# avram (אַבְרָם)

pronounced: av-RAM


**Abram — commonly explained as ‘exalted father’**

## In Scripture

> Neither will your name any more be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham; for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.
> — Genesis 17:5 (The verse where God expands Abram’s name and calling)

> Terah lived seventy years, and became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
> — Genesis 11:26 (Exact name — Abram first enters the biblical genealogy.)


## How to read this entry

The definition comes from the IsraelForYou lexicon. Scripture quotations and their translation are named below; later tradition or modern usage is identified when it appears.


https://israelforyou.com/hebrew/avram/