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<li> &nbsp;Ezra 10:34 . <div> <p> '''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. </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> (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>