noun · masculine
abraam
Strong’sG11
Abraham
stem abraam-73 times in the New Testamentin 11 of 27 books5 of 10 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
Abraham, the Hebrew patriarch's name, used as a proper name 1234. It is Hebrew in origin and treated as indeclinable in Greek 13.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
Ἀβραάμ (Heb. אַבְרָהָם), ὁ, indecl. (in FlJ, Ἄβραμος, -ου; MM, VGT, s.v.),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G11 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidab-rah-am'
Abraham, the Hebrew patriarch
Fromof Hebrew origin ();
King JamesAbraham.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Abraham (
(From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | abraam18×Ἀβραὰμ | abraam |
| object accusative | abraam10×Ἀβραὰμ | abraam |
| direct address vocative | abraam2×Ἀβραάμ | abraam |
| of, belonging to genitive | abraam29×Ἀβραὰμ | abraam |
| to, for dative | abraam14×Ἀβραὰμ | abraam |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
73 occurrences, every one of them listed
abraam“Abraham”subjectnominative singular18×
Matthew 1:2Abraam gennata ton Isaak, Isaak de gennata …Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac …
Luke 16:25legata de Abraam; Teknem, mimnēskisar hoti apolabasa teim agatheim …But Abraham answered, ‘Child, remember that during your …
Luke 16:29legatō de Abraam; Echalō Mōuson kai toin profētoin; akoualar …But Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the …
John 8:39… kai legala auto; Tos patros nu Abraam atō. legatō autoi tos Iēsus; Ei …“Abraham is our father,” they replied. “If …
John 8:40… han akouama para tou theou; houtem Abraam ouk poiata.… truth that I heard from God. Abraham never did such a thing.
John 8:52… Ioudaiois; Nun gnōskanē hoti daimonem echasō. Abraam apothnēskata kai tois profētois, kai sis …… have a demon!” declared the Jews. “Abraham died, and so did the prophets …
John 8:56Abraam tos patros vu agallieta hina horateia …Your father Abraham rejoiced that he would see My …
Acts 7:16… tithila en te mnēme he ōneta Abraam timau argurieu para toiu huioiu Hemmōr …… and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of …
Romans 4:2ei gar Abraam ek ergeiu dikaiita, echatō kauchēmem; alla …If Abraham was indeed justified by works, he …
Romans 4:3… gar tas grafas legatō? Pisteuata de Abraam to theo kai logizita auto eis …For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited …
Galatians 3:6kathōs Abraam pisteuata to theo, kai logizita auto …So also, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited …
Galatians 4:22grafotē gar hoti Abraam duo huioin echata, henon ek tau …For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the …
Hebrews 7:2ho kai dekatan apo panteiu merizata Abraam, prōtem men hermēneuorōntos basilevos dikaiosunau epeita …and Abraham apportioned to him a tenth of …
Hebrews 7:4Theōravōr de pēlikos houtos ho dekatan Abraam dōata ek teiu akrothinieiu tos patriarchos.… great Melchizedek was: Even the patriarch Abraham gave him a tenth of the …
Hebrews 11:8Pistia kalorōntos Abraam hupakouata exerchara eis topon hon mellate …By faith Abraham, when called to go to a …
Hebrews 11:17Pistia prosferatē Abraam ton Isaak peirazorōntos, kai ton monogenon …By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up …
James 2:21Abraam tos patros nu ouk ek ergeiu …Was not our father Abraham justified by what he did when …
James 2:23… tas grafas tas legarōntas; Pisteuata de Abraam to theo, kai logizita auto eis …… the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited …
abraam“Abraham”objectaccusative singular10×
Matthew 3:9… legarō en heautoi; Patron echanō ton Abraam, legamō gar vi hoti dunotō tos …… to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell …
Luke 1:73horkon hon omnuata pros Abraam ton patron nu, teu dōara ni… oath He swore to our father Abraham, to grant us
Luke 3:8… legarō en heautoi; Patron echanō ton Abraam, legamō gar vi hoti dunotō tos …… to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell …
Luke 13:28… tos brugmos toiu odontoiu, hotan horeveia Abraam kai Isaak kai Iakōb kai pantoin …… gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets …
Luke 16:23… ofthalmoin autou, huparcharōntos en basanai, horatō Abraam apo makrothen kai Lazaron en toi …… torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his …
John 8:57… auton; Pentēkonta eteim oupō echasō kai Abraam horasē?… years old, and You have seen Abraham?”
John 8:58… Iēsus; Amēn amēn legamō vi, prin Abraam genera mis amō.… I tell you,” Jesus declared, “before Abraham was born, I am!”
Acts 3:25… pros toin patroin vu, legarōntos pros Abraam Kai en te sperme su eneulogili …… your fathers when He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all the families …
Romans 4:1Tinem oun legani heuriskarē Abraam ton propatōron nu kata sarkan?What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh …
Hebrews 7:6… de mē genealogorōntos ek autoiu dekatatē Abraam, kai ton echarōnton tain epangeliain eulogatē.… from Levi, collected a tenth from Abraham and blessed him who had the …
abraam“Abraham”direct addressvocative singular2×
Luke 16:24kai autos fōnarantos legata; Patror Abraam, elēasar min kai pempasar Lazaron hina …So he cried out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send …
Luke 16:30tos de legata; Ouchi, patror Abraam, alla ean tinos apo nekroiu poreuiteia …‘No, father Abraham,’ he said, ‘but if someone is …
abraam“Abraham”of, belonging togenitive singular29×
Matthew 1:1… genesiau Iēsu christou huiou David huiou Abraam.… son of David, the son of Abraham:
Matthew 1:17Pantais oun tais geneais apo Abraam heōs David geneais dekatessares, kai apo …… then, there were fourteen generations from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to …
Matthew 8:11… kai dusmaiu hēkali kai anaklinili meta Abraam kai Isaak kai Iakōb en ta …… west to share the banquet with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom …
Matthew 22:32Mis amō tos theos Abraam kai tos theos Isaak kai tos …‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the …
Mark 12:26… tos theos legarōntos; Mis tos theos Abraam kai tos theos Isaak kai tos …… him, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the …
Luke 3:34tou Iakōb tou Isaak tou Abraam tou Thara tou Nachōr… son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son …
Luke 13:16houtan de thugatran Abraam arōntan, han data tos Satanos idou …Then should not this daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for …
Luke 16:22… hupo toiu angeloiu eis ton kolpon Abraam; apothnēskata de kai tos plousios kai …… was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. And the rich man also …
Luke 19:9… houto geneta, kathoti kai autos huios Abraam atō;… man too is a son of Abraham.
Luke 20:37… batau, hōs legatō kurion ton theon Abraam kai theon Isaak kai theon Iakōb;… calls the Lord ‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the …
John 8:33“Abraham”apokrinila pros auton; Spermem Abraam anō kai oudeno douleuanē pōpote; pōs …“We are Abraham’s descendants,” they answered. “We have never been slaves to anyone. How can You …
John 8:37“Abraham”oidamē hoti spermem Abraam avō; alla zētavō min apoktenara, hoti …I know you are Abraham’s descendants, but you are trying to kill Me because My word …
John 8:39“Abraham’s”… autoi tos Iēsus; Ei tekneim tou Abraam avō, teim ergeim tou Abraam poiave;… they replied. “If you were children of Abraham,” said Jesus, “you would do the works of Abraham.
John 8:39… tou Abraam avō, teim ergeim tou Abraam poiave;… you would do the works of Abraham.
John 8:53… sis megoteros asō tou patrou nu Abraam, hotinos apothnēskata? kai tois profētois apothnēskala; …Are You greater than our father Abraham? He died, as did the prophets …
Acts 3:13tos theos Abraam kai Isaak kai Iakōb, tos theos …The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of …
Acts 7:32… theos toiu patroiu su, tos theos Abraam kai Isaak kai Iakōb. entromos de …… of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.’ Moses trembled with …
Acts 13:26Androir adelfoir, huioir geneu Abraam kai tois en vi foborōntoir ton …Brothers, children of Abraham, and you Gentiles who fear God …
Romans 4:12… en akrobustia pistiau tou patrou nu Abraam.… of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.
Romans 4:16… monem alla kai te ek pistiau Abraam hos atō patros pantoiu nu,… who are of the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us …
Romans 9:7oude hoti alō spermem Abraam, pantois tekneim, alla; En Isaak kaliti …Nor because they are Abraham’s descendants are they all his children …
Romans 11:1… gar mis Israēlitos amō, ek spermeu Abraam, fulau Beniamin.… an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.
2 Corinthians 11:22… alō? kamis. Israēlitois alō? kamis. spermem Abraam alō? kamis.… am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.
Galatians 3:7… tois ek pistiau, houtois huiois alō Abraam.… who have faith are sons of Abraham.
Galatians 3:14… eis teim ethneim tas eulogias tou Abraam geneteia en Christo Iēso, hina tan …… order that the blessing promised to Abraham would come to the Gentiles in …
Galatians 3:29ei de vis Christou, ara tou Abraam spermem avō, kata epangelian klēronomois.… belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the …
Hebrews 2:16… gar dēpou angeloiu epilabotō, alla spermeu Abraam epilabotō.… He helps, but the descendants of Abraham.
Hebrews 7:5… autoiu, kaiper exercharēntoin ek tau osfuau Abraam;… though they too are descended from Abraham.
Hebrews 7:9kai hōs epem legara, dia Abraam kai Levios tos dekatain labarōntos dekatotē,… the tenth, paid the tenth through Abraham.
abraam“Abraham”to, fordative singular14×
Matthew 3:9… toiu lithoiu houtoiu egerara tekneim to Abraam.… God can raise up children for Abraham.
Luke 1:55… lalata pros toin patroin nu, to Abraam kai te sperme autou eis ton …… He promised to our fathers, to Abraham and his descendants forever.”
Luke 3:8… toiu lithoiu houtoiu egerara tekneim to Abraam.… God can raise up children for Abraham.
Acts 7:2… tau doxau horita to patro nu Abraam arōnto en ta Mesopotamia prin ē …… of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was still in Mesopotamia …
Acts 7:17… epangeliau hau homologata tos theos to Abraam, auxanata tos laos kai plēthunita en …… God to fulfill His promise to Abraham, our people in Egypt increased greatly …
Romans 4:9“Abraham”… tan akrobustian? leganō gar; Logizita to Abraam tas pistias eis dikaiosunan.… also on the uncircumcised? We have been saying that Abraham’s faith was credited to him as righteousness.
Romans 4:13… gar dia nomou tas epangelias to Abraam ē te sperme autou, tem klēronomon …For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would …
Galatians 3:8… teim ethneim tos theos proeuangelizeta to Abraam hoti Eneulogili en si panteim teim …… faith, and foretold the gospel to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through …
Galatians 3:9… ek pistiau eulogolō sun to pisto Abraam.… have faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.
Galatians 3:16to de Abraam legila tais epangeliais kai te sperme …The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture …
Galatians 3:18… klēronomias, ouketi ek epangeliau; to de Abraam dia epangeliau charizotē tos theos.… but God freely granted it to Abraham through a promise.
Hebrews 6:13To gar Abraam epangelerantos tos theos, epei kata oudenou …When God made His promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater …
Hebrews 7:1… tou theou tou hupsistou, tos sunantarantos Abraam hupostrefarōnto apo tau kopau toiu basilevoiu …… of God Most High. He met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the …
1 Peter 3:6hōs Sarras hupakouata to Abraam, kurion auton kalarōntas; hau geniva tekneim …just as Sarah obeyed Abraham and called him lord. And you …