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Abram
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Abram
also called Abraham
Abram chasse les oiseaux de proie (Genesis 15 11) • invenit James Tissot • pinxit James Tissot • excudit Maurice de Brunoff apud Philip de Vere • praesentat Phillip Medhurst. · James Tissot
Identity
- Name meaning
- exalted father (Heb. av-ram) — the original name of Abraham before the covenantal renaming
Family
- Parent(s)
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- Spouse
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- Children
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- Tribe / people
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Era & origin
- Era
- c. 2166–2067 BC — the first ninety-nine years of Abraham's life
- Region
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- Contemporary of
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Role
- Role
- Pre-renaming form of Abraham · See *Abraham*
- Notable for
- *Abram* is the original Hebrew form of the patriarch's name, used in scripture from Genesis 11 through Genesis 16 — from his birth to the moment of the covenantal renaming in his ninety-ninth year.
Scripture
- First mention
- Genesis 11
- Most cited
- Genesis 12
- Key passages
Network
- Referenced by
- 24 entries
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Abram is the original Hebrew form of the patriarch's name, used in scripture from Genesis 11 through Genesis 16 — from his birth to the moment of the covenantal renaming in his ninety-ninth year. Abram (av-ram, exalted father) was changed by God to *Abraham (av-raham, father of a multitude*) at the institution of circumcision and the renewal of the covenant in Genesis 17:5: 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.
From Genesis 17 forward — and throughout the New Testament — only the longer name is used. The early Genesis chapters preserve Abram exclusively, marking the difference between the man who left Ur of the Chaldees and the man who would father Isaac at one hundred. For the full biography see the entry on Abraham.
Key passages
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People
More illustrations of Abram
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Abram voit Sodome en flammes (Genesis 19 28) • invenit James Tissot • pinxit James Tissot • excudit Maurice de Brunoff apud Philip de Vere • praesentat Phillip Medhurst.
James Tissot
Tissot God's Promises to Abram
James Tissot
Promesses de Dieu à Abram (Genesis 13 16) • invenit James Tissot • pinxit James Tissot • excudit Maurice de Brunoff apud Philip de Vere • praesentat Phillip Medhurst.
James Tissot
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