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<li> Ezra 10:34 . <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>

<p> 1. A Levite; father of Miriam, Aaron, and [[Moses]] (Exodus 6:18-20). (See AARON; JOCHEBED.) </p> <p> 2. Ezra 10:34. </p>

Exodus 6:18-20Numbers 3:271 Chronicles 26:23Ezra 10:3431 Chronicles 1:41Genesis 36:26

<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>

<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>

<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>

<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, 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> (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>