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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Easton, Matthew George (1897). Easton's Bible Dictionary (New and revised ed.).1Nelson and Sons. : Missing or empty |title= ( help ) Abiram ("father of height", "proud.") was 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 .2He and all the conspirators, with their families and possessions (except the children of Korah), were swallowed up by an earthquake ( Numbers 16:1-27; 26:9; Psalms . 106:17).3The eldest son of Hiel the Bethelite , who perished prematurely in consequence of his father's undertaking to rebuild Jericho ( 1 Kings 16:34), according to the words of Joshua (6:26). v t e This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Easton, Matthew George (1897).4Easton's Bible Dictionary (New and revised ed.). Nelson and Sons. : Missing or empty |title= ( help )5
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Abiram ( "my father is exalted", compare Abram ), also spelled Abiron , 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; Psalms . 106:17). The eldest son of Hiel the Bethelite , who perished prematurely in consequence of his father's undertaking to rebuild Jericho ( 1 Kings 16:34), according to the words of Joshua (6:26).
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Abiram , also spelled Abiron , ( "my father is exalted") is the name of three people in the Old Testament .One was the son of Eliab , who, along with his brother Dathan , joined Korah in the conspiracy against Moses and Aaron . He and all the conspirators, with their families and possessions, were swallowed up by the ground ( Numbers 16:1-40; 26:9-11; Psalms . 106:17). The second was the eldest son of Hiel the Bethelite , who perished prematurely in consequence of his father's undertaking to rebuild Jericho ( 1 Kings 16:34), according to Joshua (6:26). The third was the eldest son of Ahab, King of Israel Herbermann, Charles, ed.
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Abiram , also spelled Abiron ( "my father is exalted"), is the name of two people in the Old Testament . One was the son of Eliab , who, along with his brother Dathan , joined Korah in the conspiracy against Moses and Aaron . He and all the conspirators, with their families and possessions, were swallowed up by the ground. The second was the eldest son of Hiel the Bethelite , who perished prematurely in consequence of his father's undertaking to rebuild Jericho . The name Abram is thought to be the same name, etymologically ; the name is attested in a 24th-century Babylonian form.Funk & Wagnalls/ Hathi Trust . 1925 [1902].
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Abiram , also spelled Abiron ( "my father is exalted"), is the name of two people in the Old Testament . One was a member of the Tribe of Reuben , the son of Eliab , who, along with his brother Dathan , joined Korah in the conspiracy against Moses and Aaron . He and all the conspirators, with their families and possessions, were swallowed up by the ground. The second was the eldest son of Hiel (also spelled Chiel ) the Bethelite , who perished prematurely in consequence of his father's undertaking to rebuild Jericho . The name Abram is thought to be the same name, etymologically ; the name is attested in a 24th-century Babylonian form. Funk & Wagnalls/ Hathi Trust . 1925 [1902].
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Abiram , also spelled Abiron ( Hebrew : אֲבִירָם "my father is exalted"), is the name of two people in the Old Testament . One was a member of the Tribe of Reuben , the son of Eliab , who, along with his brother Dathan , joined Korah in the conspiracy against Moses and Aaron . He and all the conspirators, with their families and possessions, were swallowed up by the ground. The second was the eldest son of Hiel (also spelled Chiel ) the Bethelite , who perished prematurely in consequence of his father's undertaking to rebuild Jericho . The name Abram is thought to be the same name, etymologically ; the name is attested in a 24th-century Babylonian form. Funk & Wagnalls/ Hathi Trust . 1925 [1902].
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