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abraham | greatness |

As a proper noun abraham

is abraham.

As a noun greatness is

the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc.

abraham

English

(wikipedia Abraham)

Proper noun

(s)
  • (Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Baha'i) A prophet in the Old Testament, Qur'an and Aqdas; a Semitic patriarch who preached monotheism, father of the Jewish patriarch Isaac and the Arab patriarch Ishmael.
  • * 1611 , (King James Version of the Bible), 17:5 :
    • Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but they name shall be Abraham ; for a father of many nations have I made thee.
  • * 1980 , Werner Keller, The Bible as History (tr. by William Neil), chapter 7, page 93:
    • 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.
  • * 1961 , (Kurt Vonnegut), Mother Night , Dell (1975), page 28:
    • "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."
  • The 14th sura (chapter) of the Quran

    • Synonyms

    * (Semitic patriarch) Abram

    Derived terms

    * Abrahamic * Gaybraham * Abrahamist

    Related terms

    * (pet forms ) Abe, Abey, Abie * (male given names ) Abram, Bram, Avram * (surnames ) Abrahams

    References

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    greatness

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Noun

  • The state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc.
    • Some are born great, some achieve greatness''', and some have '''greatness thrust upon 'em. — Shakespeare
  • *{{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=June 29 , author=Kevin Mitchell , title=Roger Federer back from Wimbledon 2012 brink to beat Julien Benneteau , work=the Guardian citation , page= , passage=He showed his greatness when it mattered, but his occasional weakness too. All of a sudden there is doubt about his chances, after a seamless start. He has a lot to prove now, even if he will be buoyed by his effort. }}
  • (obsolete): Pride; haughtiness.
    • It is not of pride or greatness that he cometh not aboard your ships. — .

    See also

    * magnum opus * genius

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