This name belongs to 2 different people in the Bible:
Definition
from H1 and H7311; father of height (i.e. lofty); Abiram, the name of two Israelites
Traditional renderings: Abiram.
Traditional renderings: Abiram.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
11 total
- Numbers 16:1וַאֲבִירָ֜ם · and AbiramNow Korah son of Izhar, the son of Kohath son of Levi, along with some Reubenites—Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth—conducted
- Numbers 16:12וְלַאֲבִירָ֖ם · and AbiramThen Moses summoned Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, but they said, “We will not come!
- Numbers 16:24וַאֲבִירָֽם׃ · and Abiram“Tell the congregation to move away from the dwellings of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.”
- Numbers 16:25וַאֲבִירָ֑ם · and AbiramSo Moses got up and went to Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel followed him.
- Numbers 16:27 (2×)וַאֲבִירָ֖ם · and Abiram; וַאֲבִירָ֜ם · and AbiramSo they moved away from the dwellings of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. Meanwhile, Dathan and Abiram had come out and stood at the entrances to their tents with their wives and children and infants.
- Numbers 26:9 (2×)וַאֲבִירָ֑ם · and Abiram; וַאֲבִירָ֜ם · and Abiram…and the sons of Eliab were Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. It was Dathan and Abiram, chosen by the congregation, who rebelled against Moses and Aaron with the followers of Korah who rebelled against the LORD.
- Deuteronomy 11:6וְלַאֲבִירָ֗ם · and Abiram…and what He did in the midst of all the Israelites to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab the Reubenite, when the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, their households, their tents, and every living thing that belonged to them.
- 1 Kings 16:34בַּאֲבִירָ֨ם · At the cost of AbiramIn Ahab’s days, Hiel the Bethelite rebuilt Jericho. At the cost of Abiram his firstborn he laid its foundation, and at the cost of Segub his youngest he set up its gates, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through Joshua son of Nun.
- Psalm 106:17אֲבִירָֽם׃ · of AbiramThe earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it covered the assembly of Abiram.