Ἀβραάμ (Abraάm) — Abraham / Abraham’s bosom / heaven

Notes: According to ancient Jewish tradition, the end of the age would be characterized by a heavenly feast to be enjoyed by the righteous. This would be presided over by Abraham, and therefore to go to Abraham’s bosom would be equivalent to being an honored guest at this celestial banquet.

Form 1

Part of speech: noun-name, m.

Inflections: Ἀβραάμ; indeclinable

Sense 1: Abraham

Semantic entry: 93.7

Semantic domains: Names of Persons and Places

Subdomains: Persons

Definition: the patriarch of the Israelite nation and father of the faithful

Show passage in OET: MAT 1:1

OET-RV MAT 1:1

1 This is a genealogy of Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) the messiah (Grk. Christ) a descendant of King David, a descendant of Avraham (Grk. Abraam).

OET-LV MAT 1:1

1 The_scroll of_the_birth of_Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) chosen _one /messiah, son of _Dawid/(Dāvid), son of _Abraʼam/(ʼAⱱrāhām):

Show passage in OET: MAT 1:2

OET-RV MAT 1:2

2 Avraham was the father of Yitshak (Isaac), Yitshak the father of Ya’akov (Jacob; Grk. Yakob), Ya’akov the father of Yehudah (Judah; Grk. Yudas) and his brothers.

OET-LV MAT 1:2

2 Abraʼam bore the Isaʼak/(Yiʦḩāq), and Isaʼak bore the Yakōb/(Yaˊₐqoⱱ), and Yakōb bore the Youda/(Yəhūdāh) and the brothers of _him,

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All 69 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: OET MAT 1:1–2 · OET MAT 1:17 · OET MAT 3:9 · OET MAT 8:11 · OET MAT 22:32

MRK: OET MRK 12:26

LUK: OET LUK 1:55 · OET LUK 1:73 · OET LUK 3:8 · OET LUK 3:34 · OET LUK 13:16 · OET LUK 13:28 · OET LUK 16:22–25 · OET LUK 16:29–30 · OET LUK 19:9 · OET LUK 20:37

JHN: OET JHN 8:33 · OET JHN 8:37 · OET JHN 8:39–40 · OET JHN 8:52–53 · OET JHN 8:56–58

ACT: OET ACT 3:13 · OET ACT 3:25 · OET ACT 7:2 · OET ACT 7:16–17 · OET ACT 7:32 · OET ACT 13:26

ROM: OET ROM 4:1–3 · OET ROM 4:9 · OET ROM 4:12–13 · OET ROM 4:16 · OET ROM 9:7 · OET ROM 11:1

CO2: OET CO2 11:22

GAL: OET GAL 3:6–9 · OET GAL 3:14 · OET GAL 3:16 · OET GAL 3:18 · OET GAL 3:29 · OET GAL 4:22

HEB: OET HEB 2:16 · OET HEB 6:13 · OET HEB 7:1–2 · OET HEB 7:4–6 · OET HEB 7:9 · OET HEB 11:8 · OET HEB 11:17

JAM: OET JAM 2:21 · OET JAM 2:23

PE1: OET PE1 3:6

Sense 2: Abraham’s bosom, heaven

Semantic entry: 1.16

Semantic domains: Geographical Objects and Features

Subdomains: Regions Above the Earth

Definition: (an idiom, literally: Abraham’s bosom) the heavenly abode, with the implication of close interpersonal relations

Notes: A literal rendering of κόλπος Ἀβραάμ as ‘the bosom of Abraham’ or ‘the lap of Abraham’ is often misleading. In some languages it may even suggest homosexuality, and in other cases it implies that Lazarus was either a baby or was changed into a baby in heaven. Since κόλπος Ἀβραάμ is generally interpreted as a reference to the eschatological heavenly feast,{N:001} one may be justified in rendering OET LUK 16:22 as in TEV “the poor man died and was carried by the angels to sit beside Abraham at the feast in heaven.” In some languages κόλπος Ἀβραάμ in this context is translated as ‘he was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side’ or ‘… to be with Abraham.’

Collocations: ὁ κόλπος Ἀβραάμ

Show passage in OET: LUK 16:22

OET-RV LUK 16:22

22 and eventually he died and was carried away by God’s messengers to recline at the table next to Avraham. Then the rich man also died and was buried

OET-LV LUK 16:22

22 And it _became the poor man to _die _off, and him to _be _carried _away by the messengers into the bosom of _Abraʼam/(ʼAⱱrāhām).
And the rich man died _off also and was _buried.

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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

Ἀβραάμ

Form 1

Sense 1: Abraham

Sense 2: Abraham’s bosom, heaven