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(Heb., Amrram', òִîְøָí , kindred of the High, i.e. friend of Jehovah; Sept. in Exo_6:20, Á᾿ìâñÜì ; in 1Ch_1:41, Å᾿ìåñώí v. r. Á᾿ìáäÜ , [where the text has çִîְøָï ; Chaemran', marg. Hamrana]; elsewhere Á᾿ìñÜì ), the name of two or three men.
1. The son of Kohath, the son of Levi; he married Jochebed, “his father's sister,” by whom he had Aaron, Miriam, and Moses (Exo_6:18; Num_3:19). He died in Egypt, aged 137 years (Exo_6:20), B.C. ante 1658. Before the giving of the law, it was permitted to marry a father's sister, but this was afterward forbidden (Lev_18:12). His descendants were sometimes called Amramites (Num_3:27; 1Ch_26:23).
2. One of the “sons” of Bani, who, after the return from Babylon, separated from his Gentile wife (Ezr_10:34), B.C. 459.
3. A descendant of Esau (1Ch_1:41). In Gen_36:26, he is called more correctly HEMDAN SEE HEMDAN (q.v.).