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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ABIRAM

a-bi'-ram ('abhiram, "exalted father," or, "my father is an exalted one"):

(1) The son of Eliab the son of Pallu the son of Reuben (Numbers 26:5 Deuteronomy 11:6). In company with his brother Dathan and Korah the Levite and others, he disputed the authority of Moses and Aaron in the wilderness (Numbers 16-17; Numbers 26 Deuteronomy 11:6 Psalm 106:17). Two hundred and fifty followers of Korah perished by fire at the doorway of the tent of meeting. Dathan and Abiram refused to come to the tent of meeting, at the summons of Moses; and the earth opened where their tents were, and swallowed them and their families and their goods. See KORAH.

(2) The firstborn son of Hiel the Bethelite, who rebuilt Jericho in the time of Ahab (1 Kings 16:34; compare Joshua 6:26). This incident has recently acquired a new interest owing to discoveries made at Gezer and Megiddo concerning foundation sacrifices as in ancient times offered in Palestine. One should not be too positive in making statements concerning this, but the following is a possible interpretation of the record. The curse pronounced by Joshua on the man who should rebuild Jericho was of a piece with the other details, Jericho being treated exceptionally, as a city placed under the ban. The language of Joshua's curse is capable of being translated: `Cursed be the man before Yahweh who shall. build. Jericho; (who) shall lay its foundation in his firstborn, and set up its gates in his youngest.' According to this interpretation the death of the builder's eldest and youngest sons is not spoken of as the penalty involved in the curse, but as an existing horrible custom, mentioned in order to give solemnity to the diction of the curse. The writer in Kings cites the language of the curse by Joshua. The context in which he mentions the affair suggests that he regards Hiel's conduct as exceptionally flagrant in its wickedness. Hiel, in defiance of Yahweh, not only built the city, but in building it revived the horrible old Canaanite custom, making his first-born son a foundation sacrifice, and his youngest son a sacrifice at the completion of the work.

Willis J. Beecher

Strong's Hebrew

48. Abiram -- "exalted father," an Israelite name
... 47, 48. Abiram. 49 . "exalted father," an Israelite name. Transliteration:
Abiram Phonetic Spelling: (ab-ee-rawm') Short Definition: Abiram. ...
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87. Abram -- "exalted father," the original name of Abraham
... Word Origin from the same as Abiram, see Abraham Definition "exalted father," the
original name of Abraham NASB Word Usage Abram (53), Abram's (7). Abram. ...
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Library

Korah, Dathan, and Abiram
... SERMON XIII. KORAH, DATHAN, AND ABIRAM. (First Sunday after Easter, 1863.)
Numbers xvi..32-35. ... Now this Korah, Dathan, and Abiram rebel. ...
/.../kingsley/the gospel of the pentateuch/sermon xiii korah dathan and.htm

Numbers
... The story of the rebellion of Korah, Dathan and Abiram is peculiarly
instructive (xvi.). It will be noticed that Dathan and Abiram ...
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On Heresies.
... not escape punishment. For Dathan and Abiram, [3157] who set up in opposition
to Moses, were swallowed up into the earth. But Corah ...
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How those that Stirred up this Sedition were Destroyed, According ...
... And now Moses sent messengers for Abiram and Dathan, and ordered them to come to
the assembly, and wait there for the holy offices that were to be performed. ...
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Matt. xii. 9, 10
... forgotten; thus the earth defiled; thus afterwards did it open its mouth, to receive
yet living, and utterly destroy, Dathan, and Korah, and Abiram, and all ...
/.../chrysostom/homilies on the gospel of saint matthew/homily xl matt xii 9.htm

Epistle Lxxv. To Magnus, on Baptizing the Novatians, and those who ...
... to such as these. For even Korah, Dathan, and Abiram knew the same God
as did the priest Aaron and Moses. Living under the same ...
/.../cyprian/the epistles of cyprian/epistle lxxv to magnus on.htm

David's Anger
... 'May they feel with Dathan and Abiram the damnation of Gehenna,' {285} is a fair
sample of the formulae which are found in the writings of men who, while they ...
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Demonstration v. --Of Wars.
... And Dathan and Abiram gloried over Moses, and they went down alive to Sheol. And
Goliath threatened David, and he fell before him and was crushed. ...
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Honour Your Youthful Bishop.
... superiors. For Dathan and Abiram did not speak against the law, but against
Moses, [657] and were cast down alive into Hades. Korah ...
/.../chapter iii honour your youthful bishop.htm

Endurance of the World's Censure.
... last sold him into Egypt. Afterwards, in like manner, Korah, Dathan, and Abiram
rose up against Moses. And, later still, Saul persecuted ...
/.../newman/parochial and plain sermons vol viii/sermon x endurance of the.htm

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Abiram

high father; father of deceit

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Abiram

A Reubenite, son of Eliab, who with Korah, a Levite, organized a conspiracy against Moses and Aaron. (Numbers 16:1) ... [For details, see KORAH] (B.C. 1490.)
Eldest son of Hiel the bethelite, who died when his father laid the foundations of Jericho, (1 Kings 16:34) and thus accomplished the first part of the curse of Joshua. (Joshua 6:26) (B.C. after 905.)

ATS Bible Dictionary

Abiram

A prince of Reuben, who with Korah, Dathan, etc., conspired to overthrow the authority of Moses and Aaron in the wilderness, Numbers 16:1-50.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Father of height; i.e., "proud."

(1.) One of the sons of Eliab, who joined Korah in the conspiracy against Moses and Aaron. He and all the conspirators, with their families and possessions (except the children of Korah), were swallowed up by an earthquake (Numbers 16:1-27; 26:9; Psalm 106:17).

(2.) The eldest son of Hiel the Bethelite, who perished prematurely in consequence of his father's undertaking to rebuild Jericho (1 Kings 16:34), according to the words of Joshua (6:26). (see JERICHO.)

Thesaurus

Abiram (9 Occurrences)
... (see JERICHO.). Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ABIRAM. a ... Willis J. Beecher.
Multi-Version Concordance Abiram (9 Occurrences). Numbers ...
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Dathan (8 Occurrences)
... He and his brother Abiram, with others, followed Korah the Levite in disputing the
authority of Moses and Aaron in the wilderness (Numbers 16-17; Numbers 26 ...
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Abi'ram (8 Occurrences)
Abi'ram. Abiram, Abi'ram. Abiron . ... Numbers 16:12 And Moses sent to call Dathan
and Abiram, the sons of Eliab; and they said: 'We will not come up; (See RSV) ...
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Eliab (20 Occurrences)
... (2) A Reubenite, father of Dathan and Abiram (Numbers 16:11, 12; Numbers 26:8
Deuteronomy 11:6 ... Numbers 26:9 The sons of Eliab: Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. ...
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Nemuel (3 Occurrences)
... (2.) A Reubenite, a son of Eliab, and brother of Dathan and Abiram (Numbers 26:9).
Int. ... Numbers 26:9 The sons of Eliab: Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. ...
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Eli'ab (19 Occurrences)
... Numbers 16:1 Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, with
Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of ...
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Dwellings (54 Occurrences)
... Numbers 16:24 Speak unto the congregation, saying: Get you up from about the
dwelling of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.' (See NAS). Numbers ...
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Habitation (90 Occurrences)
... DBY). Numbers 16:24 Speak unto the assembly, saying, Get you up from about
the habitation of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. (DBY). Numbers ...
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Korah (51 Occurrences)
... the Israelites were encamped at Kadesh for the first time, which came to a head
in a rebellion against Moses and Aaron, headed by Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. ...
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Koran (1 Occurrence)
... Multi-Version Concordance Koran (1 Occurrence). Numbers 16:27 And they got up
from the habitation of Koran, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side. ...
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Bible Concordance

Abiram (9 Occurrences)

Numbers 16:1 Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, with Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men :
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Numbers 16:12 Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab; and they said, "We won't come up:
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Numbers 16:24 "Speak to the congregation, saying,'Get away from around the tent of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram!'"
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Numbers 16:25 Moses rose up and went to Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Numbers 16:27 So they got them up from the tent of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood at the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little ones.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Numbers 26:9 The sons of Eliab: Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. These are that Dathan and Abiram, who were called of the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against Yahweh,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Deuteronomy 11:6 and what he did to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben; how the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and every living thing that followed them, in the midst of all Israel:
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1 Kings 16:34 In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho: he laid its foundation with the loss of Abiram his firstborn, and set up its gates with the loss of his youngest son Segub, according to the word of Yahweh, which he spoke by Joshua the son of Nun.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Psalms 106:17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Subtopics

Abiram

Abiram: An Israelite Who Conspired With Dathan Against Moses and Aaron

Abiram: Son of Hiel

Related Terms

Dathan (8 Occurrences)

Abi'ram (8 Occurrences)

Eliab (20 Occurrences)

Nemuel (3 Occurrences)

Eli'ab (19 Occurrences)

Dwellings (54 Occurrences)