- the first of the great Biblical patriarchs, father of Isaac, and traditional founder of the ancient Hebrew nation: considered by Muslims an ancestor of the Arab peoples through his son Ishmael.
- a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “father of many.”
- the first of the patriarchs, the father of Isaac and the founder of the Hebrew people (Genesis 11–25)
- the place where the just repose after death (Luke 16:22)
