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Abraham

(ā′brə ham′)

noun

a masculine name: dim. Abe
Bible the first patriarch and ancestor of the Hebrews: Gen. 12-25

Origin: Heb avraham, lit., father of many: the original form, avram, means “father is exalted”: see Gen. 17:5

plateau in the city of Quebec, on the St. Lawrence: site of a battle (1759) in which the British under Wolfe defeated the French under Montcalm, leading to British control of Canada

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In the Bible, the first patriarch and progenitor of the Hebrew people. He was the father of Isaac.

Origin:

Origin: Hebrew ’abrāhām, the (divine) Father is exalted

Origin: : ’āb, father; see אb in Semitic roots

Origin: + rām, rāhām, exalted; see rwm in Semitic roots

, Plains of

A field adjoining the upper part of Quebec City, Canada. In 1759 the British under Gen. James Wolfe defeated the French under Gen. Louis Montcalm in a decisive battle of the French and Indian Wars. The victory led to British supremacy in Canada.

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