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Abraham is a man in the Hebrew Bible, the Old Testament.
AbrahamAbraham is a man 是希伯來聖經in the Hebrew Bible，也就是舊約裡的一個人物the Old Testament。
Jewish teaching looks back to him as the father through whom the Jews became a people. Christian and Muslim teaching also honours him as a father of faith (in Arabic his name is Ibrahim). In the story, God promises that Abraham’s family will grow into a great nation.
猶太教義Jewish teaching 把他視為猶太人成為一個民族的源頭父親looks back to him as the father through whom the Jews became a people。基督教和伊斯蘭教義Christian and Muslim teaching 也尊他為信仰之父also honours him as a father of faith（在阿拉伯文裡他的名字是易卜拉欣in Arabic his name is Ibrahim）。在故事裡In the story，神應許God promises 亞伯拉罕的家族將發展成一個偉大的民族that Abraham's family will grow into a great nation。
The hard scene students meet in class is this: God asks Abraham to kill his son Isaac as a test of trust. Abraham is willing to obey; then God stops him, and a ram — a male sheep — is offered instead. People tell this when they talk about faith, obedience, and what a person will give up.
學生在課堂上遇到的困難場景The hard scene students meet in class 就是這個is this：神要亞伯拉罕God asks Abraham 殺掉他的兒子以撒to kill his son Isaac 作為對信任的考驗as a test of trust。亞伯拉罕願意順服Abraham is willing to obey；接著then 神阻止了他God stops him，而and 一隻公羊a ram（a male sheep） 被獻上代替以撒is offered instead。人們講這個故事People tell this 是在談信仰、順服，以及一個人願意放棄什麼when they talk about faith, obedience, and what a person will give up。
Abraham is also used as a man’s name in English. Writers say Abrahamic for the religions that trace a line back to him.
亞伯拉罕Abraham 在英文裡也當作男子名使用is also used as a man's name in English。作家Writers 稱為Abrahamicsay Abrahamic 指for the religions 可以把源頭追溯到他的宗教that trace a line back to him。
組成The name came into English from Hebrew, through Greek and Latin, then Old English and Middle English. Genesis explains it as “father of a multitude.” Some scholars think an older meaning was “father is exalted,” and that the Bible’s own explanation came later.
同家族的字
- Abrahamicdescribes the religions that look back to Abraham
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Abrahamname/ˈeɪ.bɹə.hæm/
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A prophet in the Old Testament, Qur'an and Aqdas; a Semitic patriarch son of Terah who practiced monotheism, father of the Jewish patriarch Isaac by Sarah and the Arab patriarch Ishmael by Hagar.
- Neither ſhall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name ſhall bee Abraham: for a father of many nations haue I made thee.
- As one would expect of caravan people around 1900 B.C., the caravan people depicted in the Khnum-hotpe grave had donkeys, whereas the Bible says that Abraham and his people, who according to the traditional interpretation are supposed to have lived at the same period, already possessed camels.
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A male given name from Hebrew.
- "Lincoln wasn't a Jew, was he?" he said. "I'm sure not," I said. […] "The name Abraham is very suspicious, to say the least," said Goebbels. "I'm sure his parents didn't realize that it was a Jewish name," I said. "They must have just liked the sound of it. They were simple frontier people. If they'd known the name was Jewish, I'm sure they would have called him something more American, like George or Stanley or Fred."
- Abraham Lincoln was clinically depressed. Some say he was gay. He guest-starred on a “Star Trek” episode and became a vampire slayer.
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A surname originating as a patronymic.
- Farmer also happened to be just the kind of expert that Franck and his co-author Daniel Abraham needed to bring their novels to the screen.
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The 14th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
Abrahamnoun/ˈeɪ.bɹə.hæm/
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archaicslangA shop selling cheap and low-quality clothes, especially in the East End of London.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。