Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun abraham

1 sense of abraham

Sense 1
Abraham, Ibrahim -- (the first of the Old Testament patriarchs and the father of Isaac; according to Genesis, God promised to give Abraham's family (the Hebrews) the land of Canaan (the Promised Land); God tested Abraham by asking him to sacrifice his son; "Judaism, Christianity, and Islam each has a special claim on Abraham")
       INSTANCE OF=> patriarch -- (any of the early biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race)

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