Amram
עַמְרָם · am.ram · H6019H“an exalted people; their sheaves; handfuls of corn” Hitchcock's 18691 mention, all in Ezra
Who he was
Amram is mentioned in the book of Ezra as one of the Israelites who had married foreign women during the Babylonian exile. When Ezra called the people to repentance and to put away their foreign wives, Amram was among those who agreed to do so, demonstrating his willingness to obey God's law and maintain the purity of the Israelite community.
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Every mention
1 reference, counted from STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · verse text: World English Bible (public domain)
Ezra 1 mention
What the dictionary says
Kindred of the High; i.e., “friend of Jehovah.”
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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- STEPBible TIPNR · Translators Individualised Proper Names with all References · CC BY 4.0 · github.com/STEPBible/STEPBible-Data
- Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869) · Public domain