A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.11.26;
son of: Terah (H8646);
brother of: Nahor (H5152H), Haran (H2039) and Sarah (H8283); married to Sarah (H8283), Hagar (H1904) and Keturah (H6989);
father of: Ishmael (H3458), Isaac (H3327), Zimran (H2175), Jokshan (H3370), Medan (H4091), Midian (H4080), Ishbak (H3435) and Shuah (H7744); also called Abram at Gen.11.26--17.5; 2x
§ Abraham = "father of a multitude" or "chief of multitude"
friend of God and founder of Hebrew nation via God's elective covenant
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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
contracted from H1 (אָב) and an unused root (probably meaning to be populous); father of a multitude; Abraham, the later name of Abram
KJV glosses: Abraham.
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How translators render H85
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a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different
totals.
BSB rendering counts
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abraham
89
to abraham
18
of abraham
15
and abraham
11
of abrahams
6
then abraham
6
so abraham
5
abrahams
3
him
3
now abraham
2
to abrahams
2
again abraham
1
am abrahams
1
and
1
and abrahams
1
but abraham
1
but when abraham
1
by now abraham
1
from abraham
1
in abrahams
1
meanwhile abraham
1
so he
1
to give abraham
1
with abraham
1
KJV rendering counts
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and abraham
43
abraham
34
of abraham
26
unto abraham
23
abrahams
9
with abraham
6
to abraham
5
which abraham
4
from abraham
2
of abrahams
2
so abraham
2
then abraham
2
and abrahams
1
and it came to pass that when abrahams
1
but abraham
1
had abraham
1
him of and abraham
1
in abrahams
1
it to abraham
1
now abraham
1
seeing that abraham
1
shall be abraham
1
that abraham
1
there was abraham
1
though abraham
1
unto him abraham
1
upon abraham
1
was abraham
1
where abraham
1
Verses containing H85
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Yet You are our Father, though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not acknowledge us. You, O LORD, are our Father; our Redeemer from Everlasting is Your name.
then I would also reject the descendants of Jacob and of My servant David, so as not to take from his descendants rulers over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. For I will restore them from captivity and will have compassion on them.”
“Son of man, those living in the ruins in the land of Israel are saying, ‘Abraham was only one man, yet he possessed the land. But we are many; surely the land has been given to us as a possession.’
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