Abraham

Definitions

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.
2. A shop selling cheap and low-quality clothes, especially in the East End of London.
   British, London, archaic, slang
3. A male given name from Hebrew.
4. A surname originating as a patronymic.
5. The 14th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

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Examples

“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.”

“As one would expect⟳ of caravan people around 1900 B.C., the caravan people depicted in the Khnum-hotpe grave had donkeys, whereas the Bible says that Abraham and his people, who according to the traditional interpretation are supposed to have⟳ lived at the same period, already possessed camels.”

“"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."”

“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.”

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