Abraham = "father of a multitude"

1. the son of Terah and the founder of the Jewish nation

a messenger, envoy, one who is sent, an angel, a messenger from God

but

1. nevertheless, notwithstanding

2. an objection

3. an exception

4. a restriction

5. nay, rather, yea, moreover

6. forms a transition to the cardinal matter

for

it is used when something is affirmed in a slightly ironical manner, as if with an pretence of uncertainty

1. perhaps

2. doubtless

3. verily

4. truly

to take in addition, to lay hold of, take possession of, overtake, attain, attain to

1. to lay hold of or to seize upon anything with the hands, to take hold of, lay hold of

2. metaph. to rescue one from peril, to help, succour

no, not; in direct questions expecting an affirmative answer

from which a plant germinates

1. the seed i.e. the grain or kernel which contains within itself the germ of the future plants

   1. of the grains or kernels sown

2. metaph. a seed i.e. a residue, or a few survivors reserved as the germ of the next generation (just as seed is kept from the harvest for the sowing)

the semen virile

1. the product of this semen, seed, children, offspring, progeny

2. family, tribe, posterity

3. whatever possesses vital force or life giving power

   1. of divine energy of the Holy Spirit operating within the soul by which we are regenerated