עַמְרָם
am.ram
Amram
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
Supported# Amram: A Proper Name in Biblical History The Hebrew term עַמְרָם (Amram) appears 13 times throughout the Bible as a proper noun designating a specific individual. Based solely on the lexical data provided, Amram functions as a personal name rather than a common word with semantic range or figurative applications. The consistency of its appearance across biblical texts suggests it refers to a single, identifiable historical or genealogical figure whose name warranted repeated mention. Without access to contextual data about where these 13 occurrences appear or their narrative settings, the lexicon entry itself does not reveal the particular significance or role this named individual held in biblical history. The frequency of the name—appearing in 13 separate passages—indicates that Amram was important enough to biblical writers that his name recurred throughout their records, but the lexicon data alone cannot specify whether he was a patriarch, a priest, a king, or held some other role. The minimal definition provided ("Amram") reflects the standard lexicographical treatment of proper nouns, which typically receive brief entries since their primary function is identification rather than semantic expression. To understand Amram's actual significance to biblical narratives and ancient Israelite tradition, one would need to consult the specific passages in which this name appears.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
13 total occurrences across the text
The sons of Kohath: Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel; and the years of the life of Kohath were one hundred thirty-three years.
Exodus 6:20Amram took Jochebed his father’s sister to himself as wife; and she bore him Aaron and Moses. The years of the life of Amram were one hundred thirty-seven years.
Exodus 6:20Amram took Jochebed his father’s sister to himself as wife; and she bore him Aaron and Moses. The years of the life of Amram were one hundred thirty-seven years.
Numbers 3:19The sons of Kohath by their families: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
Numbers 26:58These are the families of Levi: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, and the family of the Korahites. Kohath became the father of Amram.
Numbers 26:59The name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt. She bore to Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.
Numbers 26:59The name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt. She bore to Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.
1 Chronicles 6:2The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.
1 Chronicles 6:3The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
1 Chronicles 6:18The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
1 Chronicles 23:12The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.
1 Chronicles 23:13The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses; and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons, forever, to burn incense before Yahweh, to minister to him, and to bless in his name, forever.
1 Chronicles 24:20Of the rest of the sons of Levi: of the sons of Amram, Shubael; of the sons of Shubael, Jehdeiah.