Abraham (given name)

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Abraham
Ebrahim, Abe, Avi, Bram

Abraham is a given name of Hebrew origin and a Biblical patriarch (Hebrew: אַבְרָהָם, Modern: Avraham, Tiberian: ʾAḇrāhām Ashkenazi Avrohom or Avruhom); the father of the Abrahamic religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam.[2]

As recounted in the Torah, his name was originally Avram which means "High Father" - "ab" (אב) "father", "ram" (רם) "high" - with the "ha" (ה) added in mark of his covenant with God.

In the Russian language, the name is used in the following forms: Авраам (Avraam),[3][4] Авраамий (Avraamy),[4] Аврамий (Avramy),[5] Абрам (Abram),[3][6] Абрамий (Abramy),[6] Аврам (Avram),[5] Обра́м (Obram),[5] and Абрахам (Abrakham).[5]

Given name

  • Mar Abraham I
    , bishop of the Church of the East (148–171 AD)
  • Abraham (Egyptian saint)
    , martyred in Egypt with John of Samanoud and James of Manug
  • Saint Abraham (Ethiopian), a saint of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, part of the martyrs Abraham, Ethnus, Acrates, James, and John venerated in Ethiopia as saints
  • Abraham (Persian saint)
    , 4th century Christian saint, martyred with Sapor of Bet-Nicator
  • Abraham of Arbela (died c. 348), Syrian bishop, martyr, and saint
  • Abraham of Arazd, 5th century Armenian Christian priest, hermit, and saint 5th century Armenian Christian priest, hermit, and saint
  • Abraham of Bet-Parsaje
    , 4th century Persian Christian saint, martyred with Mana of Bet-Parsaje
  • Abraham of Clermont (died c.485), Syrian-French abbot, founder of the abbey of St. Cirgues in Clermont
  • Abraham of Cyrrhus (died 442), Syrian-born, Anatolian Roman Catholic saint
  • Abraham of Egypt, a monk and saint of the Coptic Church
  • Abraham (Copt)
    (lived 5th or 6th century), a saint of the Coptic Church
  • Abraham of the High Mountain (died 446), 5th century Christian saint
  • Abraham of Kiev
    , a monk and Ukrainian Roman Catholic saint
  • Abraham of Kratia
    (c.474–c.558), a Christian monk and saint
  • Mar Abraham
    , a saint of the Syriac Orthodox Church
  • Abraham of Nethpra, a 6th century saint of the Assyrian Church of the East
  • Abraham of Scetes
    , a monk and saint of the Coptic Church
  • Abraham the Great of Kaskhar
    , (492–586), saint and monastic reformer of the Assyrian Church of the East
  • Abraham the Great of Kidunja
    (died c.366), a Christian hermit, priest and saint
  • Abraham the Writer, a saint of the Syrian Orthodox Church
  • Abraha, a variant form, King of Saba'

9th to 13th centuries

  • Pope Abraham of Alexandria (died 978), Syrian Coptic Pope
  • Abraham II (Nestorian patriarch)
    , Patriarch of the Church of the East from 837 to 850
  • Abraham III (Nestorian patriarch)
    , Abraham III Abraza, Patriarch of the Church of the East from 906 to 937
  • Abraham of Bulgaria (died 1229), a Russian convert from Islam to Eastern Orthodoxy, martyr, Christian saint
  • Abraham of Miroshsk
    (died 1158), abbot of the Holy Redeemer monastery in Pskow
  • Abraham of Strathearn (died 1220s), Catholic bishop of Dunblane
  • Abraham of Smolensk (died 1221), Russian Eastern Orthodox monk and saint
  • Abraham bar Hiyya (1070–1145), Jewish mathematician, astronomer and philosopher
  • Abraham ben David (~1125–1198), Provençal rabbi, author and critic
  • Abraham ibn Daud (~1110–~1180), Spanish-Jewish astronomer, historian, and philosopher
  • Abraham ibn Ezra (1089–1164), Spanish-Jewish philosopher, astronomer/astrologer, mathematician, poet, and linguistics scholar

14th to 17th centuries

18th to 19th centuries

20th century to present

See also

References

Notes

  1. ^ "What Does the Name 'Abraham' Really Mean?".
  2. ^ "Abraham - Baby Name Meaning, Origin and Popularity". www.thebump.com. Retrieved 2024-01-28.
  3. ^ a b Nikonov, p. 50
  4. ^ a b Superanskaya [1], p. 20
  5. ^ a b c d Superanskaya [2], p. 30
  6. ^ a b Petrovsky, p. 35

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