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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>
<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>
==References ==
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<ref name="term_880"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/amram Amram from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref>
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Revision as of 13:24, 6 October 2021

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).