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Abraham vs Israel - What's the difference?

abraham | israel |

As proper nouns the difference between abraham and israel

is that abraham is 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 while Israel is the State of Israel, a modern country in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean.

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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    israel

    English

    (wikipedia Israel)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • The State of Israel, a modern country in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean.
  • The Land of Israel, a region that is roughly coextensive with the State of Israel.
  • (historical) A nation that occupied roughly the same area in ancient times.
  • (historical) An ancient kingdom that occupied the northern part of this area, as distinct from Judah.
  • The Jews, taken collectively.
  • (biblical) A name given to Jacob (Genesis 32:28).
  • *
    • And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel : for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
  • .

    • Synonyms

    * (State of Israel) the Jewish State, the State of Israel * (Land of Israel) Canaan, the Holy Land, the Land of Israel, the Levant, Palestine * (ancient kingdom) Ephraim * (the Jews) the Children of Israel

    Usage notes

    * (Land of Israel) The use of the name to refer to the region is sometimes seen as politically or emotionally charged; indeed, this is true of all terms for this region.

    Derived terms

    * Israeli * Israelite * Jewsrael

    See also

    * * * Irving

    Anagrams

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