Strong's H85 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: אַבְרָהָם (ʼAbrâhâm)

Pronunciation: ab-raw-hawm'

Morphology: n-pr-m

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

Definition: Abraham, the later name of Abram

KJV Renderings: Abraham.

Senses

1. Abraham = "father of a multitude" or "chief of multitude"
2. friend of God and founder of Hebrew nation via God's elective covenant

Cross References

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.