אַבְרָהָם H85
H85 is the Hebrew word אַבְרָהָם, transliterated ʼAbrâhâm and said ab-raw-hawm'. The King James Version most often renders it abraham.
What it means
Abraham, the later name of Abram.
Where it comes from
contracted from H1 (אָב) and an unused root (probably meaning to be populous); father of a multitude.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 168 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: Abraham.
Verses using אַבְרָהָם
The first 40 of 157 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 17:5 · KJV
Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.
Genesis 17:9 · KJV
And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.
Genesis 17:15 · KJV
And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.
Genesis 17:17 · KJV
Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?
Genesis 17:18 · KJV
And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!
Genesis 17:23 · KJV
And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham’s house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.
Genesis 17:24 · KJV
And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
Genesis 17:26 · KJV
In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.
Genesis 18:6 · KJV
And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth.
Genesis 18:7 · KJV
And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it.
Genesis 18:11 · KJV
Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
Genesis 18:13 · KJV
And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?
Genesis 18:16 · KJV
And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.
Genesis 18:17 · KJV
And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;
Genesis 18:18 · KJV
Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
Genesis 18:19 · KJV
For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
Genesis 18:22 · KJV
And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.
Genesis 18:23 · KJV
And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?
Genesis 18:27 · KJV
And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the LORD, which am but dust and ashes:
Genesis 18:33 · KJV
And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.
Genesis 19:27 · KJV
And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD:
Genesis 19:29 · KJV
And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.
Genesis 20:1 · KJV
And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
Genesis 20:2 · KJV
And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
Genesis 20:9 · KJV
Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.
Genesis 20:10 · KJV
And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?
Genesis 20:11 · KJV
And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife’s sake.
Genesis 20:14 · KJV
And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.
Genesis 20:17 · KJV
So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children.
Genesis 20:18 · KJV
For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham’s wife.
Genesis 21:2 · KJV
For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
Genesis 21:3 · KJV
And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.
Genesis 21:4 · KJV
And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.
Genesis 21:5 · KJV
And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.
Genesis 21:7 · KJV
And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born him a son in his old age.
Genesis 21:8 · KJV
And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned.
Genesis 21:9 · KJV
And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking.
Genesis 21:10 · KJV
Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.
Genesis 21:11 · KJV
And the thing was very grievous in Abraham’s sight because of his son.
Genesis 21:12 · KJV
And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
Common questions
What does Strong's H85 mean?
H85 is the Hebrew word אַבְרָהָם (ʼAbrâhâm), meaning Abraham, the later name of Abram.
How is H85 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it abraham (150 times), abraham's (12 times), now abraham (1 time), seeing that abraham (1 time), pass that when abraham's (1 time), among others.
How many times does H85 appear in the Bible?
אַבְרָהָם (ʼAbrâhâm) is tagged in 157 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H85 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: contracted from H1 (אָב) and an unused root (probably meaning to be populous); father of a multitude.
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