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G11 Ἀβραάμ (Abraám)
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Ἀβραάμ, ὁ Prop.n. Abraham

Strong's Definition

of Hebrew origin (85); Abraham, the Hebrew patriarch

KJV Usage: Abraham. (In Acts 7:16 the text should probably read Jacob.)

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

noun-name, m. | indeclinable

93.7 · Names of Persons and Places · Persons

Abraham the patriarch of the Israelite nation and father of the faithful

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1.16 · Geographical Objects and Features · Regions Above the Earth

Collocation: ὁ κόλπος Ἀβραάμ

Abraham’s bosom, heaven (an idiom, literally: Abraham’s bosom) the heavenly abode, with the implication of close interpersonal relations A literal rendering of κόλπος Ἀβραάμ as ‘the bosom of Abraham’ or ‘the lap of Abraham’ is often misleading. In some languages it may even suggest homosexuality, and in other cases it implies that Lazarus was either a baby or was changed into a baby in heaven. Since κόλπος Ἀβραάμ is generally interpreted as a reference to the eschatological heavenly feast, one may be justified in rendering LUK 16:22 as in TEV “the poor man died and was carried by the angels to sit beside Abraham at the feast in heaven.” In some languages κόλπος Ἀβραάμ in this context is translated as ‘he was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side’ or ‘... to be with Abraham.’

LUK 16:22

1 According to ancient Jewish tradition, the end of the age would be characterized by a heavenly feast to be enjoyed by the righteous. This would be presided over by Abraham, and therefore to go to Abraham’s bosom would be equivalent to being an honored guest at this celestial banquet.

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

᾿Αβραὰμ ὁ πατὴρ ἡμῶν, Jn. vill. 56; Ro. iv. 1; ᾿Ιάκωβον τὸν τοῦ Ζεβεδαίου καὶ ᾿Ιωάννην τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ, Mt. iv. 21; Μαρία ἡ Μαγδαληνή, Mt. xxvii. 56, ete.; Ἰωάννης ὁ βαπτιστῆς, Mt. iii. 1; Ἡρώδης ὃ τετράρχης, Lk. ix. 7; "Ingots ὁ λεγόμενος Χριστός, Mt. i. 16; Σαῦλος δὲ ὁ καὶ Παῦλος sc. καλούμενος, Acts xiii. 9; Σίμωνος τοῦ λεπροῦ, Mk. xiv. 3; Βαρτίμαιος ὁ τυφλός, Mk. χ. 40 [RG]; Ζαχαρίου τοῦ ἀπολομένου, Lk. xi.51. But there are excep. tions also to this usage: ὁ δὲ Ηρώδης ὁ τετράρχης, Lk. 111, 19; τὸν Σαούλ, υἱὸν Kis, Acts xiii. 21; in the opening of the Epistles: Παῦλος ἀπόστολος, Ro. i. 1; 1 Co. i. 1, ete. B. Proper names of countries and regions have the article far more frequently than those of cities and towns, for the reason that most names of countries, being derived from adjectives, get the force of substantives only by the addition of the article, as ἡ ᾿Αχαΐα (but ef. 2 Co. ix. 2), ἡ Γαλατία, ἡ Γαλιλαία, ἡ “IraXia, ἡ ᾿Ιουδαία. ἡ Μακεδονία (but οἴ. Ro. xv. 26; 1 Co. xvi. 5), ete. Only Αἴγυπτος, if Acts vii. 11 LT Tr WH be excepted, is everywhere anarthrous. The names of cities, esp. when joined to prepositions, particularly ev, eis and ἐκ, are without the article; but we find ἀπὸ (RG ἐκ) τῆς Ῥώμης in Acts xviii. 2. y- Names of rivers and streams have the article in Mt. iii. 13; Mk. i. 5; Lk. iv.1; xiii. 4; Jn. i. 28; τοῦ Κεδρών, Jn. xviii. 1 GL Tr mrg. 2. The article is prefixed to substantives expanded and more precisely defined by modifiers; a. to nouns accompanied by a gen. of the Pronouns μοῦ, σοῦ, ἡμῶν, ὑμῶν, αὐτοῦ, ἑαυτῶν, αὐτῶν: Mt. i. 21,25; v.45; vi. 10-12; xii.49; Mk.ix.17; Lk. vi. 27; x.73 xvi.6; Acts xix. 25 [LT Tr WH ἡμῖν]; Ro. iv. 19; vi. 6, and in numberless other places; it is rarely omitted, as in Mt. xix. 28; Lk. i. 72; ii. 32; 2 Co. viii. 23; Jas. v. 20, etc.; cf. B. § 127, 27. b. The possessive pronouns ἐμός, σός, ἡμέτερος, ὑμέτερος, joined to substantives (if Jn. iv. 34 be excepted) always take the article, and John generally puts them after the substantive (ἡ κρίσις ἡ ἐμή, In. ν. 30; ὁ λόγος ὁ σός, xvii. 17; ἡ κοινωνία ἡ ἡμετέρα, 1 In. i. 3; ὁ καιρὸς ὁ ὑμέτερος, Jn. vii. 6), very rarely between the article and the substantive (τοῖς ἐμοῖς ῥήμασιν, Jn. v.47; ἡ ἐμὴ διδαχή, vii. 16; τὴν σὴν λαλιάν, iv. 42), yet this is always done by the other N. T. writ., Mt. xviii. 20; Mk. viii. 38; Lk. ix. 26; Acts xxiv. 6 [Rec.]; xxvi. 5; Ro. iii. 7, ete. ο. When adjectives are added to substantives, either the adjective is placed between the article and the substantive, —as τὸ ἴδιον φορτίον, Gal. vi. 5; ὁ ἀγαθὺς ἄνθρωπος, Mt. xii. 35; τὴν δικαίαν κρίσιν, In. vii. 24; ἡ ἀγαθὴ μέρις, Lk. χ. 42: τὸ ἅγιον πνεῦμα, Lk. xii. 10; Acts i. 8; ἡ αἰώνιος ζωή, Jn. xvii. 3, and many other exx.;—or the adjective preceded by an article is placed after the substantive with its article, as τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον, Mk. iii. 29; Jn. xiv. 26; Actsi.16; Heb. iii. 7; ix.8; x.15; ἡ ζωὴ 7 αἰώνιος, 1 «1π. 1. 2; ii. 25; ὁ ποιμὴν ὃ καλός, Jn. x. 11; τὴν πύλην τὴν σιδηρᾶν, Acts xii. 10, and other exx.;— very rarely the adjective stands before a substantive which has the article, as in Acts [xiv. 10 RG]; xxvi. 24; 1 Co. xi. 5, [ef. B. § 125, 5; W. § 30,1 ς.1. As to the adjeo

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

Ἀβραάμ Abraam 73x

Abraham, pr. name indecl.

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

Ἀβραάμ (Heb. אַבְרָהָם), ὁ, indecl. (in FlJ, Ἄβραμος, -ου; MM, VGT, s.v.), Abraham (Ge 17:5 al.): Mt 1:1, 2 al.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

Ἀβραάμ (Abraam) — Abraham. Ἀβραάμ (Heb. אַבְרָהָם), ὁ, indecl. (in FlJ, Ἄβραμος, -ου; MM, VGT, see word), Abraham (Gen.17:5 al.): Mat.1:1, 2 al. (From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)

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