abraham
IPA: ˈeɪbrʌhæm
Root Word: Abraham
noun
- (Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Baha'i) A prophet in the Old Testament, Qur'an and Aqdas; a Semitic patriarch son of Terah who practiced monotheism, father of the Jewish patriarch Isaac by Sarah and the Arab patriarch Ishmael by Hagar.
- A male given name from Hebrew.
- A surname originating as a patronymic.
- The 14th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
- (archaic, British slang, chiefly London) A shop selling cheap and low-quality clothes, especially in the East End of London.
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Examples of "abraham" in Sentences
- Was the Abraham Man the only vagabond
- Abraham is the forefather of the Israelites.
- The paternity of Abraham for Isaac is not sure.
- The Abraham Man was a vagabond in the tudor times
- Abraham is the essential wayfarer, Benedict writes.
- This is the fundamental precept of the Abrahamic religions.
- Abraham Buschke specialized in research of venereal disease.
- Abraham's father was an idolater but Abraham is a devout monotheist.
- Abraham was profoundly uplifted by these two providential encounters.
- Abraham believes that the real problem is not the blindness, it is the mindset.
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