Difference between revisions of "Amram"

<p> <strong> [[Amram]] </strong> . <strong> 1 </strong> . A Levite, son of [[Kohath]] and grandson of [[Levi]] ( Num 3:17-19 , &nbsp; 1 Chronicles 6:2-3; &nbsp; 1 Chronicles 6:18 ). He married [[Jochebed]] his father’s sister, by whom he begat Aaron and Moses (&nbsp; Exodus 6:18-20 ) and [[Miriam]] (&nbsp; Numbers 26:59 , &nbsp; 1 Chronicles 6:3 ). The <strong> [[Amramites]] </strong> are mentioned in &nbsp; Numbers 3:27 , &nbsp; 1 Chronicles 26:23 . &nbsp; 1 Chronicles 26:2 . A son of [[Bani]] who had contracted a foreign marriage (&nbsp; 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. &nbsp;Exodus 6:18; &nbsp;Exodus 6:20. (B.C. 1571). </p> <p> 2. A son of Dishon, and descendant of Seir, &nbsp;1 Chronicles 1:41, properly "Hamram" or [[Hemdan]] in &nbsp;Genesis 36:26. </p> <p> 3. One of the sons of Bani, in the time of Ezra, who had married a foreign wife. &nbsp;Ezra 10:34. (B.C. 459). </p>

<li> &nbsp;Ezra 10:34 . <div> <p> '''Copyright Statement''' These 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 Information''' Easton, 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. Levite, fatherof Aaron, Moses and Miriam. &nbsp;Exodus 6:18,20; etc. </p> <p> 2. Son of Dishon, a descendant of Seir. &nbsp;1 Chronicles 1:41 . Called HEMDAN in &nbsp;Genesis 36:26 . </p> <p> 3. Son of Bani. &nbsp;Ezra 10:34 . </p>

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

<p> (Heb., Amrram', עִמְרָם, ''Kindred Of'' the ''High,'' i.e. ''Friend Of Jehovah;'' Sept. in &nbsp;Exodus 6:20, Ἀμβράμ; in &nbsp;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 (&nbsp;Exodus 6:18; &nbsp;Numbers 3:19). He died in Egypt, aged 137 years (&nbsp;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 (&nbsp;Leviticus 18:12). His descendants were sometimes ''Called Amramites'' (&nbsp;Numbers 3:27; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 26:23). </p> <p> '''2.''' One of the "sons" of Bani, who, after the return from Babylon, separated from his [[Gentile]] wife (&nbsp;Ezra 10:34), B.C. 459. </p> <p> '''3.''' A descendant of [[Esau]] (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 1:41). In &nbsp;Genesis 36:26, he is called more correctly HEMDAN (See Hemdan) (q.v.). </p>

<p> '''''am´ram''''' ( עמרם , <i> '''''‛amrām''''' </i> , "people exalted"): </p> <p> (1) Father of Aaron, Moses and Miriam (&nbsp;Exodus 6:20; &nbsp;Numbers 26:59; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 6:3; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 23:13 ); and a son of Kohath, the son of Levi (&nbsp;Exodus 6:18; &nbsp;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 (&nbsp; 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 (&nbsp;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 (&nbsp;Ezra 10:34 ). </p> <p> (3) In &nbsp;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 &nbsp;Genesis 36:26 is called Hemdan (which see). </p>