Hebrew word · H48

אֲבִירָם

'aviram

Abiram

Appears 11 times in 9 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

A man of the tribe of Reuben living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.16.1;

son of: Eliab (H0446H);

brother of: Dathan (H1885) and Nemuel (H5241)

§ Abiram = "my father is exalted" or "(the) Exalted One is (my) father"

1) a Reubenite, son of Eliab in exodus

2) son of Hiel the Bethelite who worked to rebuild Jericho

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Numbers · 8

  1. Numbers 16:1 וַאֲבִירָ֜ם and Abiram

    Now Korah son of Izhar, the son of Kohath son of Levi, along with some Reubenites—Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth—conducted

    Here: Dathan's brother. The name means "my father is exalted" (or "the Father is exalted"). In verses 12–14 these brothers refuse Moses' summons and accuse him of lording it over them.

  2. Numbers 16:12 וְלַאֲבִירָ֖ם and <to> Abiram

    Then Moses summoned Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, but they said, “We will not come!

  3. Numbers 16:24 וַאֲבִירָֽם׃ and Abiram

    “Tell the congregation to move away from the dwellings of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.”

  4. Numbers 16:25 וַאֲבִירָ֑ם and Abiram

    So Moses got up and went to Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel followed him.

  5. Numbers 16:27 וַאֲבִירָ֖ם וַאֲבִירָ֜ם and Abiram

    So they moved away from the dwellings of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. Meanwhile, Dathan and Abiram had come out and stood at the entrances to their tents with their wives and children and infants.

  6. Numbers 26:9 וַאֲבִירָ֑ם וַאֲבִירָ֜ם and Abiram

    and the sons of Eliab were Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. It was Dathan and Abiram, chosen by the congregation, who rebelled against Moses and Aaron with the followers of Korah who rebelled against the LORD.

Deuteronomy · 1

  1. Deuteronomy 11:6 וְלַאֲבִירָ֗ם and to Abiram

    and what He did in the midst of all the Israelites to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab the Reubenite, when the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, their households, their tents, and every living thing that belonged to them.

1 Kings · 1

  1. 1 Kings 16:34 בַּאֲבִירָ֨ם by Abiram

    In Ahab’s days, Hiel the Bethelite rebuilt Jericho. At the cost of Abiram his firstborn he laid its foundation, and at the cost of Segub his youngest he set up its gates, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through Joshua son of Nun.

    Here: The preposition be- here marks what something cost: the foundation was 'paid for' with Abiram. The name means 'my father is exalted'.

Psalms · 1

  1. Psalm 106:17 אֲבִירָֽם׃ Abiram

    The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it covered the assembly of Abiram.

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