ʼĂbîyrâm — H48

Definition

masculine proper noun

Abiram, the name of two Israelites

1. Abiram = "my father is exalted" or "(the) Exalted One is (my) father"
2. a Reubenite, son of Eliab in exodus
3. son of Hiel the Bethelite who worked to rebuild Jericho

Usually translated as

Abiram

Origin

from H1 and H7311; father of height (i.e. lofty)

• Derived from ʼâb (H1)
• Derived from Rûwm (H7311)

Occurrences

ʼĂbîyrâm occurs 11 times in 9 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Numbers (6), Deuteronomy (1), 1 Kings (1), Psalms (1)

• Numbers 16:1 — Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram (וַאֲבִירָ֜ם), the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men:
• Numbers 16:12 — And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram (וְלַאֲבִירָ֖ם), the sons of Eliab: which said, We will not come up:
• Numbers 16:24 — Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram (וַאֲבִירָֽם).
• Numbers 16:25 — And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram (וַאֲבִירָ֑ם); and the elders of Israel followed him.
• Numbers 16:27 — So they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram (וַאֲבִירָ֖ם), on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood in the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little children.
• Numbers 16:27 — So they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram (וַאֲבִירָ֜ם) came out, and stood in the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little children.
• Numbers 26:9 — And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram (וַאֲבִירָ֑ם). This is that Dathan and Abiram, which were famous in the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against the LORD:
• Numbers 26:9 — And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is that Dathan and Abiram (וַאֲבִירָ֜ם), which were famous in the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against the LORD:
• Deuteronomy 11:6 — And what he did unto Dathan and Abiram (וְלַאֲבִירָ֗ם), the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben: how the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and all the substance that was in their possession, in the midst of all Israel:
• 1 Kings 16:34 — In his days did Hiel the Beth-elite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram (בַּאֲבִירָ֨ם) his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun.
• Psalms 106:17 — The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram (אֲבִירָֽם).