֤ם — proper noun
- Usage
- Occurs 175 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 17:5Genesis 17:9Genesis 17:15Genesis 17:17Genesis 17:18
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 אַבְרָהָם 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.