H0048 H0048
Abiram — a Hebrew proper name meaning 'my father is exalted,' borne by the Reubenite rebel and a son of Hiel
The proper name אֲבִירָם (Abiram), meaning 'my father is exalted' (or 'the Exalted One is my father'), identifies two distinct figures in the Old Testament. The primary referent is the Reubenite son of Eliab who, together with Dathan and under Korah's leadership, challenged the authority of Moses and Aaron. The earth opened and swallowed them alive as divine judgment (Num 16:1-33), an event recalled as a warning in Deuteronomy 11:6 and Psalm 106:17. The second Abiram is the youngest son of Hiel the Bethelite, who died when his father rebuilt Jericho, fulfilling Joshua's curse (1 Kgs 16:34). Spanish 'Abiram' and French 'Abiram' transliterate directly from the Hebrew.
Senses
1. Abiram (proper name) — Abiram son of Eliab, a Reubenite who joined Dathan and Korah in challenging Moses and Aaron's authority. God judged the rebellion when the ground swallowed the conspirators alive (Num 16:1-27). The event is memorialized as a paradigm of divine judgment (Num 26:9; Deut 11:6; Ps 106:17). Spanish 'Abiram' and Arabic أَبِيرَام both transliterate directly. 11×
AR["أَبيرام", "بِ-أَبِيرَامَ", "وَ-أَبِيرَامَ", "وَ-أَبِيرَامُ", "وَأَبِيرَامَ"]·ben["অবীরামে-", "অবীরামের", "এবং-অবীরাম", "এবং-অবীরামের-প্রতি", "এবং-প্রতি-অবীরাম"]·DE["Aviram", "bei-Aviram", "und-Abiram", "und-Aviram", "und-fuer-Aviram", "und-zu-Abiram"]·EN["Aviram", "and-Abiram", "and-Aviram", "and-for-Aviram", "and-to-Abiram", "at-Aviram"]·FR["Abiram", "et-Abiram", "et-Aviram", "et-pour-Aviram", "et-à-Abiram", "à-Aviram"]·heb["אבירם", "ב-אבירם", "ו-אבירם", "ו-ל-אבירם", "ו-לאבירם"]·HI["अबीराम-की", "और-अबीराम", "और-अबीराम-के", "और-को-अबीराम", "में-अबीराम"]·ID["Abiram", "dan-Abiram", "dan-kepada-Abiram", "dengan-Abiram"]·IT["[אבירם]", "a-Aviram", "e-Abiram", "e-Aviram", "e-a-Abiram", "e-per-Aviram"]·jav["Abiram", "lan-Abiram", "lan-dhateng-Abiram", "mawi-Abiram"]·KO["그리고-아비람", "그리고-아비람-을", "그리고-아비람에게", "그리고-아비람이", "아비람-의", "에-아비람에서"]·PT["com-'Aviram", "de-Abirão", "e-'Aviram", "e-Aviram", "e-a-'Aviram", "e-a-Abirão"]·RU["Авирама", "и-Авирам", "и-Авирама", "и-Авираму", "на-Авираме"]·ES["Abiram", "con-Aviram", "y-Abiram", "y-a-Abiram"]·SW["Abiramu", "kwa-Abiramu", "na-Abiramu"]·TR["Aviram'ın", "pahasına", "ve-Aviram", "ve-Aviram'a", "ve-Aviram'ın", "ve-i-Aviram'ı"]·urd["ابیرام-کی", "ابیرام-کی-قیمت-پر", "اور-ابیرام", "اور-ابیرام-سے", "اور-ابیرام-کو"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† אֲבִירָם n.pr.m. ((the) Exalted One is (my) father (v. BaeRel 156) cf. Assyrian Aburamu (?) KAT2 479 cf. DlL2, p. 91, 1. 225). 1. a Reubenite, son of Eliab Nu 16:1, 12, 24, 25, 27(×2); 26:9 Dt 11:6 ψ 106:17. 2. son of Hiel the Bethelite 1 K 16:34. Cf. also following.