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<p> '''''am´ram''''' ( עמרם , <i> '''''‛amrām''''' </i> , "people exalted"): </p> <p> (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 <i> literally </i> 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. </p> <p> (2) One of the Bani, who in the days of Ezra had taken a foreign wife ( Ezra 10:34 ). </p> <p> (3) In 1 Chronicles 1:41 (the King James Version) for the properly read [[Hamran]] of the Revised Version (British and American) ( חמרן , <i> '''''ḥamrān''''' </i> ), a Horite, who in [[Genesis]] 36:26 is called [[Hemdan]] (which see). </p> | |||
== Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_30489" /> == | |||
<li> Ezra 10:34 . <p> </p> <div> <p> [[Copyright]] StatementThese dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated [[Bible]] Dictionary, [[Third]] Edition, published by [[Thomas]] Nelson, 1897. Public Domain. </p> <p> Bibliography InformationEaston, Matthew George. Entry for 'Amram'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/a/amram.html. 1897. </p> </div> </li> | |||
== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_34209" /> == | |||
<p> 1. A Levite; father of Miriam, Aaron, and [[Moses]] ( Exodus 6:18-20). (See AARON; JOCHEBED.) </p> <p> 2. Ezra 10:34. </p> | |||
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_38150" /> == | |||
Exodus 6:18-20 Numbers 3:27 1 Chronicles 26:23 Ezra 10:34 3 1 Chronicles 1:41 [[Genesis]] 36:26 <p> </p> | |||
== Hitchcock's Bible Names <ref name="term_45026" /> == | |||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_49059" /> == | |||
<p> <strong> AMRAM </strong> . <strong> 1 </strong> . 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 <strong> [[Amramites]] </strong> 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 ). </p> | |||
== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_64810" /> == | |||
<p> 1. Levite, fatherof Aaron, [[Moses]] and Miriam. Exodus 6:18,20; etc. </p> <p> 2. Son of Dishon, a descendant of Seir. 1 Chronicles 1:41 . Called HEMDAN in [[Genesis]] 36:26 . </p> <p> 3. Son of Bani. Ezra 10:34 . </p> | |||
== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71112" /> == | |||
<p> Am'ram. (an exalted people). </p> <p> 1. A Levite, of the family of the Kohathites, and father of Moses. Exodus 6:18; Exodus 6:20. (B.C. 1571). </p> <p> 2. A son of Dishon, and descendant of Seir, 1 Chronicles 1:41, properly "Hamram" or [[Hemdan]] in [[Genesis]] 36:26. </p> <p> 3. One of the sons of Bani, in the time of Ezra, who had married a foreign wife. Ezra 10:34. (B.C. 459). </p> | |||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_880" /> == | |||
<p> '''''am´ram''''' ( עמרם , <i> '''''‛amrām''''' </i> , "people exalted"): </p> <p> (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 <i> literally </i> 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. </p> <p> (2) One of the Bani, who in the days of Ezra had taken a foreign wife ( Ezra 10:34 ). </p> <p> (3) In 1 Chronicles 1:41 (the King James Version) for the properly read [[Hamran]] of the Revised Version (British and American) ( חמרן , <i> '''''ḥamrān''''' </i> ), a Horite, who in [[Genesis]] 36:26 is called [[Hemdan]] (which see). </p> | |||
== Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_14954" /> == | |||
<p> 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). </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> | |||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_19625" /> == | |||
<p> (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. </p> <p> 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). </p> <p> 2. One of the "sons" of Bani, who, after the return from Babylon, separated from his [[Gentile]] wife ( Ezra 10:34), B.C. 459. </p> <p> 3. A descendant of Esau ( 1 Chronicles 1:41). In [[Genesis]] 36:26, he is called more correctly HEMDAN (See [[Hemdan]]) (q.v.). </p> | |||
==References == | |||
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<ref name="term_30489"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/easton-s-bible-dictionary/amram Amram from Easton's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_34209"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/fausset-s-bible-dictionary/amram Amram from Fausset's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_38150"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/holman-bible-dictionary/amram Amram from Holman Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_45026"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hitchcock-s-bible-names/amram Amram from Hitchcock's Bible Names]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_49059"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/amram Amram from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_64810"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/morrish-bible-dictionary/amram Amram from Morrish Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_71112"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/smith-s-bible-dictionary/amram Amram from Smith's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_880"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/amram Amram from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_14954"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/kitto-s-popular-cyclopedia-of-biblial-literature/amram Amram from Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_19625"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/amram Amram from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | |||
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