אֲבִירָםʼĂbîyrâm
proper name, masculine: Aburamu
Pronunciation: ab-ee-rawm' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H48
Meanings
1. a Reubenite, son of Eliab (Numbers 16:1; Numbers 16:12; Numbers 16:24)
2. son of Hiel the Bethelite (1 Kings 16:34)
Same root
- אָבʼâb · H1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
- רוּםrûwm · H7311to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)
- אַבְרָםʼAbrâm · H87Abram, the original name of Abraham
- מוּתMûwth · H4192'To die for the son', probably the title of a popular song
Where it appears
Appears 11 times in the Bible.
- Numbers 16:1 One day Korah son of Izhar, a descendant of Kohath son of Levi, conspired with Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth, from the tribe of Reuben.
- Numbers 16:12 Then Moses summoned Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, but they replied, “We refuse to come before you!
- Numbers 16:24 “Then tell all the people to get away from the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.”
- Numbers 16:25 So Moses got up and rushed over to the tents of Dathan and Abiram, followed by the elders of Israel.
- Numbers 16:27 So all the people stood back from the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. Then Dathan and Abiram came out and stood at the entrances of their tents, together with their wives and children and little ones.
- Numbers 26:9 and Eliab was the father of Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. This Dathan and Abiram are the same community leaders who conspired with Korah against Moses and Aaron, rebelling against the Lord.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).