Abraham
friend of God (Jas 2:23)
- Role
- patriarch
- Era
- 2000 BC–1800 BC
- Passages
- 275
- Named in
- Old Testament (16 books), New Testament (11 books)
Traditional dating; the patriarchal period is not independently fixed.
Called from Ur and Haran to Canaan; regarded as the ancestral figure of Israel, and in later tradition of Judaism, Christianity and Islam alike.
The name
- Ἀβραὰμ Abraam — Abraham
- אַבְרָהָ֔ם 'av.ra.Ham — Abraham lexicon
- אַבְרָ֔ם 'av.Ram — Abram
More than one form is recorded — a renaming, or the Greek and Hebrew of the same person. They are listed under one entry rather than as separate people.
Family
Places named alongside
- Canaan 9 verses
- Egypt 8 verses
- Sodom 6 verses
- Haran 4 verses
- Hebron 4 verses
- Mamre 4 verses
- Gerar 3 verses
- Machpelah 3 verses
- Negeb 3 verses
- Beersheba 2 verses
- Euphrates 2 verses
- Kiriath-arba 2 verses
Named in
- Genesis 11:26
- Genesis 11:27
- Genesis 11:29
- Genesis 11:31
- Genesis 12:1
- Genesis 12:4
- Genesis 12:5
- Genesis 12:6
- Genesis 12:7
- Genesis 12:9
- Genesis 12:10
- Genesis 12:14
- Genesis 12:16
- Genesis 12:17
- Genesis 12:18
- Genesis 13:1
- Genesis 13:2
- Genesis 13:4
- Genesis 13:5
- Genesis 13:7
- Genesis 13:8
- Genesis 13:12
- Genesis 13:14
- Genesis 13:18
- Genesis 14:12
- Genesis 14:13
- Genesis 14:14
- Genesis 14:19
- Genesis 14:21
- Genesis 14:22
- Genesis 14:23
- Genesis 15:1
- Genesis 15:2
- Genesis 15:3
- Genesis 15:11
- Genesis 15:12
- Genesis 15:13
- Genesis 15:18
- Genesis 16:1
- Genesis 16:2
- Genesis 16:3
- Genesis 16:5
- Genesis 16:6
- Genesis 16:15
- Genesis 16:16
- Genesis 17:1
- Genesis 17:3
- Genesis 17:5
- Genesis 17:9
- Genesis 17:15
- Genesis 17:17
- Genesis 17:18
- Genesis 17:22
- Genesis 17:23
- Genesis 17:24
- Genesis 17:26
- Genesis 18:6
- Genesis 18:7
- Genesis 18:11
- Genesis 18:13
Showing the first 60 of 275 passages, in canonical order.
Passages are linked from the tagged text; the summary and any positions above are written by hand and cited.