Lexical Definition

‎אֲבִירָם‎ ʼĂbîyrâm (ab-ee-rawm') Abiram ^N:N-M-P
from ‎אָב‎ and ‎רוּם‎; father of height (i.e. lofty)

Abiram.

• § Abiram = "my father is exalted" or "(the) Exalted One is (my) father"
• Abiram, the name of two Israelites

1) a Reubenite, son of Eliab in exodus
2) son of Hiel the Bethelite who worked to rebuild Jericho

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אֲבִירָם‎ proper name, masculine ((the) Exalted One is (my) father (see Bae^{Rel 156}) compare Assyrian Aburamu (?) KAT^{2 479} compare Dl^{L2, p. 91, 1. 225}).

1. a Reubenite, son of Eliab Num 16:1; Num 16:12; Num 16:24; Num 16:25; Num 16:27 (twice in verse); Num 26:9; Deut 11:6; Ps 106:17.

2. son of Hiel the Bethelite 1Kgs 16:34. compare also following.

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