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Abiram in Wikipedia

(Hebrew: אֲבִירָם‎ "my father is exalted", compare Abram), also spelled Abiron,[1] is the name of two people in the Old Testament: 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, were swallowed up by an earthquake (Numbers 16:1-40; 26:9-11; ...

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Abiram in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("father of height".) 1. A Reubenite, son of Eliab; conspired with Dathan and On, Reubenites, and Korah, a Levite, against Moses and Aaron (Numbers 16). (See AARON; KORAH.) 2. Oldest son of Hiel the Bethelite (1 Kings 16:34); perished at his father's laying the foundations of Jericho's fortified walls, as Joshua's curse predicted (1 Kings 6...

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Abiram in Hitchcock's Bible Names

high father; father of deceit...

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Abiram Scripture - 1 Kings 16:34

In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram 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....

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Abiram Scripture - Numbers 16:1

Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took [men]:...

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Abiram in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

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 (Nu 26:5 ff; Dt 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 (Nu 16 through 17; 26; Dt 11:6; Ps 106:17). Two hundred and ...

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Abiram Scripture - Deuteronomy 11:6

And what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, 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:...

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Abiram in Naves Topical Bible

1. An Israelite who conspired with Dathan against Moses and Aaron Nu 16; 26:9,10; De 11:6; Ps 106:17 -2. Son of Hiel 1Ki 16:34...

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Abiram Scripture - Numbers 16:12

And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: which said, We will not come up:...

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Abiram in Smiths Bible Dictionary

1. A Reubenite, son of Eliab, who with Korah, a Levite, organized a conspiracy against Moses and Aaron. Nu 16:1 ... [For details, see KORAH] (B.C. 1490.) 2. Eldest son of Hiel the bethelite, who died when his father laid the foundations of Jericho, 1Ki 16:34 and thus accomplished the first part of the curse of Joshua. Jos 6:26 (B.C. after 905...

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