Amram

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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Amram
     kindred of the High; i.e., "friend of Jehovah." (1.) The son of
     Kohath, the son of Levi. He married Jochebed, "his father's
     sister," and was the father of Aaron, Miriam, and Moses (Ex.
     6:18, 20; Num. 3:19). He died in Egypt at the age of 137 years
     (Ex. 6:20). His descendants were called Amramites (Num. 3:27; 1


     Chr. 26:23). (2.) Ezra 10:34.
     

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

  Amram, an exalted people; their sheaves; handfuls of corn