Abiram

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Abiram
     father of height; i.e., "proud." (1.) 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
     (except the children of Korah), were swallowed up by an
     earthquake (Num. 16:1-27; 26:9; Ps. 106:17).


     
       (2.) 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). (See {JERICHO}.)
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Abiram, high father; father of deceit