Abraam · Abraham

What it means

Abraam (Ἀβραάμ) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “Abraham”.

The father of the people of Israel, to whom God promised to bless all the families of the earth through his offspring.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Where it appears

• Matthew×7
• Mark×1
• Luke×15
• John×11
• Acts×7
• Romans×9
• 2 Corinthians×1
• Galatians×9
• Hebrews×10
• James×2
• 1 Peter×1

• Matthew 1:1

  The book of the origin of Jesus the Messiah, son of David, son of Abraham.

• Matthew 1:2

  Abraham fathered Isaac, and Isaac fathered Jacob, and Jacob fathered Judah and his brothers.

• Matthew 1:17

  So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David to the deportation to Babylon, fourteen generations; and from the deportation to Babylon to the Messiah, fourteen generations.

• Matthew 3:9

  and do not presume to say within yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father,’ for I tell you that God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham.

• Matthew 8:11

  And I tell you that many will come from east and west and sit at table with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven,

• Matthew 22:32

  ‘I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob’? He is not God of the dead, but of the living.”

• Mark 12:26

  But concerning the dead, that they are raised, have you not read in the book of Moses, at the bush, how God spoke to him, saying, ‘I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob’?

• Luke 1:55

  just as he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to his offspring forever.”

• Luke 1:73

  the oath that he swore to Abraham our father, to grant us

• Luke 3:8

  So produce fruits worthy of the change of mind, and do not begin to say within yourselves: We have Abraham as father. For I tell you that God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham.

• Luke 3:34

  son of Jacob, son of Isaac, son of Abraham, son of Terah, son of Nahor,

• Luke 13:16

  And this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan bound, look, for eighteen years, ought she not to be released from this bond on the day of the Sabbath?”

• Luke 13:28

  There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you being thrown out.

• Luke 16:22

  And it happened that the poor man died and he was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom; and the rich man also died and was buried.

• Luke 16:23

  And in Hades, lifting up his eyes, being in torment, he sees Abraham from far away, and Lazarus in his bosom.

• Luke 16:24

  And he called out and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this flame.’

• Luke 16:25

  But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that you received your good things in your life, and Lazarus likewise bad things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in agony.

• Luke 16:29

  But Abraham says, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; let them listen to them.’

• Luke 16:30

  But he said, ‘No, father Abraham; but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will change their minds.’

• Luke 19:9

  And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because he too is a son of Abraham.

• Luke 20:37

  But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed, in the passage about the bush, when he calls the Lord the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.

• John 8:33

  They answered him, “We are the offspring of Abraham and have never been slaves to anyone. How is it that you say, ‘You will become free’?”

• John 8:37

  I know that you are the offspring of Abraham; but you are seeking to kill me, because my word finds no place in you.

• John 8:39

  They answered and said to him, “Our father is Abraham.” Jesus says to them, “If you were Abraham’s children, you would be doing the works of Abraham.

• John 8:40

  But now you are seeking to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. This Abraham did not do.

• John 8:52

  The Jews said to him, “Now we know that you have a demon! Abraham died, and so did the prophets, and you say, ‘If anyone keeps my word, he will never taste death, ever.’

• John 8:53

  Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? And the prophets died! Whom do you make yourself out to be?”

• John 8:56

  Your father Abraham rejoiced that he would see my day; and he saw it and was glad.”

• John 8:57

  So the Jews said to him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and you have seen Abraham?”

• John 8:58

  Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, before Abraham came to be, I am.”

• Acts 3:13

  The God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus, whom you handed over and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he had decided to release him.

• Acts 3:25

  You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘And in your offspring all the families of the earth will be blessed.’

• Acts 7:2

  And he said, “Brothers and fathers, listen. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,

• Acts 7:16

  and they were carried over to Shechem and laid in the tomb that Abraham had bought for a sum of silver from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.

• Acts 7:17

  But as the time of the promise that God had promised to Abraham drew near, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

• Acts 7:32

  ‘I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob.’ And Moses, becoming terrified, did not dare to look.

• Acts 13:26

  Brothers, sons of the family of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, to us the word of this salvation has been sent.

• Romans 4:1

  What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh, found?

• Romans 4:2

  For if Abraham was declared righteous by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God.

• Romans 4:3

  For what does the Scripture say? And Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.

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