Amram

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am´ram (עמרם, ‛amrām, “people exalted,” or "kindred of the High; i.e., “friend of YHWH.”):

(1) He married Jochebed, “his father's sister,” and was the father of Aaron, Miriam, and Moses (Exodus 6:20; Numbers 26:59; 1 Chronicles 6:3; 1 Chronicles 23:13); and a son of Kohath, the son of Levi (Exodus 6:18; Numbers 3:19, etc.). It is not certain that he was literally the son of Kohath, but rather his descendant, since there were ten generations from Joseph to Joshua (1 Chronicles 7:20-27), while only four are actually mentioned from Levi to Moses for the corresponding period. Moreover the Kohathites at the time of the Exodus numbered 8,600 (Numbers 3:28), which would therefore have been an impossibility if only two generations had lived. It seems best to regard Amram as a descendant of Kohath, and his wife Jochebed as a “daughter of Levi” in a general sense. He died in Egypt at the age of 137 years (Exodus 6:20). His descendants were called Amramites (Numbers 3:27; 1 Chronicles 26:23).

(2) One of the Bani, who in the days of Ezra had taken a foreign wife (Ezra 10:34).

(3) In 1 Chronicles 1:41 (the King James Version) for the properly read Hamran of the Revised Version (British and American) (חמרן, ḥamrān), a Horite, who in Genesis 36:26 is called Hemdan (which see).