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Abram en · ADJ · etymology 1
Pronunciation
/ˈeɪ.bɹəm/ (US)
Etymology
From Latin Abram, from Koine Greek Ἀβράμ (Abrám), from Hebrew אַבְרָם (ʾaḇrām), from אָב (áb, “father”) + רָם (rám, “high, exalted”). Doublet of Abramo and Avram. As an American placename, particularly named for local resident Abram Dillard, a Texas ranger.
From Latin Abram, from Koine Greek Ἀβράμ (Abrám), from Hebrew אַבְרָם (ʾaḇrām), from אָב (áb, “father”) + רָם (rám, “high, exalted”). Doublet of Abramo and Avram. As an American placename, particularly named for local resident Abram Dillard, a Texas ranger.
Meanings
(UK, obsolete, qualifier:thieves' cant) Synonym of Abraham man
From Latin Abram, from Koine Greek Ἀβράμ (Abrám), from Hebrew אַבְרָם (ʾaḇrām), from אָב (áb, “father”) + רָם (rám, “high, exalted”). Doublet of Abramo and Avram. As an American placename, particularly named for local resident Abram Dillard, a Texas ranger.
Meanings
(countable, uncountable) Abraham, Hebrew patriarch, particularly in his early life.
Abram took Sarai his wife, Lot his brother’s son, and all their possessions that they had accumulated, and the people that they had acquired in Harran, and they set out for the land of Canaan. They came to the land of Canaan. 2005–2014, Modern English Version (MEV), Gen. 12:5
O father Abram, what these Christians are,
Whose own hard dealings teaches them suspect
The thoughts of others! […] c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:
No longer will your name be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations. 2005–2014, Modern English Version (MEV), Gen. 17:5
And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 12:5:
(countable, uncountable) A male given name from Hebrew.
(countable, uncountable) A surname from Hebrew [in turn originating as a patronymic].
(countable, uncountable) A census-designated place in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States.