Definition

Abraham, the later name of Abram

Etymology

contracted from H1 (אָב) and an unused root (probably meaning to be populous); father of a multitude;

Word family

• אָב ʼâb

How the KJV renders it

• Abraham

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.