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Avraham (אברהם) means Abraham in Hebrew.

It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.

אַבְרָהָם
avraham
noun · masculine
In English

Abraham

The stress falls on the part in bold.

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The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Avraham.

The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.

  1. 1
    בנו של תרח, נחשב למונותאיסט הראשון, ולראשון מבין שלושת האבות במקרא. שמו הקודם אַבְרָם; מכונה גם אַבְרָהָם אָבִינוּ.
    ...בְּעֵבֶר הַנָּהָר יָשְׁבוּ אֲבוֹתֵיכֶם מֵעוֹלָם תֶּרַח אֲבִי אַבְרָהָם וַאֲבִי נָחוֹר וַיַּעַבְדוּ אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים. וָאֶקַּח אֶת־אֲבִיכֶם אֶת־אַבְרָהָם מֵעֵבֶר הַנָּהָר וָאוֹלֵךְ אוֹתוֹ בְּכָל-אֶרֶץ כְּנָעַן...
  2. 2
    שם פרטי לזכר.

The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.

The word Avraham is a masculine noun.

Written with vowel points
אַבְרָהָם
Written without vowel points
אברהם
Said
avraham
Gematria
248

This is how Avraham is said in other languages.

English
Abraham
Arabic
إبراهيم
Russian
Авраам
French
Abraham
Spanish
Abrahán
German
Abraham

These words rhyme with Avraham.

These words come before and after Avraham in the dictionary.

These are the questions people ask about the word Avraham.

What does Avraham (⁨אברהם⁩) mean in Hebrew?

Avraham (⁨אברהם⁩) means Abraham. It is said avraham, with the stress on ham.

What rhymes with Avraham (⁨אברהם⁩)?

Words that rhyme with Avraham (⁨אברהם⁩) include ⁨אדם⁩, ⁨דם⁩, ⁨ים⁩, ⁨עם⁩, ⁨סם⁩, and ⁨עולם⁩.

Is Avraham (⁨אברהם⁩) masculine or feminine?

The word Avraham (⁨אברהם⁩) is a masculine noun.

The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry אברהם of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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