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Strong's H87 אַבְרָם (abram)

Abram - meaning, definition, and linked Bible usage across the indexed canon, including Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where this Strong's number appears.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G87 — adiakritos (“without partiality”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H87
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 50
Books 3

Strong's H87 Quick Answer

Strong's H87 אַברָם (Abram) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. Abram (ab-rawm') n/p. 1. high father 2. Abram, the original name of Abraham It has 50 linked Bible usages across 3 books. Visible English usage signals include abram and abram's. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
Abram (ab-rawm') n/p. 1. high father 2. Abram, the original name of Abraham
Usage
50 linked usages
Books
3 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
abram and abram's

Meaning and Definition

Abram (ab-rawm') n/p. 1. high father 2. Abram, the original name of Abraham [contracted from H48] KJV: Abram. Root(s): H48

Original Word
אַברָם
Transliteration
Abram
Derivation
First root strongs: 48
Morphology
name

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H87. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

Abram

Usage: 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 Another name of av.ra.ham (אַבְרָהָם "Abraham" H0085) § Abram = "exalted father" original name of Abraham

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How Strong's H87 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Abram, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

Abram Genesis 11:26 45× Abram's Genesis 12:17

How Strong's H87 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 50 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H87 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H87 in the Old Testament

50 indexed usages in Old Testament.

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.

Usage Excerpts

First 50 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H87.

Genesis 11:26 Old Testament, KJV
And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
Genesis 11:27 Old Testament, KJV
Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.
Genesis 11:29 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, KJV
And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.
Genesis 12:10 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife.
Genesis 12:18 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, KJV
And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
Genesis 13:4 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, KJV
And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.
Genesis 13:7 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, KJV
And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
Genesis 14:13 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, KJV
And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:
Genesis 14:21 Old Testament, KJV
And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.
Genesis 14:22 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, KJV
And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.
Genesis 15:12 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, KJV
Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
Genesis 16:2 Old Testament, 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.
Genesis 16:3 Old Testament, KJV
And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.
Genesis 16:5 Old Testament, KJV
And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee.
Genesis 16:6 Old Testament, KJV
But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thine hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face.
Genesis 16:15 Old Testament, KJV
And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son's name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.
Genesis 16:16 Old Testament, KJV
And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram.
Genesis 17:1 Old Testament, KJV
And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
Genesis 17:3 Old Testament, KJV
And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,
Genesis 17:5 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Nehemiah 9:7 Old Testament, KJV
Thou art the LORD the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H87, grouped by book.

Genesis 48 usages, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
Nehemiah 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H87 FAQ

What does abram (אַבְרָם) mean?

Abram (Strong's H87) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Abram". Abram (ab-rawm') n/p. 1. high father 2. Abram, the original name of Abraham

How many times is abram (אַבְרָם) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 50 linked usages for Strong's H87 across 3 books.

Where can I study abram (אַבְרָם) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H87 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate abram (אַבְרָם)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as abram and abram's. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.