the first of the patriarchs, the father of Isaac and the founder of the Hebrew people (Genesis 11–25) - Abraham's bosom ⇒
the place where the just repose after death (Luke 16:22)
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A•bra•ham
(ā′brə ham′, -həm),USA pronunciation n.
- Biblethe first of the great Biblical patriarchs, father of Isaac, and traditional founder of the ancient Hebrew nation: considered by Muslims an ancestor of the Arab peoples through his son Ishmael.
- a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning "father of many.''
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Flex•ner
(fleks′nər),USA pronunciation n.
- Abraham, 1866–1959, U.S. educator.
- his brother Simon, 1863–1946, U.S. pathologist and bacteriologist.
'Abraham' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Abe
- Abie
- Abimelech
- Abraham's bosom
- Abram
- Booth
- Brith Milah
- Cahan
- Canaan
- Colles' fracture
- Cowley
- Darby
- Drinkwater
- Dukas
- Duquesne
- Flexner
- Hagar
- Hebrew
- Hebron
- Herndon
- Hodgenville
- Isaac
- Ishmael
- Jacobi
- Johnson
- Kaaba
- Keturah
- Lincoln
- Lincoln's Birthday
- Lincolnesque
- Lincolnian
- Lincolniana
- Lot
- Machpelah
- Melchizedek
- Michelson
- Midian
- Moriah
- Plains of Abraham
- Presidents' Day
- Promised Land
- Quebec
- Rutledge
- Sarah
- Springfield
- Stoker
- Terah
- Ur of the Chaldees
- Vallejo
- Waksman