As recounted in the
Torah, his name was originally
Avram which means "High Father" - "ab" (אב) "father", "ram" (רם) "high" - with the "ha" (ה) added in mark of his covenant with God.
In the
Russian language, the name is used in the following forms: Авраам (Avraam),[3][4]Авраамий (Avraamy),[4]Аврамий (Avramy),[5]Абрам (Abram),[3][6]Абрамий (Abramy),[6]Аврам (Avram),[5]Обра́м (Obram),[5] and Абрахам (Abrakham).[5]
Saint Abraham (Ethiopian), a saint of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, part of the martyrs Abraham, Ethnus, Acrates, James, and John venerated in Ethiopia as saints
В. А. Никонов (V. A. Nikonov). "Ищем имя" (Looking for a Name). Изд. "Советская Россия". Москва, 1988.
ISBN5-268-00401-8
Н. А. Петровский (N. A. Petrovsky). "Словарь русских личных имён" (Dictionary of Russian First Names). ООО Издательство "АСТ". Москва, 2005.
ISBN5-17-002940-3
[1] А. В. Суперанская (A. V. Superanskaya). "Современный словарь личных имён: Сравнение. Происхождение. Написание" (Modern Dictionary of First Names: Comparison. Origins. Spelling). Айрис-пресс. Москва, 2005.
ISBN5-8112-1399-9
[2] А. В. Суперанская (A. V. Superanskaya). "Словарь русских имён" (Dictionary of Russian Names). Издательство Эксмо. Москва, 2005.
ISBN5-699-14090-5
This page or section lists people that share the same
given name. If an
internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article.
As recounted in the
Torah, his name was originally
Avram which means "High Father" - "ab" (אב) "father", "ram" (רם) "high" - with the "ha" (ה) added in mark of his covenant with God.
In the
Russian language, the name is used in the following forms: Авраам (Avraam),[3][4]Авраамий (Avraamy),[4]Аврамий (Avramy),[5]Абрам (Abram),[3][6]Абрамий (Abramy),[6]Аврам (Avram),[5]Обра́м (Obram),[5] and Абрахам (Abrakham).[5]
Saint Abraham (Ethiopian), a saint of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, part of the martyrs Abraham, Ethnus, Acrates, James, and John venerated in Ethiopia as saints
В. А. Никонов (V. A. Nikonov). "Ищем имя" (Looking for a Name). Изд. "Советская Россия". Москва, 1988.
ISBN5-268-00401-8
Н. А. Петровский (N. A. Petrovsky). "Словарь русских личных имён" (Dictionary of Russian First Names). ООО Издательство "АСТ". Москва, 2005.
ISBN5-17-002940-3
[1] А. В. Суперанская (A. V. Superanskaya). "Современный словарь личных имён: Сравнение. Происхождение. Написание" (Modern Dictionary of First Names: Comparison. Origins. Spelling). Айрис-пресс. Москва, 2005.
ISBN5-8112-1399-9
[2] А. В. Суперанская (A. V. Superanskaya). "Словарь русских имён" (Dictionary of Russian Names). Издательство Эксмо. Москва, 2005.
ISBN5-699-14090-5
This page or section lists people that share the same
given name. If an
internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article.