Strong's Hebrew · H48

H48 ʼĂbîyrâm

אֲבִירָם

ab-ee-rawm'

Abiram

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ʼĂbîyrâm appears 11 times in Scripture, including Numbers 16:1 and Deuteronomy 11:6. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

Abiram, the name of two Israelites

In the King James Version

Abiram.

Derivation

from H1 (אָב) and H7311 (רוּם); father of height (i.e. lofty);

Appears 11 times in Scripture

Numbers 16:12

“Then Moses summoned Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, but they said, “We will not come!”

Numbers 26:9

“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.”

Numbers 16:25

“So Moses got up and went to Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel followed him.”

Numbers 16:27

“So 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.”

Deuteronomy 11:6

“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.”

Numbers 16:24

““Tell the congregation to move away from the dwellings of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.””

Numbers 16:1

“Now 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”

1 Kings 16:34

“In 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.”

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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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