abraham

abraham — noun

1. a man in the Hebrew Bible. In Judaism he is honoured as the first ancestor of al

1.名詞
釋義

a man in the Hebrew Bible. In Judaism he is honoured as the first ancestor of all Jews, with his line passing down via his son Isaac. In Islam he is honoured as the first ancestor of all Arabs, with his line passing down via another son, Ishmael.

例句

In Sunday school, Mrs. Lin told the story of Abraham leaving his home in Ur.

proper noun: Abraham as subject of biblical narrative

Jews, Christians, and Muslims all trace part of their faith back to Abraham.

fixed phrase: trace ... back to Abraham

同義詞
  • Ibrahim

    the same figure in Arabic and Islamic tradition

  • Avraham

    Hebrew form of the name, used in Jewish texts

用法筆記

Almost always capitalised and used without an article. Distinguish from the modern given name Abraham (e.g. Abraham Lincoln), which takes the same spelling but refers to a real person rather than the biblical figure.

常見錯誤

❌The Abraham was a great leader.
✅Abraham was a great leader.
💡proper nouns of this kind do not take 'the'.
❌My grandfather is an abraham of our family.
✅My grandfather is the patriarch of our family.
💡Abraham is a personal name, not a common noun for 'patriarch'.