Abiram
(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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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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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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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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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 (Num. 16:1-27; 26:9; Ps. 106:17).
(2.) The eldest son of Hiel the Bethelite, who
per...
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("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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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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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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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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