Dictionaries :: Amram

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Amram:

kindred of the High; i.e., "friend of Jehovah." (1.) The son of Kohath, the son of Levi. He married Jochebed, "his father's sister," and was the father of Aaron, Miriam, and Moses (Exd 6:18,20; Num 3:19). He died in Egypt at the age of 137 years (Exd 6:20). His descendants were called Amramites (Num 3:27; 1Ch 26:23). (2.) Ezr 10:34.

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Amram:

an exalted people; their sheaves; handfuls of corn

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Amram:

am'-ram (‘amram, "people exalted"):

(1) Father of Aaron, Moses and Miriam (Ex 6:20; Nu 26:59; 1Ch 6:3; 23:13); and a son of Kohath, the son of Levi (Ex 6:18; Nu 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 (1Ch 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 (Nu 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 (Ezr 10:34).

(3) In 1Ch 1:41 (the King James Version) for the properly read HAMRAN of the Revised Version (British and American) (chamran), a Horite, who in Ge 36:26 is called HEMDAN (which see).

Written by Edward Mack

Nave's Topical Bible

Amram: 1. Father of Moses

Exd 6:18; 20; Num 26:58, 59; 1Ch 6:3, 18; 23:12, 13

Head of one of the branches of Levites,

Num 3:19, 27; 1Ch 26:23.

Age of, at death,

Exd 6:20.

Amram: 2. Son of Bani

Ezr 10:34

Amram: 3. Son of Dishon

1Ch 1:41

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Amram:

(an exalted people).

(1.) A Levite of the family of the Kohathites, and father of Moses (Exodus 6:18; 6:20). (B.C. 1571)

(2.) A son of Dishon and descendant of Seir (1 Chronicles 1:41) properly "Hamram" or HEMDAN in Genesis 36:26.

(3.) One of the sons of Bani in the time of Ezra, who had married a foreign wife (Ezra 10:34). (B.C. 459)