What does "abraham" mean?
A shop selling cheap and low-quality clothes, especially in the East End of London.
Abraham
/ˈeɪ.bɹə.hæm/ name, noun, slang
name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A shop selling cheap and low-quality clothes, especially in the East End of London.
- Grammar: abraham is listed as name, noun, slang.
- Nearest alternatives: abe, abram, forefather, forename.
- Useful contrasts: descendant, surname.
- Usage evidence: Abraham Lincoln's father was a carpenter by trade.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A shop selling cheap and low-quality clothes, especially in the East End of London. British, London, archaic, slang
Proper Noun
- 1 A 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.
"Neither ſhall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name ſhall bee Abraham: for a father of many nations haue I made thee."
- 2 A male given name from Hebrew.
""Lincoln wasn't a Jew, was he?" he said. "I'm sure not," I said. […] "The name Abraham is very suspicious, to say the least," said Goebbels. "I'm sure his parents didn't realize that it was a Jewish name," I said. "They must have just liked the sound of it. They were simple frontier people. If they'd known the name was Jewish, I'm sure they would have called him something more American, like George or Stanley or Fred.""
- 3 A surname originating as a patronymic.
"Farmer also happened to be just the kind of expert that Franck and his co-author Daniel Abraham needed to bring their novels to the screen."
- 4 The 14th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
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Example
"Abraham Lincoln's father was a carpenter by trade."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "abraham"?
Common synonyms include: abe, abram, forefather, forename, founder, given name.
How do you use "abraham" in a sentence?
Abraham Lincoln's father was a carpenter by trade.
How do you pronounce "abraham"?
Pronounced /ˈeɪ.bɹə.hæm/.
Etymology
Etymology tree Biblical Hebrew אַבְרָהָם (ʔaḇrɔhɔm)bor. Ancient Greek Ἀβρᾱᾱ́μ (Abrāā́m)bor. Latin Ābrahāmbor. Old English Abraham Middle English Abraham English Abraham From Middle English Abraham, from Old English Abraham, from Late Latin Ābrahām, from Ancient Greek Ἀβρᾱᾱ́μ (Abrāā́m), from Hebrew אַבְרָהָם ('aḇrāhām, “Abraham”). Thomas L. Thompson suggests that the meaning of the name in Genesis was forgotten due to its age and that its original meaning was "Father is exalted." Glossed as אַב (aḇ, “father of”) + הֲמוֹן (hăˈmōn, “multitude of”) in Genesis 17:4–5; or from Hebrew אַבְרָם ('aḇrām, “Abram”). Doublet of Ibrahim and Avraham.