Abram

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ.bɹəm/

From Hebrew אַבְרָם (ʾaḇrām).

Abram (countable and uncountable, plural Abrams)

1. Abraham (prophet in the Old Testament). [First attested prior to 1150.]^[1]
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 12:5:

     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.

   • c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:

     O father Abram, what these Christians are,
     Whose own hard dealings teaches them suspect
     The thoughts of others! […]

   • 2005–2014, Modern English Version (MEV), Gen. 12:5:

     Abram took Sarai his wife, Lot his brother’s son, and all their possessions that they had accumulated, and the people that they had acquired in Harran, and they set out for the land of Canaan. They came to the land of Canaan.

   • 2005–2014, Modern English Version (MEV), Gen. 17:5:

     No longer will your name be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.

   Synonym: Abraham

2. A male given name from Hebrew. [First attested prior to 1150.]^[1]
3. A surname from Hebrew [in turn originating as a patronymic]. [First attested prior to 1150.]^[1]

• Abram-Village

Abram (plural Abrams)

1. (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) Synonym of Abraham man^[2]

Abram

1. (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) insane; mad^[2]
   • c. 1608–1610, Samuel Rid, Martin Mark-all, Beadle of Bridewell:

     He maunds Abram, he begs as a madde man.

2. (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) naked.^[2][3]

   She's all Abram

• (naked): Abram cove (“poor or naked man”)

From Old English Eadburh's (a woman's name) hām.

Abram (countable and uncountable, plural Abrams)

1. A large village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom (OS grid ref SD6001).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

• Bamar, Brama, ambar

Abram (Old Neuchâtelois)

1. Alternative form of Abraham

Derived from Hebrew אַבְרָם (ʾaḇrām)

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Abram m (proper noun, strong, genitive Abrams)

1. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Abram

Learned borrowing from Hebrew אַבְרָם. Doublet of Abraham.

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.bram/

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• Rhymes: -abram
• Syllabification: A‧bram

Abram m pers

1. (uncountable, biblical, Qur'an) Abraham (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)

   Synonym: Abraham

2. (countable) a male surname from Hebrew

Abram f (indeclinable)

1. (countable) a female surname from Hebrew

• Abram in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• “Abram”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022

Borrowed from Hungarian Ábrány.

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Abram m

1. a commune of Bihor County, Romania
2. a village in Abram, Bihor County, Romania

• IPA^(key): /àːbram/

Ábram m anim

1. a surname

• Keber, Janez (2021) Leksikon priimkov [Dictionary of Surnames] (in Slovene), Celje: Celjska Mohorjeva družba, →ISBN, page 33

• IPA^(key): /aˈbɾam/ [aˈβ̞ɾãm]
• Rhymes: -am
• Syllabification: A‧bram

Abram m

1. Abram (Biblical character)
   • 1602, La Santa Biblia (antigua versión de Casiodoro de Reina), Génesis 12:5:

     Y tomó Abram á Sarai su mujer, y á Lot hijo de su hermano, y toda su hacienda que habían ganado, y las almas que habían adquirido en Harán, y salieron parair á tierra de Canaán; y á tierra de Canaán llegaron.

     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. (KJV)