עַמְרָםʻAmrâm
Amram, the name of two Israelites
Pronunciation: am-rawm' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6019
Meanings
1. father of Moses (Exodus 6:18; Exodus 6:20; 1 Chronicles 5:28)
Same root
- עַםʻam · H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
- רוּםrûwm · H7311to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)
- עַמְרָמִיʻAmrâmîy · H6020an Amramite or descendant of Amram
Where it appears
Appears 14 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 6:18 The descendants of Kohath included Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. (Kohath lived to be 133 years old.)
- Exodus 6:20 Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she gave birth to his sons, Aaron and Moses. (Amram lived to be 137 years old.)
- Numbers 3:19 The clans descended from Kohath were named after four of his descendants, Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
- Numbers 26:58 The Libnites, the Hebronites, the Mahlites, the Mushites, and the Korahites were all subclans of the Levites. Now Kohath was the ancestor of Amram,
- Numbers 26:59 and Amram’s wife was named Jochebed. She also was a descendant of Levi, born among the Levites in the land of Egypt. Amram and Jochebed became the parents of Aaron, Moses, and their sister, Miriam.
- 1 Chronicles 6:2 The descendants of Kohath included Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
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).