Amram

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Amram . 1 . A Levite, son of Kohath and grandson of Levi ( Num 3:17-19 ,   1 Chronicles 6:2-3;   1 Chronicles 6:18 ). He married Jochebed his father’s sister, by whom he begat Aaron and Moses (  Exodus 6:18-20 ) and Miriam (  Numbers 26:59 ,   1 Chronicles 6:3 ). The Amramites are mentioned in   Numbers 3:27 ,   1 Chronicles 26:23 .   1 Chronicles 26:2 . A son of Bani who had contracted a foreign marriage (  Ezra 10:34 ).

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Am'ram. (An Exalted People).

1. A Levite, of the family of the Kohathites, and father of Moses.  Exodus 6:18;  Exodus 6:20. (B.C. 1571).

2. A son of Dishon, and descendant of Seir,  1 Chronicles 1:41, properly "Hamram" or Hemdan in  Genesis 36:26.

3. One of the sons of Bani, in the time of Ezra, who had married a foreign wife.  Ezra 10:34. (B.C. 459).

Easton's Bible Dictionary

 Ezra 10:34 .

Copyright Statement These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., DD Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain.

Bibliography Information Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Amram'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/a/amram.html. 1897.

Holman Bible Dictionary

 Exodus 6:18-20 Numbers 3:27 1 Chronicles 26:23 Ezra 10:34 3 1 Chronicles 1:41 Genesis 36:26

Morrish Bible Dictionary

1. Levite, fatherof Aaron, Moses and Miriam.  Exodus 6:18,20; etc.

2. Son of Dishon, a descendant of Seir.  1 Chronicles 1:41 . Called HEMDAN in  Genesis 36:26 .

3. Son of Bani.  Ezra 10:34 .

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. A Levite; father of Miriam, Aaron, and Moses ( Exodus 6:18-20). (See Aaron ; JOCHEBED.)

2.  Ezra 10:34.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb., Amrram', עִמְרָם , Kindred Of the High, i.e. Friend Of Jehovah; Sept. in  Exodus 6:20, Ἀμβράμ ; in  1 Chronicles 1:41, Ε᾿Μερών v. r. Ἀμαδά , [where the text has חִמְרָן ; Chaemran', marg. Hamrana ] ; elsewhere Ἀμράμ ) , the name of two or three men.

1. The son of Kohath, the son of Levi; he married Jochebed, "his father's sister," by whom he had Aaron, Miriam, and Moses ( Exodus 6:18;  Numbers 3:19). He died in Egypt, aged 137 years ( Exodus 6:20), B.C. ante 1658. Before the giving of the law, it was permitted to marry a father's sister, but this was afterward forbidden ( Leviticus 18:12). His descendants were sometimes Called Amramites ( Numbers 3:27;  1 Chronicles 26:23).

2. One of the "sons" of Bani, who, after the return from Babylon, separated from his Gentile wife ( Ezra 10:34), B.C. 459.

3. A descendant of Esau ( 1 Chronicles 1:41). In  Genesis 36:26, he is called more correctly HEMDAN (See Hemdan) (q.v.).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

am´ram ( עמרם , ‛amrām , "people exalted"):

(1) Father of Aaron, Moses and Miriam ( Exodus 6:20;  Numbers 26:59;  1 Chronicles 6:3;  1 Chronicles 23:13 ); and a son of Kohath, the son of Levi ( Exodus 6:18;  Numbers 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 (  1 Chronicles 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 ( Numbers 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.

(2) One of the Bani, who in the days of Ezra had taken a foreign wife ( Ezra 10:34 ).

(3) In  1 Chronicles 1:41 (the King James Version) for the properly read Hamran of the Revised Version (British and American) (חמרן , ḥamrān ), a Horite, who in  Genesis 36:26 is called Hemdan (which see).

Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature

Am´ram, son of Kohath, of the tribe of Levi He married his father's sister Jochebed, by whom he had Aaron, Miriam, and Moses. He died in Egypt, at the age of 137 years (Exodus 6).