Amram
Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863)
(an exalted people).
• A Levite of the family of the Kohathites, and father of Moses. (Exodus 6:18,20) (B.C. 1571.)
• A son of Dishon and descendant of Seir, (1 Chronicles 1:41) properly “Hamram” = Hemdan in (Genesis 36:26)
• One of the sons of Bani in the time of Ezra, who had married a foreign wife. (Ezra 10:34) (B.C. 459).
See also: hemdan
Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
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 (Ex. 6:18, 20; Num. 3:19). He died in Egypt at the age of 137 years (Ex. 6:20). His descendants were called Amramites (Num. 3:27; 1 Chr. 26:23). (2.) Ezra 10:34.
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