Lexical Definition

‎עַמְרָם‎ ʻAmrâm (am-rawm') Amram ^N:N-M-P
probably from ‎עַם‎ and ‎רוּם‎; high people

Amram.

• § Amram = "exalted people"
• Amram, the name of two Israelites

1) a descendant of Kohath and Levi and father of Moses
2) one of the sons of Bani who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

Extended Information

• A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.34

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎עַמְרָם‎₁₄ proper name, masculine (√ ‎עמר‎ Nö^{ZMG xl (1886), 185}; possibly ‎רָם‎ + ‎עַם‎ Thes, compare Gray^{Prop. N. 45, 47, 51}); —

1. father of Moses Exod 6:18; Exod 6:20 (twice in verse) + 4 t. P, 1Chr 5:28*; 1Chr 5:29* + 4 t. Chronicles Αμ(β)ραμ[ν].

2. Ezra 10:34.

Brown-Driver-Briggs References

Profile

Male • Returned divorcee • Israelite who married a foreign wife

Man living at the time of Exile and Return

Amram was one of the Israelites who had married a foreign woman during the Exile and agreed to put her away.

• A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.34;
• only referred to as Amram עַמְרָם.

Amram is mentioned in the book of Ezra as one of the Israelites who had married foreign women during the Babylonian exile. When Ezra called the people to repentance and to put away their foreign wives, Amram was among those who agreed to do so, demonstrating his willingness to obey God's law and maintain the purity of the Israelite community.

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