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אַבְרָם H87

H87 is the Hebrew word אַבְרָם, transliterated ʼAbrâm and said ab-rawm'. The King James Version most often renders it abram.

Word: אַבְרָםTransliteration: ʼAbrâmSaid: ab-rawm'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 50 verses

What it means

Abram, the original name of Abraham.

Where it comes from

contracted from H48 (אֲבִירָם); high father.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 59 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

abram 51×abram's 7×pass that when abram 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: Abram.

Verses using אַבְרָם

The first 40 of 50 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 11:26 · KJV

And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

Genesis 11:27 · KJV

Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.

Genesis 11:29 · KJV

And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.

Genesis 11:31 · KJV

And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.

Genesis 12:1 · KJV

Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee:

Genesis 12:4 · KJV

So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.

Genesis 12:5 · KJV

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.

Genesis 12:6 · KJV

And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.

Genesis 12:7 · KJV

And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.

Genesis 12:9 · KJV

And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.

Genesis 12:10 · KJV

And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.

Genesis 12:14 · KJV

And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.

Genesis 12:16 · KJV

And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.

Genesis 12:17 · KJV

And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram’s wife.

Genesis 12:18 · KJV

And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?

Genesis 13:1 · KJV

And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south.

Genesis 13:2 · KJV

And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.

Genesis 13:4 · KJV

Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.

Genesis 13:5 · KJV

And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.

Genesis 13:7 · KJV

And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram’s cattle and the herdmen of Lot’s cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.

Genesis 13:8 · KJV

And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.

Genesis 13:12 · KJV

Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.

Genesis 13:14 · KJV

And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:

Genesis 13:18 · KJV

Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.

Genesis 14:12 · KJV

And they took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.

Genesis 14:13 · KJV

And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.

Genesis 14:14 · KJV

And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.

Genesis 14:19 · KJV

And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:

Genesis 14:21 · KJV

And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.

Genesis 14:22 · KJV

And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,

Genesis 14:23 · KJV

That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:

Genesis 15:1 · KJV

After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.

Genesis 15:2 · KJV

And Abram said, LORD God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?

Genesis 15:3 · KJV

And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.

Genesis 15:11 · KJV

And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.

Genesis 15:12 · KJV

And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.

Genesis 15:13 · KJV

And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;

Genesis 15:18 · KJV

In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:

Genesis 16:1 · KJV

Now Sarai Abram’s wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

Genesis 16:2 · KJV

And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.

Common questions

What does Strong's H87 mean?

H87 is the Hebrew word אַבְרָם (ʼAbrâm), meaning Abram, the original name of Abraham.

How is H87 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it abram (51 times), abram's (7 times), pass that when abram (1 time).

How many times does H87 appear in the Bible?

אַבְרָם (ʼAbrâm) is tagged in 50 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H87 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: contracted from H48 (אֲבִירָם); high father.

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