What is "abraham"

masc. proper name, name of the first of the patriarchs in the Old Testament, from Hebrew Abraham "father of a multitude," from abh "father" + *raham (cognate with Arabic ruham "multitude"); the name he altered from Abram "high father," from second element ram "high, exalted." Related: Abrahamic.

Abraham ( ; , ), originally Abram, is the first of the three patriarchs of Judaism. His story is a center piece of all Abrahamic religions and Abraham plays a prominent role as an example of faith in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

The Biblical narrative revolves around the themes of posterity and land. Abraham is called by God to leave the house of his father Terah and settle in the land originally given to Canaan, but which God now promises to Abraham and his progeny. Various candidates are put forward who might inherit the land after Abraham, but all are dismissed except for Isaac, his son by his half-sister Sarah. Abraham purchases a tomb (the Cave of the Patriarchs) at Hebron to be Sarah's grave, thus establishing his right to the land, and in the second generation his heir Isaac is married to a woman from his own kin, thus ruling the Canaanites out of any inheritance. Abraham later marries Keturah and has six more sons, but on his death, when he is buried beside Sarah, it is Isaac who receives "all Abraham's goods", while the other sons receive only "gifts".

The Abraham story cannot be definitively related to any specific time, and it is widely agreed that the patriarchal age, along with the exodus and the period of the judges, is a late literary construct that does not relate to any period in actual history. A common hypothesis among scholars is that it was composed in the early Persian period (late 6th century BCE) as a result of tensions between Jewish landowners who had stayed in Judah during the Babylonian captivity and traced their right to the land through their "father Abraham", and the returning exiles who based their counter-claim on Moses and the Exodus tradition.

Abraham is a 1994 television movie based on the life of the Biblical patriarch Abraham. It was shot in Ouarzazate, Morocco.

Abrahám is a village and municipality in Galanta District of the Trnava Region of south-west Slovakia.

This is a list of people named after Abraham, the Biblical patriarch ( Ashkenazi Avrohom or Avruhom); the father of the Abrahamic Religions, Judaism, Christianity and Islam:

As recounted in the Torah, his name was originally Avram which means "High Father" - "av" (אב) "father", "ram" (רם) "high" - with the "ha" (ה) added in mark of his covenant with God.

In the Russian language, the name is used in the forms (Avraam), (Avraamy), (Avramy), ( Abram), (Abramy), ( Avram), (Obram), and (Abrakham).

Abraham is a patriarch described in the Book of Genesis and the Quran.

• Abraham in Islam
• Ibrahim (sura) "Abraham", 14th sura of the Qur'an

Abraham may also refer to:

• Abraham (name), persons with the name Abraham.
• Abraham (film), television movie based on the life of the Biblical patriarch Abraham
• Abraham (French aircraft manufacturer), active in the 1930s
• Abraham Catalogue of Belgian Newspapers, an online catalogue of Belgian historical newspapers

Abraham is an abbot and saint of the Coptic Church, and by extension all of the Oriental Orthodox Churches. His feast day in the calendar of saints of the Coptic Church is February 12.

Abraham was a French aircraft manufacturer of the 1930s.

Abraham built a two-seat parasol aircraft, the Abraham Iris.

Abraham (died 1080) was bishop of St. David's Cathedral from 1078, when he succeeded Sulien, until his murder in 1080, during a Viking invasion, when he was in turn succeeded by Sulien. His two sons, Hedd and Isaac, are commemorated on a c. early-twelfth-century stone cross discovered in St David's Cathedral in 1891.

Abraham was an Avar khagan since around 805. He was successor of Theodor.

Abraham was baptised in Germany. He died or was deposed before 811, as in these year there Avar khagan was his successor.

Abraham (Mar Oraham) of Kashkar was a legendary primate of the Church of the East, from the family of Jacob, the brother of Jesus, who is conventionally believed to have sat from 159 to 171.

Although Abraham is included in traditional lists of primates of the Church of the East, his existence has been doubted by J. M. Fiey, one of the most eminent twentieth-century scholars of the Church of the East. In Fiey's view, Abraham was one of several fictitious bishops of Seleucia-Ctesiphon whose lives were concocted in the sixth century to bridge the gap between the late third century bishop Papa, the first historically attested bishop of Seleucia-Ctesiphon, and the apostle Mari, the legendary founder of Christianity in Persia.

Abraham is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Abraham Abraham (1843–1911), American department store magnate
• Abu Abraham (1924–2002), Indian cartoonist
• Alan Abraham (b. 1931), Canadian politician
• Andy Abraham (b. 1964), English vocalist
• Ann Abraham (b. 1952), British ombudsman
• Arthur Abraham (b. 1980), German boxer
• Avi Ben-Abraham (contemporary), American scientist
• Caroline Abraham (1809 –1877), New Zealand artist
• Charles Abraham (bishop of Derby) (1857–1945), second suffragan Bishop of Derby
• Charles Abraham (bishop of Wellington) (1814–1903), first Anglican Bishop of Wellington, New Zealand
• Clifton Abraham (b. 1971), professional American football player
• Daniel Abraham (author) (b. 1969), science fiction and fantasy author
• Daniel Abraham (conductor) (b. 1968), director of The Bach Sinfonia and choral activities at American University
• Daniel Abraham (record producer), French record producer, sound engineer, and record mixer
• Daniel Abraham (rugby league) (b. 1981), Australian rugby league footballer
• David Abraham (executive) (b. 1963), British television executive
• David Abraham (footballer) (b. 1986), Argentine association football player
• Donnie Abraham (b. 1973), professional American football player
• Dustin Lee Abraham (contemporary), American actor
• Edward Abraham (1913–1999), British biochemist
• Emile Abraham (b. 1974), Trinidad and Tobago cyclist
• Erich Abraham (1895–1971), German infantry general
• Erich Abraham (soldier) (1921–1943), German soldier, recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
• Evan Abraham (b. 1899, date of death unknown), Welsh footballer
• F. Murray Abraham (b. 1939), American actor
• Farid F. Abraham (contemporary), American physicist
• Fred Abraham, Sr. (1859–1901/18), British Guianese cricketer
• Fred Abraham, Jr. (1886–1918), British Guianese cricketer
• Gareth Abraham (b. 1969), Welsh association football player
• George and Ashley Abraham (1871–1965) (1876–1951), British climbers and photographers
• Henry Abraham (b. 1921), American legal scholar
• Henry David Abraham (b. 1942), American psychiatrist, co-recipient of the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize
• Hérard Abraham (b. 1940), Haitian politician
• Jane Abraham (b. 1961), American Republican politician
• John Abraham (actor) (b. 1973), Indian model and Bollywood actor
• John Abraham (American football) (b. 1978), American football player
• John Abraham (director) (1937–1987), Indian film director
• John Abraham (politician) ( fl. 1672–1689), British governor
• Josh Abraham (contemporary), American music producer

• Karl Abraham (1877–1925), German psychoanalyst
• Larry H. Abraham, (1939-2008), American author
• Lucienne Abraham (1916–1970), French Trotskyist politician
• Lynne Abraham (b. 1941), American lawyer and judge
• Malouf Abraham, Jr. (born 1939), Texas physician and patron of the arts
• Malouf Abraham, Sr. (1915-1994), Texas businessman and politician
• Mark Abraham (born 1953), American politician
• Max Abraham (1875–1922), German physicist
• Max Abraham (publisher) (1831–1900), German music publisher
• Nahim Abraham (1885-1965), Lebanese-American businessman
• Nicolas Abraham (1919–1975), Hungarian psychoanalyst
• Patrick Abraham (contemporary), American terrorist
• Paul Abraham (1892–1960), Serbian operetta composer
• Phil Abraham, American cinematographer and television director
• Philip Abraham, (1897 – 1955) Anglican Bishop of Newfoundland
• Pol Abraham (1891–1966), French architect
• Raimund Abraham (1933–2010), Austrian architect and artist
• Ralph Abraham (b. 1936), American mathematician and professor
• Robert Abraham (architect) (1774–1850), London architect
• Robert Abraham (linebacker) (b. 1960), professional American football player
• Roberto Abraham (b. 1965), Canadian astronomer and professor
• Roman Abraham (1897–1976), Polish cavalry officer
• Ronny Abraham (b. 1951), French judge
• S. Daniel Abraham (b. 1924), American businessman
• Sarah Avraham (b. 1993/94), Indian-born Israeli world kickboxer champion
• Shiny Abraham (b. 1965), Indian Olympic athlete
• Spencer Abraham (b. 1952), U.S. Senator from Michigan
• Tancrède Abraham (1836-1895), French landscape painter and engraver
• Tom Abraham (1910-2007), Texas businessman and philanthropist
• Tomáš Abrahám (b. 1979), Czech football player
• Walter Abraham (1923–2006), Australian architect and town planner
• William Abraham (Irish politician) (1840–1915) Irish member of parliament
• William Abraham (trade unionist) (1842–1922), Welsh politician
• Winston Abraham (b. 1974), Australian rules football player
• Wolfgang Abraham (1942-2013), German association football player