ABRAHAM

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• ABRAHAM (noun)
  The noun ABRAHAM has 1 sense:

1. the first of the Old Testament patriarchs and the father of Isaac; according to Genesis, God promised to give Abraham's family (the Hebrews) the land of Canaan (the Promised Land); God tested Abraham by asking him to sacrifice his son

  Familiarity information: ABRAHAM used as a noun is very rare.

• ABRAHAM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The first of the Old Testament patriarchs and the father of Isaac; according to Genesis, God promised to give Abraham's family (the Hebrews) the land of Canaan (the Promised Land); God tested Abraham by asking him to sacrifice his son

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Abraham; Ibrahim

Context example:

Judaism, Christianity, and Islam each has a special claim on Abraham

Instance hypernyms:

patriarch (any of the early biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race)

 Context examples 

You know that I cannot possibly leave London while old Abrahams is in such mortal terror of his life.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It's to you, Abraham Gray—it's to you I am speaking.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Abraham in red going to sacrifice Isaac in blue, and Daniel in yellow cast into a den of green lions, were the most prominent of these.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

She knew Martin was poor, and his condition she associated in her mind with the boyhood of Abraham Lincoln, of Mr. Butler, and of other men who had become successes.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Madam—he said this very solemnly—if ever Abraham Van Helsing can do anything for you or yours, I trust you will let me know.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Soon after my return from Leyden, I was recommended by my good master, Mr. Bates, to be surgeon to the Swallow, Captain Abraham Pannel, commander; with whom I continued three years and a half, making a voyage or two into the Levant, and some other parts.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

Depression affects at least one in six of us at some point in our lifetime, and better treatments are urgently needed, said senior author Abraham Palmer, PhD, professor of psychiatry and vice chair for basic research at UC San Diego School of Medicine.

(New Method for Treating Depression, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

There was a sudden scuffle, a sound of blows, and out burst Abraham Gray with a knife cut on the side of the cheek, and came running to the captain like a dog to the whistle.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)