Amram
- A Levite; father of Miriam, Aaron, and Moses (Exo 6:18-20). (See AARON; JOCHEBED)
- Ezr 10:34.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia on Amram
Amram am'-ram (`amram, "people exalted"): ⇒See a list of verses on AMRAM in the Bible. (1) Father of Aaron, Moses and Miriam (Ex 6:20; Nu 26:59; 1Ch 6:3; 23:13); and a son of Kohath, the son of Levi (Ex 6:18; Nu 3:19, etc.). It is not certain that he was literally the son of Kohath, but rather his descendant, since there were ten generations from Joseph to Joshua (1Ch 7:20-27), while only four are actually mentioned from Levi to Moses for the corresponding period. Moreover the Kohathites at the time of the Exodus numbered 8,600 (Nu 3:28), which would therefore have been an impossibility if only two generations had lived. It seems best to regard Amram as a descendant of Kohath, and his wife Jochebed as a "daughter of Levi" in a general sense. ⇒See also the McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia. (2) One of the Bani, who in the days of Ezra had taken a foreign wife (Ezr 10:34). (3) In 1 Ch 1:41 (the King James Version) for the properly read HAMRAN of the Revised Version (British and American) (chamran), a Horite, who in Ge 36:26 is called HEMDAN (which see). Edward Mack
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible on Amram
(c-iCB ' the people is exalted '). 1. A Levite, son of Kohath and grandson of Levi (Nu H"-'», 1 Ch 6»- »•■"). He married Jo.hebed his father's sister, by whom he begat Aaron and Moses (Ex 6'»-=°) and Miriam (Nu 26=», 1 Ch 6'). 2. A son of Bani who had contracted a marriage with a ' strange woman ' in the time of Ezra (Ezr 10'«). Amramites, The (•p^pl•n). — A branch of the Kohathit« familj' of the tribe of Levi. The name occurs in the account of the cen.sus taken by Moses (Nu 3-"'), and again in the Chronicler's account of the organisation of the Levites in the time ol David (1 Ch 26'^). W. C. Allen. AMRAPHEL (S5i;>:), mentioned as 'king of Shinar ' (Gn 14'). Schrader, who suggested that the name was a corruption for ' Amraphi ' ('j-idn), was the hrst to identify this king with Khammurabi, the 6th king in the 1st Dynasty of Babylon. The cuneiform inscriptions inform us that Khamraura'oi was king of Babylon and N. Babylonia ; that he re- belled against the supremacy of Elam ; that he over- threw his rival Eriaku, kingof Larsa; and, after con- quering Sumer and Accad, was the first to m…
Smith's Bible Dictionary on Amram
(an exalted people). A Levite of the family of the Kohathites, and father of Moses. (Exodus 6:18,20) (B.C. 1571.) A son of Dishon and descendant of Seir, (1 Chronicles 1:41) properly “Hamram” = Hemdan in (Genesis 36:26) One of the sons of Bani in the time of Ezra, who had married a foreign wife. (Ezra 10:34) (B.C. 459).
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