Genesis 17:5
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
5 No longer will you be called Abram; your name will be Abraham,[a] for I am making you the father of a multitude of nations.(A)
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- 17:5 Abram and Abraham are merely two forms of the same name, both meaning, “the father is exalted”; another variant form is Abiram (Nm 16:1; 1 Kgs 16:34). The additional -ha- in the form Abraham is explained by popular etymology as coming from ab-hamon goyim, “father of a multitude of nations.”
Genesis 17:5
New International Version
5 No longer will you be called Abram[a]; your name will be Abraham,[b](A) for I have made you a father of many nations.(B)
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- Genesis 17:5 Abram means exalted father.
- Genesis 17:5 Abraham probably means father of many.
Genesis 17:5
King James Version
5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.
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Nehemiah 9:7
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
7 (A)You are the Lord God
who chose Abram,
Who brought him from Ur of the Chaldees,
who named him Abraham.
Nehemiah 9:7
New International Version
Nehemiah 9:7
King James Version
7 Thou art the Lord the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;
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